Lightbox with PhotoSwipe vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

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

Lightbox with PhotoSwipe

by Arno Welzel

Health A91

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

by dFactory

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Lightbox with PhotoSwipe Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

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	Lightbox with PhotoSwipe	Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20K–30K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 91	A · 91
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	97/100	97/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.84★	4.86★ ✓
Reviews	115	1,999 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	95/100 ✓	85/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	yesterday ✓	2mo ago
Downloads · 30d	37.0K ✓	15.0K
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Lightbox with PhotoSwipe Responsive 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.