NextGEN Gallery Search
by Koen Schuit · Media
Search a gallery within the NextGEN galleries including description search.
47 health vs 60 average across 1,437 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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 3994 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
156
now · peak 212
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 100+ → 90+ down after 877 days in band
- 2024-02-14 200+ → 100+ down after 9 days in band
- 2024-02-05 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-04 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-03 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-01-30 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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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 - N NextGEN Scroll Gallery 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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