NextGEN Gallery ColorBoxer
by Mark Jeldi · Media
One-click ColorBox lightbox integration with NextGEN Gallery. Only loads when a gallery shortcode is present.
45 health vs 59 average across 1,669 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5166 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
23
now · peak 75
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-03 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-02 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 200+ → 100+ down after 712 days in tier
- 2024-04-19 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-04-16 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-15 300+ → 200+ down after 406 days in tier
- 2023-03-06 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-03-04 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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NextGEN Gallery Search 90+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags D -
NextGEN Gallery Optimizer 2K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags F - N NextGEN Custom Fields 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- R Responsive NextGEN Flex Slider Template 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- N NextGEN Gallery Comments 60+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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NextGEN Download Gallery 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C
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