Pics Mash creates "Facemash" like hot or not image rating contests on your WordPress website.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈18 estimated
Momentum
+3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “gallery”, “hot or not” and “image” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
48 health vs 62 average across 3,280 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 17.2K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,318 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.
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 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4864 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4864 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| facemash your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hot or not your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rating tool your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “gallery”, “hot or not” and “image” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 278 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
13.3y ago
latest release · v1.8 · 8 Jul 2013
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago and the previous band took 3.3 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 20.
Install history since 22 Mar 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ BaukeRoof12.5y ago
I totally love this plugin, and went for the Pro version (bargain!) Not only is the plugin great, the support is Epic! To top it all off, there also is an Ajax add-on to streamline and speed up this plugin. No brainer for me.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ audreysmith12.7y ago
The pro version of Pics Mash is great and your support is excellent Thanks Mike. Take Care Audrey
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ valbaute13.7y ago
Love this plugin. Easy set up and looks great. So far so good.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mayhem303013.8y ago
Id you like this plugin Get the Pro Version from CodeCanyon.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ stormgate13.8y ago
Useful
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ woodyhayday13.8y ago
Useful, though I moved to full version
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mike Stott14.0y ago
This is a really cool plugin to quickly and easily create Pics Mash competitions.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Pics Mash creates "Facemash" like hot or not image rating contests on your WordPress website."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,380 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-01 20+ → 10+ down after 1216 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 100+ → 20+ 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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Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
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LightPress Lightbox 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Lightbox 2 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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