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Flickr API

by David Walker · Uncategorized

This plugin is an amended version of flickrRSS by "eightface". As well as allowing you to integrate Flickr photos into your site, supportin …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 66 average across 3,829 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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.

35 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5197 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-50% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

57

now · peak 141

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

Flickr API · #25548 Meks Simple Flickr W · #1391 FancyBox for WordPre · #940 Newpost Catch · #2161

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.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈27

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations

Details

Version
0.7
Last updated
14.2y ago
Added
2010-01-26 · 16 yrs on WP
Requires WP
2.6
Tested up to
3.3.2
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-17 30+ → 20+ down after 554 days in band
  2. 2024-10-10 40+ → 30+ down after 383 days in band
  3. 2023-09-23 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
  4. 2023-09-21 40+ → 50+ up after 34 days in band
  5. 2023-08-18 50+ → 40+ down after 10 days in band
  6. 2023-08-08 40+ → 50+ up after 15 days in band
  7. 2023-07-24 50+ → 40+ down after 5 days in band
  8. 2023-07-19 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in band

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