PDF Gallery Viewer
by Sergio Comella · Media
A simple plugin that creates a responsive PDF gallery with live thumbnail previews and a modal PDF viewer.
84 health vs 60 average across 1,514 Media plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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Since 2024-12-18 · 576 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
349
now · peak 349
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2025-04-22 · 451 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-21 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-20 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-19 90+ → 100+ up after 27 days in band
- 2025-12-23 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-22 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-20 80+ → 90+ up after 29 days in band
- 2025-11-21 70+ → 80+ up after 16 days in band
- 2025-11-05 60+ → 70+ up after 9 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Sight – Professional Image Gallery and Portfolio 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
PDF Smart Viewer for Elementor 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
VenoBox Lightbox 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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