WP Media Gallery
by Ninos · Media
Requires at least: 3.2.1 Tested up to: 4.2 Stable tag: 1.0.3 A simple gallery plugin for wordpress.
45 health vs 62 average across 1,134 Media plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 4100 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
20
now · peak 1.8K
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-28 50+ → 40+ down after 252 days in band
- 2025-05-21 60+ → 50+ down after 186 days in band
- 2024-11-16 70+ → 60+ down after 6 days in band
- 2024-11-10 60+ → 70+ up after 23 days in band
- 2024-10-18 70+ → 60+ down after 38 days in band
- 2024-09-10 60+ → 70+ up after 20 days in band
- 2024-08-21 70+ → 60+ down after 275 days in band
- 2023-11-20 80+ → 70+ down after 9 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery, Vimeo, Video Portfolio, Image Portfolio and Image Gallery 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Modal Windows 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress 8K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
ACF Galerie 4 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
WoowGallery 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Polaroid Gallery 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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