Gallery with No Image Links
by sators · Media
Allows users to use the [gallery] shorttag with link="none" in order to have an image gallery with no links. [gallery link="none"]
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈160 estimated
Momentum
-4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “shorttag” to your wp.org tags. You rank #17 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
46 health vs 62 average across 3,279 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 7.8K 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.
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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 3999 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.3.34; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3999 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| shorttag | #17 | #11 | — |
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| link your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “shorttag” to your wp.org tags. You rank #17 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 160 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; the previous band took 2.2 years to cross, which places it about 62% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ damionwagner10.5y ago
The option for alternate Jetpack galleries is not available when this plugin is active.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Neil Link13.0y ago
Great plugin that does just like it says. A+. Should definitely be in core!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AndyWarren13.3y ago
This should be an option with WP core, but since its not, this plugin does the trick.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ geoffreygordon13.4y ago
does what it says it can do. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ werth13.9y ago
It would be nice, to have this shortcode on board wordpress core, though. Thanks for the workaround, helped a lot!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
2 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 "Allows users to use the [gallery] shorttag with link="none" in order to have an image gallery with no links..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 258 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-22 200+ → 100+ down after 817 days in tier
- 2023-09-27 300+ → 200+ down after 358 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 400+ → 300+ down after 196 days in tier
- 2022-03-22 1K+ → 400+ down
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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Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
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Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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