PanoPress
by omercalev · Media
PanoPress allows easy embedding of 360° Panoramas & Virtual Tours created with KRPano, Panotour, Pano2VR & others using Flash & HTML5
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
+47%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “360” for “swf”. “360” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “swf” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
48 health vs 62 average across 3,279 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.0%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 102.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, 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 3259 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 17 reviews, smoothed to 4.23★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3259 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| panotour | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| krpano | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| 360 degree photography your tag | #5 | #3 | 0 |
| 360 degree panorama your tag | #13 | #6 | 0 |
| swf | #22 | #16 | down 2 |
| 360 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| 360 degree video your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| 360 panorama your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “360” for “swf”. “360” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “swf” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “360 degree panorama”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 320 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
9.5y ago
latest release · v1.3 · 30 Apr 2017
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 89% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 months ago; the previous band took 15 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 8 Oct 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ uraymoto1.1y ago
The plugin stopped working after upgrading to PHP 8.2. Is there a fix? This topic was modified 9 months, 4 weeks ago by uraymoto.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Luca Candela7.7y ago
PanoPress is an excellent plugin and works perfectly in WordPress 5.0.3 . I really hope the developers will start again to develop it and add some new futures. Since there are only few panorama plugin and actually this is for sure the best, i’m even willing to pay for have a new release. A good work has always to be paid!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rbezruchuk7.8y ago
There is not “OK” or “Submit” button while trying to embed a VR 360 picture
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jgunderson8.0y ago
Awesome plugin with great AWS S3 capabilities.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ photospherix8.5y ago
This plugin is great for including 360 product product photography through garden gnomes object2vr software. Just a click and a paste and all is done
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ TOM SKY8.7y ago
i love the popularity of this plug in till i’m about to follow the instructions on uploading the 360files to server .. don’t understand why this plug in needs to rely on ftp load instead direct access to media files makes huge difference in usability of this app
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous9.1y ago
pop-up with including images is broken…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ crzyhrse9.4y ago
I just want to say thanks for updating this… It is nice to discover that you have done so, and that it is working fine in 4.7.5…
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.3 Security & compatibility updates. 1.3
- — Version 1.2 Add support for Pano2VR 4 tour. Improve CSS @media queries support. Add support for image & galleries in Panobox. Add HTML5 full-screen support for Panobox on mobile devices. Fixed mouse-wheel bug. Fixed PHP safe_mode bu 1.2
- — Version 1.1 Add support for CSS units in Panopress & Panobox, supported units: px|em|ex|%|in|cm|mm|pt|pc, the default unit is pixels. PanoBox will now resize itself when the window get resized or turned (panos only) Flash background 1.1
- — Version 1.0 ‘No skin’ bug in iPad Pano2VR fixed. Internet Explorer 8-9 compatibility problems fixed. Spaces in file names support. ‘Only one active panorama per page’: when no preview image PP will play the first pano on the page. P 1.0
- — Version 0.9 Panobox: a lightweight customizable built in lightbox clone. CuTy: flash support for QTVR files using Aldo Hoeben‘s CuTy viewer. CSS styling: customize panopress to match your site. ‘Please do not load this page directly 0.9
- — Version 0.8 Full support for Flash Panorama Player (FPP). XML checking and error reporting (admin mode only) Built-in notification will let you know when a new version is available. Better documentation. The ‘KRPano folder is now ca 0.8
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "PanoPress allows easy embedding of 360° Panoramas & Virtual Tours created with KRPano, Panotour, Pano2VR &..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Amazon S3, Zoom.
- ✓ Headings and lists 9 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,474 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "360 degree Photography", "360 panorama" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-03 3K+ → 2K+ down after 442 days in tier
- 2024-07-18 4K+ → 3K+ down after 348 days in tier
- 2023-08-05 5K+ → 4K+ down after 218 days in tier
- 2022-12-30 6K+ → 5K+ down after 220 days in tier
- 2022-05-24 7K+ → 6K+ down after 337 days in tier
- 2021-06-21 8K+ → 7K+ down after 193 days in tier
- 2020-12-10 9K+ → 8K+ down after 208 days in tier
- 2020-05-16 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1480 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).
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WPVR – 360 Panorama viewer and Virtual Tour Builder for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
iPanorama 360 – Advanced Virtual Tour Builder 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Garden Gnome Package 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
Algori 360 Image 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
BestPrice Analytics Integration 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
360 Javascript Viewer 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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