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Popup with fancybox vs ARI Fancy Lightbox

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

ARI Fancy Lightbox is the safest pick: health B · 72 against 45 for Popup with fancybox, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Popup with fancybox moved down one install band, 1K+ to 900+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Popup with fancybox	ARI Fancy Lightbox
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-10%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 72 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100	57/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.7★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	11	71 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	46/100	81/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.0y ago	1.1y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	255	1.3K ✓
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.	+16%	+27%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	4.0% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Media

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

Release activity

Popup with fancyboxARI Fancy 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.