Shift8 Portfolio
by shift8 · Media
This is a Wordpress plugin that allows you to easily manage and showcase a grid of your portfolio items.
44 health vs 70 average across 662 Media plugins
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 5.8.13.
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 1668 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
48
now · peak 164
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Show Posts 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C -
Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Portfolio Post Type 50K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D -
Premium Portfolio Features for Phlox theme 40K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Themify Portfolio Post 30K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Portfolio Filter Gallery – Photo Gallery 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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