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Photo Gallery vs Gallery by Visual Portfolio

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

Gallery by Visual Portfolio and Photo Gallery are close on health (A · 91 vs A · 88). Gallery by Visual Portfolio has the stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Gallery by Visual Portfolio moved down one install band, 60K+ to 50K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Photo Gallery	Gallery by Visual Portfolio
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	50K–60K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-17%
Overall health	A · 88	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	13	340 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	12d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	604	22.2K ✓
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.	+10%	-4%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.6%	2.0% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Photo GalleryGallery by Visual Portfolio

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.