Flickr API
by Robert O'Rourke · Media
Also makes 4 other plugins · 740+ installs across the portfolio →
A comprehensive Flickr plugin that makes it easy to show off your images in style.
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈25 estimated
Momentum
+61%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “flickr” for “galleria”. “flickr” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “galleria” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
42 health vs 62 average across 3,278 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 9.3K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.
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 12+ 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.
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 4482 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.9.40; the current branch is 6.8
2.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4482 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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 20d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 20d
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| galleria | #11 | #17 | 0 |
| flickr your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| galleries your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| photos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “flickr” for “galleria”. “flickr” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “galleria” 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 7 Oct 2022 · 1,485 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 61 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
12.3y ago
latest release · v0.1.9 · 24 Jul 2014
8
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 months 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 22 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Pieter Bos12.6y ago
Broken plugin, no support Frontend error: Trying to get property of non-object in /domain/path/wp-content/plugins/flickr-api/flickr.php on line 618 And nothing shows (obviously) Backend error: Strict Standards: Non-static method Flickr_API_Plugin::flickr_get_dropdown() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /domain/path/wp-content/plugins/flickr-api/flickr.php on line 1176
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tom J Nowell13.4y ago
If you know how to use it, all works as expected
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
4 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 "A comprehensive Flickr plugin that makes it easy to show off your images in style."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for developers", "use this", "if you want").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 3 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,567 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-03-24 30+ → 20+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2025-02-28 20+ → 30+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2025-02-06 30+ → 20+ down after 201 days in tier
- 2024-07-20 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-17 30+ → 40+ up after 67 days in tier
- 2024-05-11 40+ → 30+ down after 399 days in tier
- 2023-04-08 50+ → 40+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2023-04-01 40+ → 50+ up after 28 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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