FancyBox Gallery

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

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.

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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

Crossed into this band 14 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ thorshammer

   10.5y ago

   Thanks for the reliable plugin! Would be much more useful if the lightbox included the captions (play controls, even better). Without that, I’m still looking…

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2. ★★★★★ alzuma

   11.1y ago

   It does its job – so its ok. I’m using 1.9.1 – had errors. Add this: jQuery.browser = {}; (function () { jQuery.browser.msie = false; jQuery.browser.version = 0; if (navigator.userAgent.match(/MSIE ([0-9]+)\./)) { jQuery.browser.msie = true; jQuery.browser.version = RegExp.$1; } })(); to \plugins\fancybox-gallery\fancybox\jquery.fancybox-1.2.1.js and it will work.

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3. ★★★★★ dotmandesign

   13.5y ago

   Once I added the link=”file” in the gallery short code, it worked great. Pulled a little hair out before I realized that though.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

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.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-09-19 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2025-09-17 400+ → 500+ up after 5 days in tier
3. 2025-09-12 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2025-09-10 400+ → 500+ up after 5 days in tier
5. 2025-09-05 500+ → 400+ down after 6 days in tier
6. 2025-08-30 400+ → 500+ up after 7 days in tier
7. 2025-08-23 500+ → 400+ down after 5 days in tier
8. 2025-08-18 400+ → 500+ up after 3 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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FancyBox Gallery: 400+ active installs, 4.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/fancybox-gallery