Meks Simple Flickr Widget

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Share 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.

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1. ★★★★★ zhirgotrash

   7.3y ago

   very userfriendly

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2. ★★★★★ crdunst

   11.5y 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!

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3. ★★★★★ Paul Istoan

   11.8y 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.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.3 WP 6.3 compatibility tested Patched a minor security issue 1.3
2. — Version 1.2 WP 5.8 compatibility 1.2
3. — Version 1.1.4 Added notification for meks plugins 1.1.4
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
5. — Version 1.1.2 Full compatibility with WordPress 4.3 1.1.2
6. — Version 1.1 Added support for Flickr group feeds 1.1

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Meks Smart Social Widget <= 1.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via meks_remove_notification ↗
   2023-07-26 CVE-2023-25989 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.2 Patched in 1.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1

Translated into 38 languages, 5 at 90% or more · development strings

Plus 14 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-05-31 30K+ → 20K+ down

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Meks Simple Flickr Widget: 20K+ active installs, 4.3★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/meks-simple-flickr-widget