NextGEN Gallery Search
by Koen Schuit · Media
Search a gallery within the NextGEN galleries including description search.
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Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
80+
≈89 estimated
Momentum
-6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “nextgen”, “nextgen gallery” and “nextgen gallery plugins” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
50 health vs 62 average across 3,281 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 20K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,318 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 11+ 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.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4100 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.2.39; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4100 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nextgen gallery addons your tag | #10 | #8 | 0 |
| nextgen gallery addon | #11 | #8 | 0 |
| nextgen your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| nextgen gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| nextgen gallery plugins your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| nextgen gallery search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “nextgen”, “nextgen gallery” and “nextgen gallery plugins” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 213 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
11.2y ago
latest release · v2.12 · 10 Aug 2015
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 38 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 90.
Install history since 14 Aug 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Elsehsah7.4y ago
I do not want to search images since it is build in NextGen Gallery plugin, I just want to locate the gallery so I can edit it. This plugin is the only one that does this with very little size and process in the backend.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Scott Zeman9.6y ago
Wow, wish i would have found this earlier!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous12.6y ago
We had a problem with a related plugin and Koen was invaluable in solving it quickly!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous12.8y ago
Its very fast and very friendly to use
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Koen Schuit13.0y ago
If you have a lot of galleries and you need to find the right gallery quick, this plugin is for you!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.12). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- 2025-08-25 CVE-2025-53224 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.12 No patch available
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 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("There is no menu called Gallery").
- ! 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 909 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("nextgen gallery addons", "nextgen gallery plugins", "nextgen gallery search" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-23 90+ → 80+ down after 75 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 100+ → 90+ down after 877 days in tier
- 2024-02-14 200+ → 100+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2024-02-05 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-04 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-03 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-01-30 200+ → 100+ down after 584 days in tier
- 2022-06-25 300+ → 200+ down after 312 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).
- N NextGEN Gallery ColorBoxer 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D
- N NG Gallery Optimizer Modified 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
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NextGEN Gallery Optimizer 1K+ 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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