Photography Core vs Firelight Lightbox

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

Health D41

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Photography Core moved down one install band, 40+ to 30+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Photography Core	Firelight Lightbox
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	0	361 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.4y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	79	105.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	2.5% ✓
Category	Blocks	Media

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

Release activity

Photography CoreFirelight 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.