NextGEN Gallery Search
by Koen Schuit · Media
Search a gallery within the NextGEN galleries including description search.
47 health vs 59 average across 2,206 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 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.
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 4039 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
201
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
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
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
11.1y ago
latest release · vreadme.txt
1
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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-08-14 · 1,385 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Elsehsah7.2y 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 Zeman9.5y ago
Wow, wish i would have found this earlier!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous12.5y ago
We had a problem with a related plugin and Koen was invaluable in solving it quickly!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous12.6y ago
Its very fast and very friendly to use
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Koen Schuit12.8y 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 ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.
- 2025-08-25 CVE-2025-53224 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') 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
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 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
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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