Simple Image Popup
by mrdigital · Uncategorized
A simple way to show a popup image on your website with various enhancements including conditional display and accessibility features.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 62/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “accessibility”, “conditional” 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.
62 health vs 58 average across 25,752 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.9%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 25.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 677 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 677 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| accessibility your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| conditional your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| lightbox your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popup 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
- “accessibility”, “conditional” 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 950 · peaks are release surges
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
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
1.9y ago
latest release · v2.5.8 · 24 Dec 2024
21
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 75% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.5 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 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Damiaan van Vliet5.0y ago
Very easy popup software to display only a image which can be clicked on (start mail or link to site/page). And also a close button. Also responsive. Nice!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Oleg Desyatnikov5.3y ago
The really good simple plugin. I took the code for my personal plugin as a basis. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hubert Rosiński5.9y ago
Prosta i szybka bez zbędnych funkcji. Polecam 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.5.8). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Simple Image Popup <= 2.4.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-05-02 CVE-2024-4433 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.4.0 Patched in 2.5.3
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Simple Image Popup <= 1.3.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2023-01-27 CVE-2022-47610 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.3.6 Patched in 2.0.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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
2 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 "A simple way to show a popup image on your website with various enhancements including conditional display..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 813 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "lightbox" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-05-14 2K+ → 1K+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2024-03-24 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-23 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-22 1K+ → 2K+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2024-03-17 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-16 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-15 2K+ → 1K+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2024-03-07 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 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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Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
LightPress Lightbox 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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