Portfolio Manager Lite
by OTWthemes · Media
Also makes 11 other plugins · 4.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
A Portfolio plugin to help you show your work in beautiful portfolio lists.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈86 estimated
Momentum
+6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “drag and drop”, “gallery” 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.
43 health vs 62 average across 3,294 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 17.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,324 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
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.19.
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 1641 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.9.19; the current branch is 6.8
3.7★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1641 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| drag and drop your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| portfolio your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| portfolio list your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| responsive your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “drag and drop”, “gallery” 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.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,478 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.5K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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 1 Nov 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
4.5y ago
latest release · v1.20 · 6 May 2022
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 86% 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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 64% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Jul 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ quimeracolors7.4y ago
portfolio-manager-lite/classes/otw_pm_dispatcher.php on line 144 Error muy típico en este plugin y sigue sin resolverse. Se puede ver en todas la webs donde se ha tratado de utilizar dicho plugin. Errores a lo bestia. Una Solución porfavor!! O arreglenlo que va siendo hora. Dejar las cosas a medias da reconocimiento de chapucero no de profesional. (No linka con la imagen al hacer click sobre ella.) Sale dicho error. This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by quimeracolors. This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by quimeracolors.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ venelinn7.8y ago
One of the worst support ever! They never respond to your email 🙁
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Damiaan van Vliet10.3y ago
The free version works great for me, easy to install and to implement. The pro version has more choice and when it is available I think I will buy it. For displaying a portfolio in images or slider on a time line or in grid works great. I recommend this.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Edywoodtec10.5y ago
Very good, five stars. Congratulations.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Borodkoleg10.6y ago
I don’t test all functions. But I find what I need. It saves time and money. +
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lenkaiser10.6y ago
Finally, I’ve found a portfolio plugin that actually works as described and its 100% valid code to boot! Thanks to the developers!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ toto10.7y ago
Perfect, works perfectly! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ petarg10.7y ago
It all works like a charm. Thank you for this plugin! Will definitely use it again and recommend it 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
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 21 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A Portfolio plugin to help you show your work in beautiful portfolio lists."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WPML, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and 1 more.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 7 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,101 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "responsive" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-22 90+ → 80+ down after 53 days in tier
- 2026-04-30 100+ → 90+ down after 1272 days in tier
- 2022-11-05 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-11-04 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-11-03 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2022-10-30 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-29 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-28 100+ → 200+ up after 2 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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Sight – Professional Image Gallery and Portfolio 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
WP Show Posts 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
Gallery by Visual Portfolio 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Premium Portfolio Features for Phlox theme 30K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Portfolio Filter Gallery – Photo Gallery 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WPZOOM Portfolio Lite – Filterable Portfolio Plugin 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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