User Access Manager – NextGEN Gallery Extension
by gm_alex · Admin & Utilities
With this plugin you can use the "User Access Manager" to control the access for the "NextGen Gallery".
42 health vs 55 average across 2,085 Admin & Utilities 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, 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 3373 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 77
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
- Version
- 1.0.0-Beta
- Last updated
- 9.2y ago
- Added
- 2010-09-30 · 15 yrs on WP
- Requires WP
- 4.7
- Tested up to
- 4.7.33
- Requires PHP
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Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-03 20+ → 10+ down after 112 days in band
- 2025-08-13 10+ → 20+ up after 80 days in band
- 2025-05-25 20+ → 10+ down after 334 days in band
- 2024-06-25 30+ → 20+ down after 330 days in band
- 2023-07-31 40+ → 30+ down after 268 days in band
- 2022-11-05 50+ → 40+ down after 12 days in band
- 2022-10-24 40+ → 50+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - S Simple Lightbox 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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All In One Favicon 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
LightPress Lightbox 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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