Random Gallery
by David G · Media
Random Gallery displays a different subset of your images every time your page is refreshed.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “category”, “gallery” and “images” 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.
47 health vs 62 average across 3,287 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.7%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 7.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,321 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
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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 1309 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 11 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1309 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| category your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| random your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| subset your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 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
- “category”, “gallery” and “images” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 266 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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
3.6y ago
latest release · v00.08 · 2 Apr 2023
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 21 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Jun 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ebuege4.3y ago
yes this great plugin do what you want. Gives me a tones of design alternates with random properties.. clean and lightweight code with good performance
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Marcel de Korte4.7y ago
Works great and is easy to work with. Hopefully the creator will keep this plugin update 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ inMountains5.0y ago
It shows the same pictures, never change.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ element305.6y ago
Author’s response time is commendable. Only issue I have is once you click on an image and it expands you can’t get out or see the next one easily. More options would be nice.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ glynmthomas5.6y ago
Very happy
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ andrewm575.7y ago
I needed a simple sidebar gallery widget and this fits the bill perfectly. It’s straightforward to use the shortcode. My sole question was answered by the developer within a few hours. This topic was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by andrewm57.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jd4425.7y ago
I use this plugin to create Jetpack galleries that display random images from my media folder. The shortcode made it easy to set up.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ metapoic948.2y ago
Thanks for this pretty plugin, I used when I’ve tried to add rows in my gallery shortcode, thanks for that body <3
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Random Gallery displays a different subset of your images every time your page is refreshed."
- ✓ 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 One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,473 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
- 2025-01-29 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-28 200+ → 300+ up after 59 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 300+ → 200+ down after 1184 days in tier
- 2021-09-03 80+ → 300+ up after 2072 days in tier
- 2016-01-01 50+ → 80+ up
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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Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Easy Image Gallery 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - W WOW Slider 3K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags F
- C Cleaner Gallery 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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