Simple Galleria for WordPress
by benjaminniess · Media
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Simple Galleria for WordPress is a jQuery image gallery based on WordPress native galleries. You just need to associate some photos to your posts and …
45 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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 4150 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
62
now · peak 79
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
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
11.4y ago
latest release · v2.0.1
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-04-22 · 1,385 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 ↗- ★★★★★ cleanpagedesign9.8y ago
You know when you’re looking for something and can’t find it? Like, you find things that do 100 times more than you want, but you can’t find the thing that just nails what you want? Enter Simple Galleria. I wanted to extend the WordPress native gallery just enough to allow users to add a gallery simply through the editor, without having to go and create a new gallery or something like that in a separate menu, but have it behave a little differently (thumbnails with scrolling large image). This is what this plugin does. Beautifully. Plus, it plays nice with CSS so you can style it up how you want it. Favorited this one.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-29 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 100+ → 90+ down after 1312 days in tier
- 2022-10-24 200+ → 100+ down
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).
- J jQuery Updater 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
- U Use Google Libraries 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- J jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries 4K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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WP Featherlight Disabled 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C - C Cleaner Gallery 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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fancyBox 3 for WordPress 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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