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Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others v3.35

Photonic takes the WordPress gallery and super-charges it with a lot of added functionality. It adds support for several new sources and parameters to enhance the content and look-and-feel of your gal...

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  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 13, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 13, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 7.4+
  • Requires WordPress 6.2+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 85 Passed
  • 30 Warnings
  • 10 Failed
Security 70/100
Needs Improvement

26 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 74/100
Needs Improvement

45 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 67/100
Needs Improvement

8 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 0/100
Poor

0 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 33/100
Poor

2 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

2.9 MB

8.5 MB unzipped

Total files

384

across all file types

Lines of PHP

24,341

in 104 files Large

File types

  • JS
  • PHP
  • PNG
  • CSS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 0 Critical
  • 100 High
  • 247 Medium
  • 174 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others, Security improved the most (+8). No category regressed over this span. The codebase grew 4% in size.

Audited 2.78 → 3.34 · 30 versions

0 50 100 2.78 3.03 3.21 3.34

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 318 635 2.78 3.03 3.21 3.34

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

735

downloads

Today

80

downloads

Week over week

−26%

vs previous week

Month over month

−17%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

100% of installs run the current version

  • Other
  • v3.32
  • v3.34

Ratings

193 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 175
  • 4 8
  • 3 2
  • 2 2
  • 1 6

Support: 1 / 1 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Jul 23, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 12 days

average between releases

Total releases

138

since Sep 2011 · 15 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others v3.35 flagged 521 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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