Auto Upload Images vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Auto Upload Images

by Ali Irani

Health D48

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

by dFactory

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Auto Upload Images Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Auto Upload Images	Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20K–30K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 48	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	4/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.29★	4.86★ ✓
Reviews	106	1,999 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	57/100	85/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.7y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	2.0K	15.0K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Media

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Auto Upload Images Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.