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Media Sync
It syncs your files beautifully until your media library gets too big.
HealthyGrowing
89/100
Users appreciate the simple utility but report significant performance hangs when processing large amounts of media.
Active installs
~73,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.7★
84 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+64%
Growing fast
288 → 474 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
Growing fast · +64% in the last year
288/day a year ago→474/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMedia Sync is a well-liked utility plugin for registering FTP-uploaded or orphaned files into the WordPress Media Library, praised for doing its job simply and reliably, though a recurring caveat is that it can cause performance issues and occasionally hangs or crashes on larger libraries.
What people like
- +Reliably syncs FTP-uploaded or missing files into the WordPress Media Library without moving them×7
- +Simple to set up and use, with minimal configuration required×5
- +Useful for recovering or cleaning up broken/inherited media libraries×4
- +Can identify orphaned media files for manual cleanup
- +Support team, while sometimes slow to respond initially, ultimately resolved issues
Common complaints
- −Can cause significant site slowdown even when not actively in use×2
- −Page hangs or becomes unresponsive during scans, especially on larger libraries×2
- −Sync results may be unreliable — counts can be off and synced attachments may not work correctly in all WordPress contexts, requiring manual PHP-level verification×2
- −No way to filter the file list to show only files that need attention, making large libraries tedious to review
- −403 errors reported after WordPress updates, making the plugin page inaccessible
- −Import can silently stop after processing only one file, with no useful error information in logs
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.72★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 84 total
Latest reviews · 84 analyzed
- 2026-05-20★★★★★Did exactly what I needed!swinggraphics
- 2026-05-14★★★★★Perfect!kiprokoparis
- 2026-02-01★★★★★Great Timesaver!gopar3
- 2025-12-25★★★★★So useful!Cyrille Sanson
- 2025-12-18★★★★★Completly hang the adminremedia222
- 2025-07-24★★★★★Exactly what it promisedFox Lee
- 2025-01-13★★★★★worked well for cleaning up mediaMeowOrNever
- 2024-09-20★★★★★Works greatDELUCKS
- 2024-09-06★★★★★Had issue but it was resolved via supportkryllyn
- 2024-06-16★★★★★Unresponsive websitemidr1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor 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.
848
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
642
Prior 7-day baseline
748
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
12,754
Mean release-day peak (30d)
707
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+32.1%
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.
14%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.42
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.70 → 4.72★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered