55
Social Feed Gallery
Beautiful feeds that come with a very clingy personality.
HealthyDeclining
55/100
The simple interface cannot hide broken connections and an aggressive deactivation process.
Active installs
~128,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 80k+
Rating
4.5★
302 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-35%
Declining fast
826 → 534 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 35% vs a year ago
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 fast · -35% in the last year
826/day a year ago→534/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySocial Feed Gallery is a mixed-reputation Instagram feed plugin that some users find clean and easy to use, but it is undermined by recurring reports of core functionality failures and an aggressive deactivation flow.
What people like
- +Described as simple and easy to use×2
- +Free version considered functional and visually effective
- +Support team praised for being fast and professional
Common complaints
- −Instagram connection does not work reliably — plugin fails to detect granted permissions and does not update×2
- −Plugin is difficult or impossible to deactivate/delete through normal WordPress means, requiring server-level access to remove×2
- −Deactivation flow attempts to block users from uninstalling unless they skip a feedback prompt, described as an abusive practice
- −Limited customization options, lacking interactive or advanced settings
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.66★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 28%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 302 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★simple and usefulandharmadwinusantara1-shot
- 2026-04-30★★★★★A convenient and beautiful Instagram feed pluginkazuyk
- 2026-04-03★★★★★Sembra ottima!leandrik
- 2026-03-10★★★★★facile installazioneclan2asd1-shot
- 2026-03-10★★★★★Helpful and great supportPeter Brauneis
- 2026-03-09★★★★★Great and Simpletxemart
- 2026-02-11★★★★★Does not workkeithflick
- 2026-01-30★★★★★Not working and can not be deactivatedramonaluma1-shot
- 2026-01-21★★★★★Not Supportedstb20251-shot
- 2026-01-15★★★★★It's Fantastic!dinkesmataram
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Social Feed Gallery
Top Media plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
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.
460
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
537
Prior 7-day baseline
1,087
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
12,705
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,056
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-14.3%
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.
9%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.73
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
88%
5★ share in analyzed sample
28%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-8%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.60 → 4.66★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered