WP Smush.it NextGEN Gallery Integration
by Alex Dunae · Media
This is a very basic integration made by popular request: the only thing it does is smushes new images.
43 health vs 59 average across 1,628 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5357 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
37
now · peak 99
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-24 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-04-22 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-04-18 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-04-14 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-13 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-04-11 200+ → 300+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-04-05 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-03-31 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- A Attachment Importer 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Image Sizes 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image Watermark 40K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Auto Upload Images 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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