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Actively maintained Tested with WP 7.1 #1 in assets

Site Assets

Share website assets on a per page basis. Perfect for sites with multiple contributors and developers.

Active installs400+100+ tier
Downloads · 30d335▲ 4.2× vs prev. 30d
Rating5/51 reviews
Health score77/100Good
All-time downloads1.9KSince Jan 2015
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 4.7PHP 7.0+
Downloads · 7d166▲ +144.1% week over week
Our verdict

Solid choice

Site Assets is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 400+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 4 days ago, and scores 77/100 on our health check.

  • Actively developed — last update 4 days ago
  • Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
  • Small user base (400+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

183755Jul 2Aug 15Sep 29
Yesterday12
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day74Sep 25, 2026
Last 12 months736

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Site Assets stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
assets #1 8,120 Best assets plugins →
content >100 10,000 Best content plugins →
files >100 10,000 Best files plugins →
images >100 10,000 Best images plugins →
Site #27 10,000 Best Site plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.3100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Site Assets

From the official readme · v1.5.2

Description

Site Assets is a tool to easily share website assets on a per page basis. This is most helpful on site with multiple contributors and developers.

  • Set permissions on who can add or view the assets
  • Add assets on a per page/post basis. Even custom post types.
  • Style the front end assets box to fit the site design or choose from predefined styles
  • Share relevant images, graphics and text on the pages specific to that content
  • Note: This plugin is for linking to assets, not uploading assets. (Link to box.net, zip archive, etc)

Short Description

Share website assets on a per page basis. Perfect for sites with multiple contributors and developers.

Installation

  1. Upload the site-assets folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin from the Plugin menu in WordPress
  3. Updates will be handled automatically through the built in WordPress update functionality.

Changelog

1.5.2

  • Admin script and styles load from this plugin on the 53mp Tools screen.

1.5.1

  • Readme Tested up to uses WordPress 7.1.

1.5.0

  • Settings stay under 53mp Tools. The shared hub is now All Plugins.

1.4.0

  • Abda53 namespace for admin UI.

1.3.0

  • Settings moved under 53 Minute Tools with shared suite bootstrap.

1.2.1

  • Updated for the latest version of WordPress and PHP

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Admin View - Admin Permissions View
Admin View - Admin Permissions View
Content Management - Content Management View
Content Management - Content Management View
Front End - Front End View
Front End - Front End View

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FAQ

Site Assets: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026

Is Site Assets free?

Yes. Site Assets is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Site Assets safe to use in 2026?

Site Assets is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 400+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 4 days ago, and scores 77/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Site Assets?

Site Assets is active on 400+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,949 times since it launched in January 2015. It was downloaded 335 times in the last 30 days.

Does Site Assets work with WordPress 7.1?

Yes. The developer has tested Site Assets up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 4.7 or newer.

What PHP version does Site Assets need?

Site Assets requires PHP 7.0 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was Site Assets last updated?

The latest version, 1.5.2, was released on September 25, 2026 (4 days ago).

Who makes Site Assets?

Site Assets is developed and maintained by a 53 minute production.

What are the best alternatives to Site Assets?

The most popular alternatives to Site Assets are Custom Upload Folder (300+ installs), Perform (200+ installs) and Disable Version Caching (200+ installs).

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