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Firelight Lightbox
A seasoned veteran that keeps photo blogs simple.
HealthyDeclining
86/100
This lightweight plugin is highly reliable and simple for basic image viewing.
Active installs
~250,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
4.8★
342 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-24%
Declining
748 → 572 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -24% in the last year
748/day a year ago→572/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayFirelight Lightbox is a well-regarded, lightweight lightbox plugin appreciated for its simplicity and reliability, though it may not integrate with all third-party gallery plugins.
What people like
- +Consistently described as working reliably without issues×6
- +Considered lightweight with no unnecessary bloat
- +Seen as a viable alternative to WordPress's native enlarge-on-click and other lightbox plugins like Fancybox
Common complaints
- −Does not convert image links into a lightbox gallery when used alongside certain third-party gallery plugins (e.g. Sunshine Photo Cart)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.92★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 21%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-12-112025-09-072026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 342 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-31★★★★★Works lovely for agespoeteo
- 2026-05-22★★★★★Thank youslavadruid123
- 2026-05-22★★★★★Works like a charm!webmastersm5yrase
- 2026-05-22★★★★★Utile et agréablegponthieu
- 2026-05-21★★★★★Greatdrewyboy
- 2026-05-10★★★★★It just worksarchie_n
- 2026-04-28★★★★★FirelightSwayze
- 2026-04-23★★★★★Simple and just works.djauss1-shot
- 2026-04-17★★★★★Simple and just works.iamgerardthomas
- 2026-04-13★★★★★Simple, and it works!gmac2121
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Firelight Lightbox
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
955
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
532
Prior 7-day baseline
680
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
16,628
Mean release-day peak (30d)
955
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+79.5%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.57
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
96%
5★ share in analyzed sample
21%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-43%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.92 → 4.92★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered