Random image gallery with fancy zoom vs Firelight Lightbox

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

Random image gallery with fancy zoom

by gopiplus

Health D42

Firelight Lightbox

by Firelight

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Random image gallery with fancy zoom Firelight 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	Random image gallery with fancy zoom	Firelight Lightbox
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 42	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	4/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.77★ ✓
Reviews	0	355 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	49/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.8y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	84	21.9K ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Random image gallery with fancy zoom Firelight 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.