WP Image Zoom vs WC Disable Zoom / Lightbox features

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

WP Image Zoom is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 63 for WC Disable Zoom / Lightbox features, led by stronger maintenance.

WP Image Zoom

by SilkyPress

Health A86

WC Disable Zoom / Lightbox features

by theorcawp

Health C63

Active-install trajectory

WP Image Zoom moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+; WC Disable Zoom / Lightbox features moved down one install band, 800+ to 700+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WP Image Zoom	WC Disable Zoom / Lightbox features
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	700–800
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	20K+ → 10K+	-13% ✓
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	C · 63
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	56/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	3.6★
Reviews	119 ✓	9
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100 ✓	74/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago ✓	1.1y ago
Downloads, last 30d	2.9K ✓	197
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.	-29%	+11%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	4.9% ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

WP Image ZoomWC Disable Zoom / Lightbox features

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.