Album Gallery for Flickr
by FARAZFRANK · Media
Also makes 11 other plugins · 42.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display Flickr albums on WordPress with lightbox preview and shortcode integration. Refactored for standard repository compliance.
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Health
B 83/100
no flags
Active installs
4K+
≈4.5K estimated
Momentum
+24%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “image gallery”, “lightbox” and “photo gallery” for “album”, “album gallery” and “albums”. “image gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “album” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “lightbox” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “album gallery” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “photo gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “albums” sits at #11 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 3,281 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 4K of 391.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,318 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 3 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
Well tuned across the board
Updated 82 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
3.9★ over 86 reviews, smoothed to 3.97★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| flickr your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| flickr gallery your tag | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| album | #5 | #8 | 0 |
| add album | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| album gallery | #6 | #9 | up 1 |
| albums | #11 | #17 | 0 |
| add albums | #6 | #9 | 0 |
| wordpress albums | #7 | #9 | 0 |
| repository | #20 | #18 | up 1 |
| image album | #8 | #10 | down 1 |
| photo album | #15 | #18 | 0 |
| standard | #24 | #21 | — |
| photo albums | #18 | #20 | up 2 |
| repository display | #23 | #15 | — |
| image gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| lightbox your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| photo gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
39 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 14 listed. 25 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “image gallery”, “lightbox” and “photo gallery” for “album”, “album gallery” and “albums”. “image gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “album” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “lightbox” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “album gallery” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “photo gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “albums” sits at #11 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 5.9K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
6mo ago
latest release · v2.2.16 · 29 Apr 2026
99
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 90% 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 “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; the previous band took 12 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.2.16 Security: Conducted comprehensive security audit of all inputs and outputs. Security: Hardened data saving with strict nonce verification and capability checks. Security: Implemented wp_unslash() for all $_POST data to e 2.2.16
- — Version 2.2.15 Guidelines Compliance: Full refactoring for repository standards. Framework Removal: Removed Bootstrap dependency and replaced with a lightweight custom Flexbox grid. No Limits: The plugin is now fully functional without 2.2.15
- — Version 2.2.14 Video items will be skipped for now in Flickr Albums. 2.2.14
- — Version 2.2.13 Regular update after 4 month 2.2.13
- — Version 2.2.12 CSS typos issue fixed reported by @jfriedley 2.2.12
- — Version 2.2.11 Donate link removed 2.2.11
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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
7 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 "Display Flickr albums on WordPress with lightbox preview and shortcode integration. Refactored for standard..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 12 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 12 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for photographers", "for bloggers").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,995 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("flickr gallery", "image gallery", "photo gallery" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-26 5K+ → 4K+ down after 371 days in tier
- 2024-10-20 6K+ → 5K+ down after 449 days in tier
- 2023-07-29 7K+ → 6K+ down after 298 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 8K+ → 7K+ down after 663 days in tier
- 2020-12-10 9K+ → 8K+ down after 119 days in tier
- 2020-08-13 10K+ → 9K+ down after 896 days in tier
- 2018-03-01 9K+ → 10K+ up after 407 days in tier
- 2017-01-18 5K+ → 9K+ up after 383 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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Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Photo Gallery by Supsystic – Image Gallery, Masonry, Albums & Lightbox 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Easy Image Gallery 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Lightbox slider – Responsive Lightbox Gallery 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags B -
Image Gallery Block – Showcase Photos in Stunning Responsive Grids 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
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