FolioBlocks
by FolioBlocks · Media
Create fast, responsive photo and video galleries with grid, masonry, justified, modular, carousel, filmstrip, and proofing layouts for photographers, …
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈70 estimated
Momentum
-25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “gallery” and “image gallery” for “proofing” and “wistia”. “gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “proofing” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “image gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “wistia” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 62 average across 3,278 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 3.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.
This plugin shipped 33 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
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 24 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
54
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
56%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| proofing | #11 | #11 | up 1 |
| photo proofing | #13 | #10 | 0 |
| wistia | #24 | #17 | 0 |
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| 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 | ||
| video gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 10 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 “gallery” and “image gallery” for “proofing” and “wistia”. “gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “proofing” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “image gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “wistia” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 19 Nov 2025 · 347 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 494 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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.
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
33
releases in the last 12 months
24d ago
latest release · v1.5.2 · 7 Oct 2026
33
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 70.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 46 days.
Install history since 18 Nov 2025
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
8 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 "Create fast, responsive photo and video galleries with grid, masonry, justified, modular, carousel, filmstr..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for photographers", "who want", "built for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Gutenberg, Block editor, Cloudflare and 4 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,831 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "image gallery", "photo gallery" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-28 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-27 70+ → 60+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 50+ → 70+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2026-09-17 40+ → 50+ up after 41 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 30+ → 40+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 40+ → 30+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2026-06-29 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 40+ → 50+ up after 16 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★ · 4 shared tags A -
Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 4 shared tags A -
SimpLy Gallery 40K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A -
Photo Gallery by Supsystic – Image Gallery, Masonry, Albums & Lightbox 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags A -
Easy Image Gallery 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A -
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A
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