Rocket Galleries
by MatthewRuddy · Media
Also makes 1 other plugin · 810+ installs across the portfolio →
Rocket Galleries is the gallery manager WordPress never had. Easily create and manage galleries from one intuitive panel.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-14%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “galleries”, “gallery” 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.
44 health vs 62 average across 3,287 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 6.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.
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.
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 3809 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3809 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| galleries your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “galleries”, “gallery” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 68 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, 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 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
10.4y ago
latest release · v0.2.0.2 · 29 May 2016
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.
Crossed into this band 2.3 years 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 28 Mar 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ orionsnym11.6y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ RuneJayce12.5y 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 Michelazzo12.5y 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 Michelazzo12.5y 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 Michelazzo12.5y ago
Nica plugin but expect to see the galleries with a modal window. Could be great!
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Rocket Galleries is the gallery manager WordPress never had. Easily create and manage galleries from one in..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("great for"); 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 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,602 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "images" does not.
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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