WP Gallery
by ghutchis · Media
Replace WP Gallery tags with links and images in your Gallery albums.
41 health vs 66 average across 859 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 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 3455 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
56
now · peak 226
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 “30+”. 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 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 40+ → 30+ down after 60 days in band
- 2026-05-18 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-16 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-15 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-14 40+ → 30+ down after 379 days in band
- 2025-04-30 50+ → 40+ down after 106 days in band
- 2025-01-14 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-01-09 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- S Social Photo Fetcher 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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WoowGallery 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Gallery for Google Photos – Import and Display Photo Albums 1K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B - S Simple Google Photos Grid 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
- P Photo Galleria 800+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
- Q Quick Flickr Widget 400+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-gallery" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Gallery — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Gallery: 30+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-gallery