Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Simple Media Library Folders
Active installs10+ rounded
Current authorMisha Rudrastyh
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release12 days ago 16 Aug 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record3
Rating4.2 /5 · 5
Added to directory07 May 2026
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.3
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Misha Rudrastyh throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very early-stage: 10+ active installs. Too few installs to read anything into adoption. That is a gap in the evidence, not a mark against the plugin.
36 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 103% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 101/day28 Aug 2026
3 ratings left in the last 27 days, averaging 3.7 out of 5 (1 of them one or two stars). Too few to compare against the lifetime average.
Install band rose to 10+ on 26 Aug 2026, from fewer than 10. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 15 Aug | 16 Aug | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 0 | 32 | 11 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 55 | 32 | 11 | 44 | 101 | 0 | 11 |
| Ratings total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Active installs | 0+ | 0+ | 0+ | 0+ | 0+ | 0+ | 0+ | 0+ | 0+ | 0+ | 0+ | 10+ | 10+ | 10+ |
| Version | 1.4.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Unchanged throughout: support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
27 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory4 months ago 07 May 2026
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.3
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 16 Aug 2026, 13 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 9 other plugins, 4 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
- 16 Aug 202612 days agoVersion 1.5 released
- 05 Aug 202623 days agoVersion 1.4.4 released
- 02 Aug 202626 days agoInstall band moved to fewer than 10Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 202626 days agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 24 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 1.4.3 released
- 07 May 20264 months agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Misha Rudrastyh for all 27 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 12 days ago (16 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 10+ active installs.
- It carries 5 ratings, averaging 4.2 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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