NGG Image Rotation

This is a custom module to extend NextGEN Gallery with a custom view that places the thumbnails in the left column, places a large image in the right …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

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41 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 65/100

Support 70/100

41 health vs 59 average across 1,684 Media plugins

20+

Active installs

≈29 estimated

5.6K

Total downloads

since 2012

3.63★

Rating (adjusted)

2.0★ raw · 2 reviews

-42%

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

34 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

WP compatibility 1/100

Rating quality 51/100

Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5049 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-42% vs prior 30d

Oct 22

Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

now · peak 63

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

NGG Image Rotation · #26681 Photo Gallery, Slide · #157 Photo Gallery by 10W · #289 Photo Gallery by Foo · #299

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.

tracked estimate

20–30 ≈29

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations

Ratings · 2 reviews

Details

Version: 1.0
Last updated: 13.8y ago
Added: 2012-08-26 · 13 yrs on WP
Requires WP: 3.3
Tested up to: 3.4.2
Requires PHP: —

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

2025-05-09 30+ → 20+ down after 405 days in tier
2024-03-30 40+ → 30+ down after 199 days in tier
2023-09-13 50+ → 40+ down after 230 days in tier
2023-01-26 60+ → 50+ down after 6 days in tier
2023-01-20 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
2023-01-19 60+ → 50+ down after 4 days in tier
2023-01-15 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
2023-01-14 60+ → 50+ down after 39 days in tier

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