Import to Photo Gallery from NextGen gallery vs Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes is the safest pick: health A · 92 against 43 for Import to Photo Gallery from NextGen gallery, led by lower removal risk.
Active-install trajectory
Import to Photo Gallery from NextGen gallery moved down one install band, 500+ to 400+; Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes moved down one install band, 400K+ to 300K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | Import to Photo Gallery from NextGen gallery | Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 400–500 | 300K–400K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | -20% ✓ | 400K+ → 300K+ |
| Overall health | D · 43 | A · 92 ✓ |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 3/100 | 100/100 ✓ |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 70/100 | 85/100 ✓ |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 89/100 ✓ |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 3.8★ | 4.3★ ✓ |
| Reviews | 4 | 4,342 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 38/100 | 95/100 ✓ |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | High | Low ✓ |
| Last updated | 8.0y ago | 9d ago ✓ |
| Downloads, last 30d | 153 | 467K ✓ |
| Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower. | +17% | +24% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 1.0% ✓ | 0.6% |
| Category | Media | Media |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
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.