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WP SVG Images
A lightweight essential for safe SVG uploads.
HealthyDeclining
80/100
Users appreciate this lightweight tool for its simplicity and reliable SVG sanitization.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
5.0★
13 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-39%
Declining fast
103 → 63 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 39% 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 · -39% in the last year
103/day a year ago→63/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP SVG Images is a well-regarded, lightweight plugin for enabling SVG uploads in WordPress, consistently praised for its simplicity and reliability, with no notable complaints surfacing across reviews.
What people like
- +Works reliably out of the box with no configuration needed×7
- +Lightweight and not a resource hog×4
- +Enables SVG uploads and thumbnail previews in the media library×3
- +Automatically sets correct width and height for SVG images
- +Preferred over other SVG plugins that were buggy or ineffective×3
Common complaints
Review trustMostly organic
- 5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
- 100%5★ concentration — near-perfect across only 13 reviews — not yet a proven track record
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-08-132025-07-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 13 total
Latest reviews · 13 analyzed
- 2026-05-13★★★★★Perfectstratboy
- 2024-07-31★★★★★Works just as expectedsolanum
- 2021-06-08★★★★★The bestDesignPuma
- 2021-04-23★★★★★Thanks for time saving and lightweight pluginheitz
- 2020-10-30★★★★★Thanks for time saving and lightweight pluginrolandassisla
- 2020-03-20★★★★★ABSOLUTELY a lifesaverthinkthendo
- 2020-02-09★★★★★Excellentmilad
- 2019-03-20★★★★★A very light-weight plugin and it workswp_ntnguy
- 2019-03-18★★★★★Goodarmenium1-shot
- 2019-01-21★★★★★Does that it says!dallinchase
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WP SVG Images
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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.
77
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
58
Prior 7-day baseline
178
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,905
Mean release-day peak (30d)
230
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
+32.8%
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.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.24
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
100%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
5.00 → 5.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered