Photo Gallery by Codexin – Image Gallery with Lightbox
by Codexin Technologies · Media
Also makes 1 other plugin · 10.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Create a responsive image gallery with just a few clicks. Using this plugin you can create an unlimited number of galleries with minimum settings.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈78 estimated
Momentum
-18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “image gallery”, “image showcase” and “photo gallery” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 62 average across 3,278 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.5%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 2.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,317 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 6.1.16.
Details
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1459 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1459 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| image gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image showcase your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| photo gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| responsive image gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress gallery plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “image gallery”, “image showcase” and “photo gallery” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 166 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
4.0y ago
latest release · v1.1.0 · 2 Nov 2022
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 80.
Install history since 17 Aug 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ AlfredG5.8y ago
I recommend this plugin, it’s a beautiful gallery plugin. Easy to use and beautiful on any website. I also love the fact that the lightbox can show captions and the description of photos. Most plugins can’t do both. I had one problem and it was because I was using webp format. It was solved very quickly, so when you use webp, this plugin can manage it! So, great plugin an very easy to use.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Md Jakir Hossen5.9y ago
This plugin really saved me a lot of time! Fast and easy to use. Thanks a lot for this awesome plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.6.1
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Create a responsive image gallery with just a few clicks. Using this plugin you can create an unlimited num..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 3 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 892 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Image Showcase", "wordpress gallery plugin" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 80+ → 70+ down after 253 days in tier
- 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
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
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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