Meks Simple Flickr Widget
by Meks · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 13 other plugins · 94.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Quickly display your Flickr photos inside WordPress widget.
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Health
C 59/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10K+
≈20K estimated
Momentum
+21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “photos” for “flickr photos”. “photos” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “flickr photos” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
59 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 414.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 825 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 825 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
+1.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| photostream your tag | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| flickr widget | #5 | #23 | down 1 |
| flickr photostream | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| flickr photos | #15 | #22 | 0 |
| flickr your tag | #20 | #23 | down 8 |
| photos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sidebar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “photos” for “flickr photos”. “photos” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “flickr photos” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Slipping on “flickr”. Down 8 places since 2026-09-21, now #20. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 12.1K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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
2.3y ago
latest release · v1.3 · 29 Jul 2024
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 74% 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 days ago and the previous band took 2.4 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 20K.
Install history since 12 Sep 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ zhirgotrash7.5y ago
very userfriendly
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ crdunst11.7y ago
The widget pulls in images fine, but the main issue for me is the size parameters. I can only add px values, not percentages or auto. This means that my images are being forced into set heights/widths, regardless of the proportions of the original photos, leading to image stretching. I manually had to override the height in my own css with height: auto!important; to overcome this, but it would be great if there was slightly more control in the widget settings to allow for more control. Thanks for the plugin so far though!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Paul Istoan12.0y ago
It works as it should. One suggestion is if the photos are from a group, link the photo to the actual group stream and not the user stream.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.3 WP 6.3 compatibility tested Patched a minor security issue 1.3
- — Version 1.2 WP 5.8 compatibility 1.2
- — Version 1.1.4 Added notification for meks plugins 1.1.4
- — Version 1.1.3 Added an option to randomize photos on display Added support for websites using https protocol Improved: Now you can use “0” (zero) as height value to enable “auto” height for photos 1.1.3
- — Version 1.1.2 Full compatibility with WordPress 4.3 1.1.2
- — Version 1.1 Added support for Flickr group feeds 1.1
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 39 languages, 5 at 90% or more · development strings
Plus 15 more locales with partial translations.
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
3 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 "Quickly display your Flickr photos inside WordPress widget."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 2 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 436 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "photostream", "sidebar" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-09 20K+ → 10K+ down after 861 days in tier
- 2024-05-31 30K+ → 20K+ down after 1394 days in tier
- 2020-08-06 20K+ → 30K+ up after 907 days in tier
- 2018-02-11 10K+ → 20K+ up after 685 days in tier
- 2016-03-28 9K+ → 10K+ up after 56 days in tier
- 2016-02-01 8K+ → 9K+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2016-01-07 7K+ → 8K+ up after 119 days in tier
- 2015-09-10 6K+ → 7K+ up after 21 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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Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Image Widget 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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