76
Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager
Tidy media library meets a relentless sales team in your dashboard.
HealthyDeclining
76/100
It offers powerful organization tools but suffers from intrusive promotional ads.
Active installs
~300,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 90k+
Rating
5.0★
1,503 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-63%
Declining fast
719 → 265 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 63% vs a year ago
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
Declining fast · -63% in the last year
719/day a year ago→265/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayFolders is a well-regarded media library and content organization plugin that users find genuinely useful and easy to use, with the main caveat being aggressive in-plugin upselling and pop-ups that some find intrusive.
What people like
- +Effectively organizes media library, pages, and posts into folders as advertised×6
- +Easy to use and straightforward×5
- +Considered one of the better media folder plugins available×2
- +Valuable for large or complex sites, with a usable free version and a worthwhile pro upgrade
Common complaints
- −Excessive pop-ups, ads, and promotional banners create an intrusive upselling experience
- −Occasional bugs requiring a page refresh to resolve
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.88★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 23%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-04-102025-11-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,503 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-13★★★★★Changed how I use WordPresscommaspace1-shot
- 2026-05-13★★★★★Great plugin!Tony de la Riva
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Exactly what I neededGuitarPix
- 2026-04-30★★★★★SO helpful!aberling1-shot
- 2026-04-26★★★★★Perfect Tool!jalfaenger
- 2026-04-26★★★★★Easy and powerfulgetcomm
- 2026-04-21★★★★★Great Plugin!cbqguilherme
- 2026-04-11★★★★★GreatAMZIL
- 2026-04-11★★★★★super pluginondrejaquaterra
- 2026-04-09★★★★★Great plugindbrooksuk
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Folders
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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.
603
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
246
Prior 7-day baseline
1,186
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
27,040
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,152
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+145.1%
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.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.46
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
98%
5★ share in analyzed sample
23%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-14%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.91 → 4.88★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered