Image Wall vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

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

Health C69

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Image Wall moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Image Wall	Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 69	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	46/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	94/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	31/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.7★	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	54	2,003 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	79/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.4y ago	14d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	139	130.7K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	1.4% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Image WallResponsive 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.