Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager
Active installs200,000+ rounded
Current authorNinja Team
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release25 days ago 13 Oct 2026
Support2 / 2 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record36
Rating4.7 /5 · 1,125
Added to directory02 Jul 2018
Requires WP3.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
PluginsPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by Ninja Team throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ninjateam | 34 | 31 Mar 2021 | 27 Jul 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
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 widely adopted: 200,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
4,455 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 23% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 90,836/day31 Oct 2026
4 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.8 out of 5. Too few to compare against the lifetime average.
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 | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 3,073 | 6,119 | 5,114 | 6,903 | 9,996 | 5,442 | 2,387 | 1,890 | 4,606 | 0 | 6,898 | 12,348 | 3,056 |
| Ratings total | 1,123 | 1,123 | 1,123 | 1,123 | 1,123 | 1,123 | 1,124 | 1,124 | 1,124 | 1,124 | 1,124 | 1,124 | 1,124 | 1,125 |
| Support threads | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Threads resolved | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (200,000+) · version (6.5.9)
91 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 directory8 years ago 02 Jul 2018
Requires WP3.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 13 Oct 2026, 26 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 2 of 2 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 12 other plugins, 12 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.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 13 Oct 202626 days agoVersion 6.5.9 released
- 22 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 6.5.8 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily 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.
- 27 Jul 20263 months agoVersion 6.5.7 released
- 19 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 6.5.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ninjateam.
- 22 May 20266 months agoVersion 6.5.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ninjateam.
- 11 May 20266 months agoVersion 6.5.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ninjateam.
- 10 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 6.5.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ninjateam.
- 22 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 6.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ninjateam.
- 17 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 6.4.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ninjateam.
- 17 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 6.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ninjateam.
- 04 Aug 202515 months agoVersion 6.4.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ninjateam.
- 19 Mar 202520 months agoVersion 6.4.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ninjateam.
- 12 Feb 202521 months agoVersion 6.4.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ninjateam.
- 11 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 6.4.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ninjateam.
- 17 Oct 20242 years agoVersion 6.3.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ninjateam.
- 31 Mar 20215.5 years ago21 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 31 Mar 2021 and 23 Aug 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 02 Jul 20188 years 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 Ninja Team for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 25 days ago (13 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs.
- It carries 1,125 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 2 of 2 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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