SSP Director Tools
by parelius · Media
Also makes 1 other plugin · 40+ installs across the portfolio →
SSP Director Tools give you means for integrating SlideShowPro Director content into a WordPress blog.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-50%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “album”, “gallery” and “images” 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.
45 health vs 62 average across 3,279 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 6.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,317 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 4088 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.3.34; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4088 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| slideshowpro your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| album your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| photos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “album”, “gallery” and “images” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 68 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, 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 21 Oct 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
11.2y ago
latest release · v1.3 · 22 Aug 2015
9
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 10 months ago; the previous band took 19 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ fpdesign13.5y ago
Works But i have some problem with other jquery plug-in
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hermosawave13.8y ago
SSP Director Tools does what I need it to do. It connects to SSP Director using the Slideshow Pro API. I am quite familiar with the API so it was easy for me, but I don’t think it would be that difficult for someone who hasn’t ever used it. It uses Fancybox to display a slideshow and installs it as part of the plugin. The only complaint I might have is that there are too many stylesheets (your theme’s, fancybox and the Director Tools own stylesheet) stepping on each other and its sometimes difficult to figure out which stylesheet is controlling the an element’s look.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you want", "use this").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,369 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-27 20+ → 10+ down after 583 days in tier
- 2024-05-23 30+ → 20+ down after 35 days in tier
- 2024-04-18 20+ → 30+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2024-04-04 30+ → 20+ down after 113 days in tier
- 2023-12-13 20+ → 30+ up after 102 days in tier
- 2023-09-02 30+ → 20+ down after 333 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 40+ → 30+ down after 534 days in tier
- 2021-04-18 300+ → 40+ 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).
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- S Simple Google Photos Grid 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C
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