Photo Sphere Viewer – 360° Virtual Tour, Panorama, 360 Video & AR 3D Viewer
by WPXERO · Media
Also makes 11 other plugins · 4.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
360° virtual tours with info hotspots, panoramas, 360° video and AR 3D models. Free, unlimited, no watermark. Block, Elementor or shortcode.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
600+
≈610 estimated
Momentum
-12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “real estate” for “panoramas”. “real estate” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “panoramas” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 62 average across 3,286 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.9%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 12.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,320 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.
This plugin shipped 14 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 5 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
44
Momentum
Holding steady
-0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
32%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 360 video your tag | #3 | #19 | 0 |
| 360 virtual tour | #3 | #12 | up 1 |
| panorama | #5 | #17 | down 1 |
| virtual tour your tag | #5 | #19 | 0 |
| 3d model viewer your tag | #5 | #17 | 0 |
| 360 photo | #2 | #13 | up 1 |
| panoramas | #5 | #17 | 0 |
| virtual tours | #5 | #19 | up 2 |
| 360 panorama your tag | #6 | #16 | down 2 |
| 3d tour | #3 | #16 | 0 |
| 3d viewer | #9 | #22 | up 2 |
| model viewer | #3 | #12 | down 1 |
| 3d models | #9 | #24 | down 1 |
| photo viewer | #4 | #19 | — |
| 3d panorama | #4 | #14 | 0 |
| virtual model | #4 | #19 | down 1 |
| ar model viewer | #4 | #14 | down 2 |
| 360 viewer | #5 | #16 | up 1 |
| tour | #15 | #23 | up 2 |
| 360 tour | #5 | #17 | 0 |
| real estate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
136 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 95 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “real estate” for “panoramas”. “real estate” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “panoramas” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.1K · 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
14
releases in the last 12 months
5d ago
latest release · v2.4.0 · 27 Oct 2026
18
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 48 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 600.
At the current install trend, crossing 700+ in roughly 150 days.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ fuexline11mo ago
it got the JEW Update on 29the of Nov, Autorotation was free, now they charge you Money for something which was implemented allready since months. the last Update is only there to get some schekels however before i was a big fan of this plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mhdighsmi1.8y ago
A useful plugin for displaying 360-degree images
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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 "360° virtual tours with info hotspots, panoramas, 360° video and AR 3D models. Free, unlimited, no watermar..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 22 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 22 of 22 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("built for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Gutenberg, Block editor and 7 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 12 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 9,009 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "360 panorama", "360 Video" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-14 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-09-12 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-09-11 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-09-08 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-09-07 500+ → 600+ up after 135 days in tier
- 2026-04-25 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-24 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-23 400+ → 500+ up after 1 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★ · 3 shared tags A -
HappyVR – Virtual Tour Builder & 360 Panorama Viewer 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Deko360 – 360° Virtual Tour & Panorama Embed — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
iPanorama 360 – Advanced Virtual Tour Builder 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
REES – Real Estate for Woo 60+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Papatto 360 Tour 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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