Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox
by Nks · Media
Also makes 18 other plugins · 21.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
This is a beautiful responsive thumbnail slider for WordPress blogs and sites with responsive lightbox. Admin can manage any number of images into the …
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Health
B 81/100
no flags
Active installs
700+
≈750 estimated
Momentum
+136%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “wordpress image lightbox”, “wordpress lightbox gallery” and “wordpress responsive lightbox gallery” 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.
81 health vs 62 average across 3,286 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 50.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,320 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media 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 1 release 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 152 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
3.8★ over 11 reviews, smoothed to 4.05★ 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.
41
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
24%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| thumbnail slider | #7 | #18 | 0 |
| wordpress responsive slider lightbox your tag | #9 | #18 | down 1 |
| wordpress thumbnail slider lightbox your tag | #9 | #17 | 0 |
| responsive lightbox | #17 | #22 | down 2 |
| lightbox | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| simple lightbox | #12 | #16 | 0 |
| beautiful jquery slider | #13 | #16 | up 1 |
| vertical thumbnail slider | #19 | #22 | down 4 |
| wordpress lightbox | #22 | #24 | down 1 |
| responsive footer gallery slider | #24 | #21 | — |
| responsive jquery slider | #23 | #21 | 0 |
| wp responsive jquery slider | #24 | #21 | 0 |
| responsive post thumbnail | #24 | #23 | down 1 |
| responsive jquery slider wordpress | #24 | #22 | 0 |
| wordpress image lightbox your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress lightbox gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress responsive lightbox gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
38 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 14 listed. 24 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “wordpress image lightbox”, “wordpress lightbox gallery” and “wordpress responsive lightbox gallery” 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 1.7K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v1.0.22 · 2 Jun 2026
22
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 31 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ vicky2.8y ago
On LightBox Button should react like closing Lightbox not backing Page as I put it on homepage it is completely exiting my website
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Telepuzik10.7y ago
Site crashes and java stop working when using this plugin with 4.4.2 Tried on Chrome/Mozilla/IE – not compatible. After small investigation found that plugin using java and make it not response properly . Maybe only issues with Chapelco theme. Did not tested in other themes.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sap32310.7y ago
its working really great, i use it a lot in my site quieroinfo.uy
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Borodkoleg11.0y ago
or auto scroll or controll -1
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Yayax11.1y ago
Plugin is great and gives exactly what I was looking for. Had some small issues related to my theme but thanks to the support team, it was all sorted quickly. Functionality is great and thumbs up to the support. Would recommend to anyone!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mike2449012.1y ago
This plugin is very good and easy to use. also if you ever have a problem, the developer gets back to you super fast, definitely one of the best responsive sliders on wordpress!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ comcept12.2y ago
Developer asked for access to my mysql to manually create tables. Waste of money and more importantly TIME.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aibrean12.3y ago
The biggest gripe I have about this plugin is the lack of ability to customize the look and feel without customizing the plugin itself. Unfortunately the developer put an important declaration on EVERYTHING. They are all custom classes (like bx-wrapper, bx-next, etc.) so there is no need to do this. Not everyone would want a solid color background, so to make that field not required I had to adjust the javascript validation because overriding in CSS wasn’t possible.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 6 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.0.22). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox <= 1.0.21 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-11-11 CVE-2024-5020 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0.21 Patched in 1.0.22
- Patched Medium · 4.9 Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox <= 1.0.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection ↗2025-10-28 CVE-2015-10146 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 1.0.4 Patched in 1.0.5
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Image Title ↗2023-10-17 CVE-2023-5621 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0 Patched in 1.0.1
- 2023-04-25 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0.17 Patched in 1.0.18
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This is a beautiful responsive thumbnail slider for WordPress blogs and sites with responsive lightbox. Adm..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,348 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("wordpress image lightbox", "wordpress lightbox gallery", "wordpress responsive lightbox gallery", "wordpress responsive slider lightbox", "wordpress thumbnail slider lightbox" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-14 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-13 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 700+ → 800+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-09 800+ → 700+ down after 199 days in tier
- 2025-07-25 900+ → 800+ down after 195 days in tier
- 2025-01-11 1K+ → 900+ down after 830 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 2K+ → 1K+ down
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