Social Media Feed Gallery – Fetch Posts & Reels
by A WP Life · Social
Also makes 31 other plugins · 78.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add a responsive Instagram Feed and photo gallery to your site. Display photos and videos with shortcodes. Grid layout and lightbox included.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
+13%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “social gallery”, “photo feed” and “instagram feed” for “responsive instagram”, “social media feed” and “instagram”. “social gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “responsive instagram” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “photo feed” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “social media feed” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “instagram feed” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #13. “instagram” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.1%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 95.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 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.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 75 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| reels your tag | #2 | #9 | 0 |
| fetch | #5 | #10 | down 1 |
| instagram post your tag | #5 | #18 | up 1 |
| responsive instagram | #5 | #19 | down 1 |
| social media feed | #11 | #21 | down 2 |
| instagram reels | #4 | #12 | 0 |
| instagram feed your tag | #13 | #21 | down 2 |
| instagram posts | #5 | #18 | 0 |
| #13 | #22 | up 1 | |
| photo feed your tag | #18 | #22 | down 3 |
| custom instagram feed | #8 | #22 | — |
| instagram grid | #9 | #21 | 0 |
| wp instagram | #12 | #24 | down 6 |
| instagram photo | #12 | #23 | up 1 |
| instagram gallery | #12 | #22 | up 1 |
| wordpress instagram | #13 | #23 | down 3 |
| instagram plugin | #14 | #23 | down 2 |
| instagram photos | #14 | #21 | down 1 |
| instagram feed for wordpress | #15 | #23 | down 1 |
| social feed | #24 | #22 | — |
| social gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
39 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 19 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “social gallery”, “photo feed” and “instagram feed” for “responsive instagram”, “social media feed” and “instagram”. “social gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “responsive instagram” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “photo feed” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “social media feed” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “instagram feed” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #13. “instagram” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “instagram feed”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 6.9K · 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.5.1 · 25 Jun 2026
46
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 49% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 21 months ago; the previous band took 19 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Jul 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ anitakhart3.5y ago
Nicely designed and fast plugin. They make improvements as needed. Quick and friendly support. – Anita This topic was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by anitakhart.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webxzonedrive3.9y ago
great plugin for social feeds for online quran pakistan
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ peteca7.1y ago
Instagram is a best platform for marketing. User-friendly easy to handle
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ supergerag7.2y ago
I like the plugin and very useful
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ brownbill7.4y ago
It is completely customizable. It displays multiple Instagram feeds on the same page or on different pages throughout your site by using our powerful shortcode options. Once installed, you can be displaying your Instagram photos within 30 seconds! No confusing steps or Instagram Developer account needed. It is very user-friendly and no need of. coding.
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
Share of voice
How often each assistant names Social Media Feed Gallery when asked about these topics, where it comes in the answer, and how that compares with its wp.org search position. Latest run 1 Nov 2026.
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Claude
- Topics tracked
- Instagram feed, Social feeds
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add a responsive Instagram Feed and photo gallery to your site. Display photos and videos with shortcodes...."
- ✓ 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.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,751 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "social gallery" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-02-08 3K+ → 2K+ down after 583 days in tier
- 2023-07-06 2K+ → 3K+ up after 77 days in tier
- 2023-04-20 1K+ → 2K+ up after 173 days in tier
- 2022-10-29 900+ → 1K+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2022-10-20 800+ → 900+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 1K+ → 800+ down after 856 days in tier
- 2020-05-31 900+ → 1K+ up after 66 days in tier
- 2020-03-26 800+ → 900+ up after 79 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★ · 1 shared tag A -
Social Feed Gallery 80K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block 50K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Spotlight Social Photo Feed 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Widgets for Social Photo Feed 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Social Slider Feed – Social Media Feed & Gallery Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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