Migrate away from NextGEN Gallery vs Migrate away from FooGallery

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

Health B80

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Migrate away from NextGEN Gallery moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Migrate away from NextGEN Gallery	Migrate away from FooGallery
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	300–400 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	—	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	0	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	86/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	14d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	215	481 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.5%	2.8% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Migrate away from NextGEN GalleryMigrate away from FooGallery

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.