SmoothGallery vs Social Photo Fetcher

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

SmoothGallery

by Christian Schenk

Health D42

Social Photo Fetcher

by JK

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

SmoothGallery Social Photo Fetcher

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	SmoothGallery	Social Photo Fetcher
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 42	B · 80 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	96/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	67/100	69/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.68★	3.78★ ✓
Reviews	1	12 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	78/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	12.1y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	73	319 ✓
Category	Media	Social

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

Release activity

SmoothGallery Social Photo Fetcher

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.