Grade A

Gallery Custom Links

Name: Gallery Custom Links
Rating: 4.7 (206 reviews)
Author: Jordy Meow

⤓ Download v2.3.1 on WordPress.org ↗

by Jordy Meowupdated 2026-05-30🌟The Rising Star

Finally, gallery images that actually lead somewhere.

HealthyGrowing

94/100

This lightweight utility reliably adds custom links to various gallery types.

Loved35/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum12/12

Active installs

~35,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+

→ on track for 40k+in ~8 weeks

Rating

4.7★

206 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+135%

Growing fast

43 → 101 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +135% in the last year

43/day a year ago→101/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Gallery Custom Links is widely praised as a simple, reliable tool for linking gallery images to custom URLs, though at least one reviewer flags a significant performance concern.

What people like

+Simple to use and does exactly what it advertises — linking gallery images to custom URLs×9
+Lightweight and reportedly conflict-free with themes and other plugins×3
+Works with multiple gallery types including WordPress Gallery, Gutenberg, and Meow Gallery
+Reliable over long-term use across multiple sites×3
+Free to use, with an optional paid Professional version for extra features

Common complaints

−Reported to severely impact website performance
−No built-in option to open links in a lightbox

Review trustReviews look organic

4.70★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 206 total

5★

183

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 206 analyzed

2026-04-13★★★★★Great feature. Used regularly.mabkenward
2026-03-19★★★★★One of the most useful plugins!minionion
2026-03-12★★★★★TOP kuauka071-shot
2026-02-03★★★★★Fantastic plugin!siobhanmuir
2025-05-08★★★★★Excellent plugin mljo
2025-04-14★★★★★Top misterdaco
2025-02-04★★★★★Excelente Plugin cafelog
2025-01-11★★★★★Great Plugin mlyonpajaronian
2024-10-28★★★★★Easey-peasey…dasterndastern1-shot
2024-10-11★★★★★Simples e útil D

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-30v2.3.1
2026-04-25v2.3.0
2026-02-25v2.2.9
2025-12-03v2.2.8
2025-11-13v2.2.7
2025-10-01v2.2.6
2025-09-20v2.2.5
2025-07-03v2.2.4

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For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

155

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

110

Prior 7-day baseline

156

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

2,475

Mean release-day peak (30d)

456

Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)

+40.9%

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.

19%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.48

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

89%

5★ share in analyzed sample

10%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.72 → 4.70★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered