LC Lightbox Lite vs Simple Lightbox

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

LC Lightbox Lite

by LCweb

Health B84

Simple Lightbox

by Archetyped

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

LC Lightbox Lite Simple 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	LC Lightbox Lite	Simple Lightbox
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+400% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 84 ✓	B · 81
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	87/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.31★ ✓
Reviews	2	239 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago ✓	6mo ago
Downloads · 30d	770	9.3K ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

LC Lightbox Lite Simple 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.