CSS-Only Lightbox vs WPCode

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

CSS-Only Lightbox

by dan-jones

Health D41

WPCode

by Syed Balkhi

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

CSS-Only Lightbox WPCode

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	CSS-Only Lightbox	WPCode
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	3M–4M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+50% ✓
Overall health	D · 41	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	62/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.87★ ✓
Reviews	0	1,875 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.9y ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	129	1.7M ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

CSS-Only Lightbox WPCode

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.