Plugin audit
Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
10K+
Rating
4.8★
wp.org · 147 reviews
Downloads / 30d
2.6K
Momentum
-21%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 3648 tracked Media plugins: health 90 vs 63 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.7★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #3 hd video Up 2
- #6 gallery gutenberg block Down 1
- #8 photo gallery
- #9 gallery video Down 1
- #9 wordpress gallery plugin Down 1
- #10 photo Down 1
- #10 video gallery
- #12 gallery block Down 4
What to fix first
- 1
“gallery” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “gallery gutenberg block” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “image gallery” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #13. “gallery video” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “gallery block” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “gallery slider” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- 2
#15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- 3
One page off on “gallery block”
#12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- 4
One page off on “image gallery”
#13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- 5
Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
30-day download momentum is -21% while the Media category median is 0%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
Ranking signals
Listing score 98/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 63 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
- Rating quality Strong
4.8★ over 147 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.6★
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Downloads are cooling
Needs work30-day download momentum is -21% while the Media category median is 0%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
What to do: Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
Readme fails 1 of 8 AI readiness checks
OpportunityAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: names who it is for. Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.
No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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