Rocket Galleries
by MatthewRuddy · Media
Also makes 1 other plugin · 910+ installs across the portfolio →
Rocket Galleries is the gallery manager WordPress never had. Easily create and manage galleries from one intuitive panel.
44 health vs 59 average across 2,204 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, 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 3746 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
33
now · peak 68
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
10.3y ago
latest release · v0.2.0.2
8
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-03-28 · 1,376 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ orionsnym11.4y ago
This is a great, very basic, no frills gallery that builds on the native gallery and admin and doesn’t make your admin panel an ugly mess like so many other galleries. Uploads go straight into the media library and are pulled with simple shortcodes. This would be ideal for a site that needs a lot of smaller galleries on individual posts or pages. It wouldn’t work so well for a site that needs very large galleries and just wants to show a few images at a time in a post, or a site that needs a central repository for all galleries. Note that the front-end styling out of the box isn’t up to date with the current version of WP and either needs an update or a lot of heavy tinkering to make it not a jumbly mess in the front-end.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RuneJayce12.3y ago
I tried it and it’s a pretty good plugin although it would be nice if there was compatibility with lightbox plugins like FooBox.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Paulino Michelazzo12.3y ago
This is a nice plugin but I would like to see the galleries in a modal windows. Could be great! Good job!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Paulino Michelazzo12.3y ago
This is a nice plugin but I would like to see the galleries in a modal windows. Could be great! Good job!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Paulino Michelazzo12.3y ago
Nica plugin but expect to see the galleries with a modal window. Could be great!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-07-07 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-07-05 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-07-01 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-06-28 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-27 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-26 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-06-22 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-21 10+ → 20+ up after 6 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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Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - S Simple Lightbox 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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