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SimpleGal vs FancyBox for WordPress

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

FancyBox for WordPress is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

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

Metric	SimpleGal	FancyBox for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	30K–40K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	40K+ → 30K+
Overall health	—	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	0	92 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	14.7y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	75	5.3K ✓
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.	+33%	-4%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	1.5% ✓
Category	Media	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

SimpleGalFancyBox for WordPress

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.