Image Filters vs Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block

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

Image Filters

by Kevin Batdorf

Health D46

Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block

by Johannes Kinast

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Image Filters Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block

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	Image Filters	Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	6/100	99/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.86★ ✓
Reviews	1	88 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	52/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.4y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	53	2.3K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Image Filters 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.