Awesome Lightbox vs Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block

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

Awesome Lightbox

by Rajat Sharma

Health C59

Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block

by Johannes Kinast

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Not enough install history yet to chart a trajectory for both plugins. It builds as we snapshot daily.

Metric	Awesome Lightbox	Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	0–0	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 59	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	46/100	99/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.86★ ✓
Reviews	0	88 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	73/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.4y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	33	2.3K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Awesome Lightbox Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block

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.