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EasyMedia – Increase Media Upload File Size | Role-Based Upload Limit | Increase Execution Time
Big file relief that carries a tiny risk of total site meltdown
HealthyDeclining
71/100
It solves upload issues easily but misconfiguring memory limits can crash your entire site.
Active installs
~75,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 70k+
Rating
4.9★
98 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-50%
Declining fast
638 → 320 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 50% 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 · -50% in the last year
638/day a year ago→320/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayEasyMedia is generally well-regarded as a simple, effective solution for increasing WordPress upload file size limits, but carries a serious risk of catastrophically misconfiguring PHP memory limits and breaking sites.
What people like
- +Solves upload file size limit problems quickly and easily, including for large files like PDFs and plugins×5
- +Simple to configure, making a technically complex task straightforward×3
- +Developer is responsive and willing to fix requested issues
- +Compatible with recent versions of WordPress
Common complaints
- −Can set a dangerously low PHP memory_limit (2MB) site-wide, causing fatal PHP memory exhaustion errors and potentially breaking the entire site
- −Does not work for uploading plugins in WordPress multisite admin despite reporting that changes were made
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.90★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 21%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 · 98 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-15★★★★★I can't recommend this website killer.valsury1-shot
- 2026-04-02★★★★★My favorite pluginKathryn Santos
- 2025-11-27★★★★★Beyond Expectationskimbotec
- 2025-11-20★★★★★The bestchristyanorodrigues
- 2025-11-07★★★★★Funcione perfectomucaru
- 2025-10-28★★★★★Exactly what I neededRaeShantael
- 2025-10-28★★★★★Problem solversalmanyaseen1-shot
- 2025-10-28★★★★★Works great, thanks!ChristineB
- 2025-07-25★★★★★Thank yougkab
- 2025-06-26★★★★★Works Greatjaykaydblu
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.
289
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
295
Prior 7-day baseline
209
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
321
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-2.0%
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.
8%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.92
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
21%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-78%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.88 → 4.90★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered