Popup with fancybox vs ARI Fancy Lightbox

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

Popup with fancybox

by [email protected]

Health D46

ARI Fancy Lightbox

by arisoft

Health B76

Active-install trajectory

Popup with fancybox ARI Fancy Lightbox

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Popup with fancybox	ARI Fancy Lightbox
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	B · 76 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	11/100	66/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.73★	4.59★ ✓
Reviews	11	71 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	52/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.8y ago	11mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	174	823 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Media

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

Release activity

Popup with fancybox ARI 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.