The Awesome Photo Feed for Social Media Network
by Arrow Plugins · Social
Also makes 4 other plugins · 310+ installs across the portfolio →
Instagram Feed Display beautifully clean, customizable, and responsive feeds from Instagram accounts.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
100+
≈160 estimated
Momentum
-9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “instagram feed”, “instagram feed for wordpress” and “instagram photos” 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 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 33.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,277 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1616 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18; the current branch is 6.8
4.1★ over 28 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1616 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| custom instagram feed your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| instagram feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| instagram feed for wordpress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| instagram photos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| responsive instagram your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches 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
- “instagram feed”, “instagram feed for wordpress” and “instagram photos” 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 98 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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
4.4y ago
latest release · v2.1.4 · 30 May 2022
14
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 63% of the way through.
Install history since 12 Dec 2019
Reviewer account pattern
from wp.org reviewer profiles13 of the last 20 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review, and 8 of those landed between 2017-03-11 and 2017-04-08.
Registering a wp.org account just to leave a review is common and often entirely legitimate. The share here is unusually high for the sample, so it's worth keeping in mind while reading the reviews.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ rogerpier788.0y ago
Works exactly as described, and the customer support is fabulous. I feel the added features and great customer Support are worth the price of the pro version. I have an issue regarding the plugin support and Support replied within an hour. 5 star service (Y) This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by rogerpier78.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ coachbrenson9.6y ago
Love the way it looks on my site. Sure 5 stars for them
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yvonnepf9.6y ago
When the plugin didn’t work after some updates. They help me immediately to get working again. Great service!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ xsoni9.6y ago
great support, fast, friendly and all problems were saved! thanks very much
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ amonaco9.6y ago
Super support! Thank you for your quick answer and help. With best regards from Berlin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ davidcafu4129.6y ago
Thanks for such a great plugin guys. keep up the good work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ urbancycles9.6y ago
problem solved with 15 minutes. amazing
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ snproduksjon9.6y ago
Very quick and helpful support! 🙂 We recomend this plugin! The Premium Version stopped to function one day, but they send us a new zipfile, and the plugin worked like a charm again after 15 minutes! Very good! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
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 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Instagram Feed Display beautifully clean, customizable, and responsive feeds from Instagram accounts."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Instagram, Pinterest.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,167 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("custom instagram feed", "Instagram feed for wordpress", "responsive Instagram" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-18 200+ → 100+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2026-06-04 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-05-30 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 200+ → 100+ down after 537 days in tier
- 2024-12-07 300+ → 200+ down after 365 days in tier
- 2023-12-08 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-07 300+ → 400+ 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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Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block 50K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widgets for Social Photo Feed 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Inavii Social Feed – Live Social Proof Gallery 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Intagrate Lite 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A -
Gutena PhotoFeed 800+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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