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NextGen NivoSlider vs Firelight Lightbox

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

Firelight Lightbox is the safest pick: health A · 91 against 43 for NextGen NivoSlider, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

NextGen NivoSlider 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	NextGen NivoSlider	Firelight Lightbox
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	200K–300K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 43	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.7★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	8	361 ✓
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	13.1y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	118	105.1K ✓
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.	+19%	+2%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	2.5% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

NextGen NivoSliderFirelight 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.