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Phoenix Media Rename
Boost your SEO while praying your homepage stays online.
HealthyDeclining
79/100
This lightweight tool helps SEO but carries a small risk of crashing your site.
Active installs
~55,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+
Rating
4.7★
75 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-49%
Declining fast
233 → 119 installs/day
What to watch out for
- 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
233/day a year ago→119/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPhoenix Media Rename is well-regarded as a simple, lightweight tool for renaming media files directly from the WordPress dashboard, though a small number of users report it can crash their site when activated.
What people like
- +Simple and easy to use with minimal setup required×7
- +Renames files without breaking existing links, thumbnails, or image associations×2
- +Lightweight and unobtrusive in the WordPress dashboard×2
- +Useful for SEO by allowing clean, descriptive file names×2
- +Responsive and fast developer support
Common complaints
- −Reported to crash the website or homepage when renaming files or while active×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.70★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 75 total
Latest reviews · 75 analyzed
- 2026-01-17★★★★★Lovely Piece of Software!tibbie
- 2025-11-08★★★★★Wooks greattomstr
- 2025-02-10★★★★★Does exactly what it saysChristian Strasser
- 2025-01-21★★★★★Great, free pluginarabbittpro
- 2025-01-13★★★★★Saves a lot of timemattce
- 2024-11-25★★★★★Genial!!!Es.Gratis
- 2024-11-08★★★★★Works Great and Amazing Supportkimmergeek
- 2024-10-29★★★★★it worked!thulag
- 2024-08-26★★★★★Great plugin, does exactly what we needquangthien27
- 2024-07-19★★★★★Super Easy to Use!wordwrightweb
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.
127
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
118
Prior 7-day baseline
90
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
8,154
Mean release-day peak (30d)
8,154
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
+7.6%
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.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.47
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
88%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.68 → 4.70★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered