NextGEN Gallery Date
by roberto.c · Media
This plugin will let you sort the galleries by date and get info about gallery creation (and modification) date.
45 health vs 59 average across 1,584 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 3.2.1, 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 5432 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 2022-10-07 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
22
now · peak 57
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-06 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-01 30+ → 20+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2025-12-08 20+ → 30+ up after 175 days in tier
- 2025-06-16 30+ → 20+ down after 344 days in tier
- 2024-07-07 40+ → 30+ down after 97 days in tier
- 2024-04-01 30+ → 40+ up after 79 days in tier
- 2024-01-13 40+ → 30+ down after 194 days in tier
- 2023-07-03 50+ → 40+ down after 256 days in tier
- 2022-10-20 60+ → 50+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- S Social Photo Fetcher 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B
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WoowGallery 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 400K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A - S Simple Lightbox 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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