Firelight Lightbox vs LightPress Lightbox

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

Firelight Lightbox

by Firelight

Health A91

LightPress Lightbox

by Firelight

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Firelight Lightbox LightPress Lightbox

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	Firelight Lightbox	LightPress Lightbox
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200K–300K ✓	40K–50K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 91 ✓	A · 85
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	92/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100 ✓	89/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.77★ ✓	4.50★
Reviews	355 ✓	71
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	99/100 ✓	95/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago ✓	5mo ago
Downloads · 30d	27.7K ✓	1.9K
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Firelight Lightbox LightPress Lightbox

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.