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FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager
Turn your media library chaos into a neatly filed digital cabinet.
Healthy
85/100
Users love the intuitive folder organization and responsive support despite the annoying manual update process.
Active installs
~549,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
4.7★
1,115 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
0%
Holding steady
1,107 → 1,103 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Holding steady · 0% in the last year
1,107/day a year ago→1,103/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayFileBird is well-regarded as a practical media library organizer with responsive support, though at least one user reports a frustrating update workflow that requires manual downloads instead of standard WordPress backend updates.
What people like
- +Folder creation and drag-and-drop organization make the media library noticeably easier to manage×3
- +Support is praised as fast and effective, including for free/Lite version users×4
- +Free version includes advanced features such as REST API, ACF integration, and helper functions useful for developers
Common complaints
- −Plugin cannot be updated from the WordPress backend and requires manual downloads each time
- −Onboarding instructions are not clear enough for new users
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.58★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 18%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-07-142025-07-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,115 total
Latest reviews · 89 analyzed
- 2026-06-01★★★★★Updating this plugin is a huge pain in the ***petrusmaximus
- 2026-05-24★★★★★Favorite Plug-In by FAR!PamelaSandall1-shot
- 2026-05-22★★★★★Plugin is helpfuldagmarkaufmann
- 2026-05-13★★★★★Excellent support for their productsadamsr223
- 2026-04-28★★★★★Great Plugin, Excellent Supportsahmcolorado
- 2026-03-31★★★★★Brilliant plugins and supportgarethjonesgcs1-shot
- 2026-03-25★★★★★Great plugin and super responsive supportPeter Brejassou1-shot
- 2026-03-18★★★★★Great organizerRobert Remiger
- 2026-03-16★★★★★Très bonne expérienceEric Bertolaso
- 2026-03-08★★★★★Flexible and extendablejuregolob
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to FileBird
Top Media plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
1,093
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,080
Prior 7-day baseline
4,280
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
37,544
Mean release-day peak (30d)
3,805
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
+1.2%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
8%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.51
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
90%
5★ share in analyzed sample
18%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-39%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.65 → 4.58★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered