Joli CLEAR Lightbox
by WPJoli · Media
Also makes 4 other plugins · 7.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Ultralight Lightbox for WordPress. Designed for Speed. No jQuery. Responsive with gestures. Simple, Elegant, yet highly Customizable.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
-25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “fancybox” for “ultralight”. “fancybox” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ultralight” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
48 health vs 62 average across 3,281 Media plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20.
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 1684 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1684 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ultralight | #9 | #9 | 0 |
| fancybox your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| lightbox your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| photo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “fancybox” for “ultralight”. “fancybox” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ultralight” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 61 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #49,700 to #68,000, alongside the other plugins with fewer than 10 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
4.6y ago
latest release · v1.0.3 · 22 Mar 2022
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Deepak5.7y ago
I am glad to have finally found a lightweight lightbox plugin not using jquery. The plugin configuration is really simple and does the job. Although it can have some more improvements such as animations, zoom in/out etc but I hope the author will enhance this plugin over the period of time. Really excited!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0.3). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- 2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects 1.0.0 - 1.0.3 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Ultralight Lightbox for WordPress. Designed for Speed. No jQuery. Responsive with gestures. Simple, Elegant..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 7 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,770 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "fancybox", "photo" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 4 shared tags A -
LightPress Lightbox 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags B -
WP Colorbox 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags B -
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags B - S Simple Lightbox 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
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Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A
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