Steve's Gallery Helper vs Simple Lightbox

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

Steve's Gallery Helper

by stevegibbs

Health B80

Simple Lightbox

by Archetyped

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Not enough install history yet to chart a trajectory for both plugins. It builds as we snapshot daily.

Metric	Steve's Gallery Helper	Simple Lightbox
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	0–0	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 80	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.31★ ✓
Reviews	0	239 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	12d ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	104	9.0K ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Steve's Gallery Helper Simple 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.