PhotoPress – Masonry Gallery
by padams · Media
Extends the [gallery] shortcode to add a masonry style display option.
40 health vs 59 average across 1,828 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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 3038 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
22
now · peak 72
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,366 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-05-01 60+ → 50+ down after 301 days in tier
- 2024-07-04 70+ → 60+ down after 72 days in tier
- 2024-04-23 60+ → 70+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2024-04-10 70+ → 60+ down after 124 days in tier
- 2023-12-08 60+ → 70+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2023-11-24 70+ → 60+ down after 44 days in tier
- 2023-10-11 60+ → 70+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2023-09-15 70+ → 60+ down after 98 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- S Social Photo Fetcher 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B
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WoowGallery 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Simple Block Gallery 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
FancyBox for WordPress 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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