Photo Gallery by Codexin – Image Gallery with Lightbox
by Codexin Technologies · Media
Create a responsive image gallery with just a few clicks. Using this plugin you can create an unlimited number of galleries with minimum settings.
46 health vs 59 average across 1,594 Media plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.10.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1353 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
60
now · peak 166
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-21 90+ → 80+ down after 60 days in tier
- 2025-10-22 80+ → 90+ up after 33 days in tier
- 2025-09-19 90+ → 80+ down after 170 days in tier
- 2025-04-02 100+ → 90+ down after 764 days in tier
- 2023-02-28 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-27 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2023-02-23 90+ → 100+ up after 38 days in tier
- 2023-01-16 80+ → 90+ up after 52 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 400K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Photo Gallery by FooGallery : Responsive Image Gallery, Masonry Gallery & Carousel 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Photo Gallery – GT3 Image Gallery & Gutenberg Block Gallery 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Gmedia Photo Gallery 7K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B
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