Frndzk Photo Lightbox Gallery
by bitto.kazi · Media
Frndzk photo lightbox plugin adds lightbox effect to all photos of every post and pages. it also shows photos in a group of a post like a photo album.
44 health vs 62 average across 1,204 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 4.2.39, 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 4073 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
19
now · peak 68
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-02 20+ → 30+ up after 10 days in band
- 2026-06-22 30+ → 20+ down after 342 days in band
- 2025-07-15 40+ → 30+ down after 194 days in band
- 2025-01-02 50+ → 40+ down after 25 days in band
- 2024-12-08 40+ → 50+ up after 9 days in band
- 2024-11-29 50+ → 40+ down after 294 days in band
- 2024-02-09 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-08 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
LightPress Lightbox 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP Colorbox 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
Easy Image Collage 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Image Gallery Block 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
WP fancybox 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C
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