75
File Manager
Ditch the FTP client for this dashboard tool with a suspiciously bright rating.
GrowingReview burst
75/100
The free version offers great utility despite a recent surge of questionable reviews.
Active installs
~1.5 million
our estimate · wp.org shows 1.0M+
Rating
4.7★
1,476 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+46%
Growing fast
9,675 → 14,159 installs/day
Warnings
- Reviews concentrated in a single month — usually a marketing push or paid wave.
What to watch out for
- MAJOR36% of reviews in one month (2026-06-04)
- MAJORsudden recent review surge
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 · +46% in the last year
9,675/day a year ago→14,159/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayFile Manager is well-regarded as a practical, free WordPress plugin that replaces FTP/cPanel access for file management directly from the dashboard, with no notable complaints surfacing across these reviews.
What people like
- +Eliminates the need for FTP or cPanel access by allowing file management directly from the WordPress dashboard×5
- +Covers core file operations — upload, move, copy, edit, delete, duplicate — in one place×3
- +Saves time and is considered a reliable, stable tool×3
- +Functional and useful without requiring a paid upgrade×2
Common complaints
Review trustMixed — some inflation
- 4.65★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 20%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- recent spikeReview timing — up to 36% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-04-102025-11-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,476 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Works great! Straightforward, no frillsNatasha
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Fantastico plugin!!chimica
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Finally, exactly what I needed!keisuke1-shot
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Very useful pluginalbenava
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Must haveAldoseri
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Very easy…very goodstartdigital74
- 2026-06-02★★★★★WordPress makes it easysd0071-shot
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Super convenientfedwall
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Simplesmente “FANTÁSTICO”.marceloassis11-shot
- 2026-06-02★★★★★excellent pluginmflewitt1-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.
13,512
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
14,406
Prior 7-day baseline
10,141
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
47,400
Mean release-day peak (30d)
12,556
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-6.2%
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.
36%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.26
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
89%
5★ share in analyzed sample
20%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+25%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.67 → 4.65★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered