Portfolio Awesome – Responsive WordPress Porfolio Plugin
by themesawesome · Media
Also makes 11 other plugins · 2.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Create Grid Portfolio, Masonry Portfolio, Carousel portfolio, Slider Portfolio and Other stunning portfolio template with this portfolio plugin for Wo …
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
300+
≈370 estimated
Momentum
-11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “gallery”, “grid” and “portfolio” 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.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.9%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 7.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 858 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 858 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 8d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 8d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| porfolio | #1 | #3 | — |
| carousel's | #7 | #12 | 0 |
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| grid your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| portfolio your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| project your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| showcase your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “gallery”, “grid” and “portfolio” 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.
- Already on top for “porfolio”. #1 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 206 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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.
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 · 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; the previous band took 2.2 years to cross, which places it about 74% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.1
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Create Grid Portfolio, Masonry Portfolio, Carousel portfolio, Slider Portfolio and Other stunning portfolio..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "suitable for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg.
- ✓ Headings and lists 14 headings and 8 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 8,620 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
- 2026-04-05 400+ → 300+ down after 797 days in tier
- 2024-01-29 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-01-28 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-01-27 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-01-26 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-01-25 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-01-22 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-01-20 300+ → 400+ up after 312 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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Easy Photography Portfolio 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C -
WP Show Posts 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Premium Portfolio Features for Phlox theme 30K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Themify Portfolio Post 30K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Portfolio Filter Gallery – Photo Gallery 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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