FileBird – WordPress Media Library… vs Archivarix External Images Importer (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
FileBird – WordPress Media Library…
200K+ active installs
Free
Archivarix External Images Importer
2.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Archivarix External Images Importer has a higher user rating (5/5 from 9 reviews) while FileBird – WordPress Media Library… leads in active installations (200K+ vs 2.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. FileBird – WordPress Media Library… has accumulated 6.3M+ total downloads while Archivarix External Images Importer has 27K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | FileBird – WordPress Media Library… | Archivarix External Images Importer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7/5 | ► | 5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 1,110 | ◄ | 9 |
| Active Installs | 200K+ | ◄ | 2.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 6.3M+ | ◄ | 27K+ |
| Support Resolution | 100% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 2 months ago | ► | 3 weeks ago |
| First Released | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Age | 8 years | 7 years | |
| WP Requires | 3.0+ | 6.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 6.5.2 | 2.0.3 |
Rating Breakdown
FileBird – WordPress Media Library…
Archivarix External Images Importer
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, FileBird – WordPress Media Library… averaged approximately 1,204 daily downloads while Archivarix External Images Importer averaged 37.
Recent Reviews
FileBird – WordPress Media Library… Reviews
Brilliant plugins and support
The plugin is great but the support is even better – highly recommended
Great plugin and super responsive support
Great plugin and outstanding support! We encountered a conflict with another plugin affecting the Media Library, and the support team quickly helped us identify the root cause. Their response wa
Great organizer
It’s so great to be able to organize files with Filebird. Had a technical display issue and they resolved it very quickly!
Archivarix External Images Importer Reviews
Works with Gutenberg
Works great! I imported several posts into a site running WordPress 5.9.3 with Gutenberg and the Archivarix External Images Importer plugin imported the external images without any issues. I’ve tested
Request function
This is the best WP image capture plugin I have ever used! But I hope to add a feature to automatically check whether there is an external image every time an article is updated, and if there is one,
Worked well for me
I created a site and bulk scraped articles with images from other sites. But my scraper could only scrape the page html, not import the image itself into wordpress. So I used this plugin. The scrapi
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