Photography Core
by Jordy Meow · Blocks
Photography Core is the heart of the themes made for image lovers. Features are the API, helpers, Gutenberg blocks, Lightroom, etc.
41 health vs 68 average across 1,172 Blocks 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, 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 2584 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
26
now · peak 78
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-17 40+ → 30+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-04 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-05-30 30+ → 40+ up after 61 days in tier
- 2026-03-30 40+ → 30+ down after 33 days in tier
- 2026-02-25 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-24 40+ → 30+ down after 36 days in tier
- 2026-01-19 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
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 - S Simple Lightbox 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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LightPress Lightbox 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Easy Watermark 30K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Meow Gallery 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - A Advanced Image Styles 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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