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Mime Types Plus
Confusing menus make this useful file type tool hard to use.
DecliningPoor rating
59/100
It provides useful functionality but suffers from a confusing interface and inconsistent reliability.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
3.8★
10 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-49%
Declining fast
53 → 27 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORverified rating is 3.67★
- MINORdownloads down 49% 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 · -49% in the last year
53/day a year ago→27/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMime Types Plus is widely appreciated for its immediate functionality and ability to add custom MIME types, but many users find its interface confusing and unintuitive.
What people like
- +Works out of the box without additional configuration×4
- +Allows adding custom MIME types such as .avif and .mp4×4
- +Lightweight and has minimal performance impact
- +Provides a support button for assistance
- +Compatible with recent WordPress versions (e.g., 5.0.3)
Common complaints
- −User interface is unintuitive and confusing, with unclear button labels×3
- −Settings page contains greyed-out checkboxes and confusing logic×2
- −Adding certain MIME types (e.g., .mp4) may fail
- −Some users report the plugin does not work at all
- −Lacks a built-in list of common unrecognized file types, requiring manual lookup
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.67★Verified rating — drops from 3.80★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
Not enough review history.
All-time ratings · 10 total
Latest reviews · 10 analyzed
- 2023-03-15★★★★★It works with SVGmasvil
- 2022-07-03★★★★★Excelent!henmore
- 2021-07-26★★★★★Works on WP 5.8JiaChen ZENG
- 2021-06-18★★★★★Perfekt!tenserd
- 2019-12-11★★★★★Simple and goodspinus121-shot
- 2019-06-01★★★★★Deaddspycraft3r
- 2019-02-14★★★★★Very simple, works perfectlyhartv
- 2018-06-19★★★★★Doesn't workThomas Rendleman
- 2018-01-10★★★★★Works Perfectly!rvaneeden85
- 2016-06-01★★★★★Does the job but could be greatly improvedTyler Tork
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.
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Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
27
Prior 7-day baseline
23
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
31
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+7.4%
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.
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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
60%
5★ share in analyzed sample
10%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.80 → 3.67★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered