ShapedGallery – Photo Gallery, Image Gallery, Video Gallery & Lightbox
by ShapedPlugin LLC · Media
Also makes 20 other plugins · 293.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Create responsive image, photo and video galleries with justified, grid and masonry layouts, one-click Ready Patterns and a built-in lightbox.
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Health
B 83/100
no flags
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+223%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “image gallery” for “video lightbox”. “image gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “video lightbox” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 62 average across 3,280 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.0%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 33.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,319 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.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 11 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 12 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
26%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| video lightbox | #12 | #20 | down 1 |
| lightbox your tag | #21 | #23 | up 1 |
| client photo gallery | #13 | #18 | up 2 |
| simple lightbox | #14 | #17 | 0 |
| easy lightbox | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| random image gallery | #19 | #21 | down 1 |
| wordpress lightbox | #20 | #24 | — |
| divi masonry image gallery | #20 | #19 | down 1 |
| image lightbox | #23 | #24 | — |
| responsive lightbox | #23 | #22 | — |
| image gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| masonry gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| photo gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
36 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 26 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “image gallery” for “video lightbox”. “image gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “video lightbox” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.1K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
11d ago
latest release · v1.2.2 · 21 Oct 2026
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.8 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous5.7y ago
I was trying to create a button pointing to a pop-up lightbox with an image from the image gallery. After using some more “famous” lightbox plugins I tried this one and it worked as a charm. The only downfall is that there are no customization options, but I can live with that.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rtpHarry6.1y ago
Unfortunately, this plugin is way out of date. When you try to use it with links to the video services it converts them all to http links not https. By the looks of it, it also uses embed methods that are no longer supported, at least with YouTube. Looking at the source code it converts the links to /v/ style links not /embed/ ones, so you just get a connection refused error. Seems like it also strips out adding in extra commands to pass to YouTube like rel=0 and similar (although I’m not sure, I think rel in particular doesn’t do anything these days, but all commands are stripped out). It seems that the lightbox it’s based on was last updated in 2014 and is no longer available on the github repo it has in its copyright. Needs an overhaul to be useful again. This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by rtpHarry.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pediaf7.4y ago
It works with Vimeo, but with YouTube when you click on the link to open the video, you will see a download notice.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ muzKore7.6y ago
I really like this plugin. It works really easily and makes using Lightbox in WordPress a snap. There are a few small areas where it does fall short. Such as no support for captions on image popups. I was surprised that it was not supported. Also the images don’t transition. they just instantly change from one to another. Being able to fade images or add a transition even by CSS would be a fantastic additions. It is not a total deal breaker but I am considering using another plugin for image series which means some duplication in code bases but image captions and smooth transitions are a must for Lightbox. Thanks to the developer for all of your hard work so far. This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by muzKore. Reason: Spelling mistake. DOH!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ only248.8y ago
Хороший, простой плагин! Советую всем.
Read on wp.org ↗ - Read on wp.org ↗★★★★★ unalignedcoder10.8y ago
- ★★★★★ smuhammed11.4y ago
Simple and Fast.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Raynys11.9y ago
Don’t work! It load an iframe with the whole site and not the images.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Create responsive image, photo and video galleries with justified, grid and masonry layouts, one-click Read..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("made for", "who wants", "for portfolios").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg, Block editor, Divi and 7 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 11 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,139 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "image gallery" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-01-30 2K+ → 1K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-01-27 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-26 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1760 days in tier
- 2018-04-02 1K+ → 2K+ up
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 by Supsystic – Image Gallery, Masonry, Albums & Lightbox 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags A -
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A -
Image Gallery Block – Showcase Photos in Stunning Responsive Grids 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags B -
FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
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