Organizing media with folders and library tools
Folders is a prominent plugin name in the category, while related tags show that organization is one part of a broader media and image landscape. The folders tag appears on 28 plugins; the broader media and images tags overlap with 48 and 40 plugins, respectively.
Image cleanup, optimization and metadata
Tags point to several connected image-management concerns, from removing unused files to optimization and metadata.
- Media Cleaner: Its name points to unused-image cleanup; the unused-images tag overlaps with 25 category plugins and unused-media with 18.
- Formats and optimization: webp overlaps with 43 plugins, while image-optimization overlaps with 39.
- Metadata and search visibility: alt-text appears on 35 plugins and image-seo on 21.
Other media workflows: editing, file types and export
Several high-install plugin names suggest workflows beyond folders and image cleanup.
- Quick Featured Images points to featured-image handling; Crop-Thumbnails points to thumbnail cropping.
- WP Extra File Types and Mime Types Plus signal file-type-related concerns.
- Export Media Library names an export workflow, while Simple User Avatar points to user avatars.
A broad category with few high-install plugins and uneven update recency
The category contains many plugins, but few reach higher install thresholds, and update recency varies.
There are 345 plugins in the category; 1 has at least 100,000 installs and 12 have at least 10,000. 79% were updated within the last year. Among the most-installed plugins, Instant Images has 100,000 installs, an excellent rating with a moderate number of reviews, and an update five months ago; Media Cleaner and Folders each have 90,000 installs, excellent ratings with many reviews, and updates this month; Media Library Assistant has 70,000 installs, an excellent rating with a moderate number of reviews, and an update this month; Enhanced Media Library has 60,000 installs, a good rating with a moderate number of reviews, and an update 28 months ago; Quick Featured Images has 50,000 installs, an excellent rating with a moderate number of reviews, and an update two months ago.
Crop-Thumbnails has 40,000 installs, an excellent rating with a moderate number of reviews, and an update 11 months ago; WP Extra File Types has 40,000 installs, a mixed rating with few reviews, and an update 36 months ago; Export Media Library has 30,000 installs, an excellent rating with few reviews, and an update 43 months ago; Simple User Avatar has 20,000 installs, an excellent rating with few reviews, and an update this month. Mime Types Plus has 10,000 installs, a mixed rating with few reviews, and an update two months ago; Media Library Helper has 10,000 installs, an excellent rating with a moderate number of reviews, and an update 11 months ago.