JJ NextGen JQuery Slider vs Firelight Lightbox

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

JJ NextGen JQuery Slider

by jjcoder

Health D45

Firelight Lightbox

by Firelight

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

JJ NextGen JQuery Slider Firelight 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	JJ NextGen JQuery Slider	Firelight Lightbox
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-22%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★	4.77★ ✓
Reviews	4	355 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	107	24.4K ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

JJ NextGen JQuery Slider Firelight 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.