Flickr API
by Robert O'Rourke · Media
A comprehensive Flickr plugin that makes it easy to show off your images in style.
42 health vs 66 average across 861 Media plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4376 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 2022-10-07 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
24
now · peak 61
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-06 · 1,363 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-03-24 30+ → 20+ down after 24 days in band
- 2025-02-28 20+ → 30+ up after 22 days in band
- 2025-02-06 30+ → 20+ down after 201 days in band
- 2024-07-20 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-07-17 30+ → 40+ up after 67 days in band
- 2024-05-11 40+ → 30+ down after 399 days in band
- 2023-04-08 50+ → 40+ down after 7 days in band
- 2023-04-01 40+ → 50+ up after 28 days in band
Competes with
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