Photo Galleria
by Thad Allender · Media
Also makes 5 other plugins · 1.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Photo Galleria is a simple, yet elegant, plugin for photographers and designers who want to beautify and streamline their WordPress photo galleries.
44 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5049 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
89
now · peak 157
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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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 “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-21 · 1,425 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 ↗- ★★★★★ nitromax3010.4y ago
Me sirvio de mucho
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ stbedesantafe10.5y ago
Last updated over 3 years ago. Support entries unresolved. This plugin creates a gallery which displays full size on the page, no pop-ups. Tiny thumbnails appear below the currently displayed image. All options are basically handled through CSS – a pain to keep track of – especially with theme updates. Will the CSS still be viable with plugin updates? Captions are not visible. Don’t really see the purpose or benefits of this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ paolo_beccari12.8y ago
Easy, fast, and ready for CSS customs. Upload and setup in less then 1 minute. Simple and elegant. Simply great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Corrado Prever13.0y ago
finally a simple gallery viewer that use default wordpress system of gallery management. with some css knowledge you can do what you want here 🙂 good job
Read on wp.org ↗
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
- 2026-07-19 800+ → 700+ down after 159 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 900+ → 800+ down after 199 days in tier
- 2025-07-26 1K+ → 900+ 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).
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InPost Gallery 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B - Q Quick Flickr Widget 400+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D
- F FancyBox Gallery 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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ImagePress – Image Gallery 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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