Grade B

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

Name: Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Rating: 4.8 (1996 reviews)
Author: dFactory

⤓ Download v2.7.7 on WordPress.org ↗

by dFactoryupdated 2026-05-19🌿The Dependable Sort

Stunning galleries that occasionally forget how to play YouTube videos

HealthyDeclining

78/100

This veteran plugin offers great ease of use despite a recent YouTube bug.

Loved34/40

Trustworthy10/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum2/12

Active installs

~135,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+

Rating

4.9★

1,996 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-27%

Declining fast

654 → 479 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORdownloads down 27% vs a year ago

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

Declining fast · -27% in the last year

654/day a year ago→479/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is a well-regarded, long-standing plugin praised for its ease of use and broad compatibility, with one notable caveat that a specific update broke YouTube lightbox functionality.

What people like

+Easy to set up and configure×5
+Works well for non-profit or budget-constrained sites
+Compatible with other plugins, including cache plugins and page builders like Divi×2
+Reliable over the long term, with users returning to it after trying alternatives
+Visually appealing results×2

Common complaints

−Update 2.6.0 broke YouTube link display in the lightbox (since 2.6.0)

Review trustReviews look organic

4.76★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
16%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 · 1,996 total

5★

1,884

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 90 analyzed

2026-05-25★★★★★Wow, I love all the features!txemart
2026-05-15★★★★★No Complaints eidetic1-shot
2026-04-14★★★★★Works well Jennifer Soucy
2026-04-10★★★★★Tolle Galerie Alternative wcedudenhofen
2026-04-05★★★★★Great Asset naucalaa29
2026-03-14★★★★★Wieder hier gelandet dossi2dbr
2026-03-11★★★★★Great Plugin!artj
2026-03-09★★★★★Great plugin!deroderuiter
2026-03-06★★★★★Cool app haparesources
2026-03-04★★★★★Works great regardculturel

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-19v2.7.7
2026-03-12v2.7.6
2026-03-09v2.7.5
2026-02-24v2.7.4
2026-02-19v2.7.3
2026-02-18v2.7.2
2026-02-12v2.7.1
2026-01-27v2.7.0

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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.

508

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

466

Prior 7-day baseline

1,063

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

19,601

Mean release-day peak (30d)

897

Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)

+9.0%

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.

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

0.51

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

93%

5★ share in analyzed sample

16%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

+64%

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.80 → 4.76★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered