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WPIDE – File Manager & Code Editor
Handy for theme edits but the config files demand a premium.
HealthyGrowing
81/100
Users love the convenience of dashboard editing despite the paywall for core files.
Active installs
~45,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.8★
293 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+7%
Growing
236 → 253 installs/day
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 · +7% in the last year
236/day a year ago→253/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWPIDE is generally well-regarded as a convenient in-dashboard file manager and code editor, though at least one user raises a significant concern about key functionality being locked behind a paywall.
What people like
- +Saves time by allowing file management and editing directly within WordPress, without needing to access cPanel or external tools×2
- +Considered reliable and fast for day-to-day file management tasks×2
- +Useful enough that users install it across multiple projects
Common complaints
- −Key features such as editing wp-config.php are locked behind a paid upgrade, limiting the free version's usefulness
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.65★Verified rating — drops from 4.80★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 30%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-05-152025-06-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 293 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-29★★★★★Very good File ManagerEli
- 2026-05-27★★★★★Clean filemanager with awesome editor functionsDonQuicky
- 2026-05-26★★★★★Very useful and easy to useraniagk
- 2026-05-09★★★★★Georges has done an amazing job! 🙏🏻tjanson
- 2026-05-07★★★★★Does the jobjuhohame1-shot
- 2026-05-03★★★★★Reliable and Helpful PluginM Hassan Raza1-shot
- 2026-03-12★★★★★Exactly the File Manager I’ve Been Searching for Over the Last Two YearsMustafiz Munna
- 2026-02-28★★★★★Excellent Toolmucpeter
- 2026-02-10★★★★★Great Toolwebmachine88
- 2026-02-04★★★★★Great Tool!JustPlainTom
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.
255
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
316
Prior 7-day baseline
169
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,726
Mean release-day peak (30d)
275
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-19.3%
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
0.53
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
30%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-13%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.76 → 4.65★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered