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Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
1M
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 1,000,000+ installs
3
Days since the last release
Group median: 8
4.9
out of 5, from 4,350 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
62.5%
Support threads marked resolved, two months
Group: 71.9%
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What is Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed and who is behind it?
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed is a WordPress plugin in the “Media” field, made by Syed Balkhi. It has been listed in the directory since 23 Jul 2014, so for 12 years. Syed Balkhi has 41 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 1,000,000 to 1,999,999 active installs it belongs to the 1,000,000+ installs group; its last release came 3 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“Formerly "Instagram Feed". Display clean, customizable, and responsive Instagram feeds from multiple accounts. Supports Instagram oEmbeds.”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed last released?
The last release of Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed came 3 days before the reference date; the group median is 8 days.
How many installs does Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed have?
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed had 1,000,000 to 1,999,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 28 plugins had a higher band and 38 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 1,000,000 means at least 1,000,000 and at most 1,999,999.
Which WordPress version is Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed tested with?
No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.1, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 3.0% of the group.
How does Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed compare with its group?
The group holds 67 listed plugins. 22.4% of them had a more recent last release than Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed; 1.5% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed | Group, 67 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 3 | median 8 |
| Rating | 4.9 (4,350) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | 62.5% | 71.9% |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 65.7% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | most often 7.4 (49.3%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | instagram-feed |
|---|---|
| Author | Syed Balkhi |
| Active installs | 1,000,000 to 1,999,999 |
| Last release | 3 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 4.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Rating | 4.9 out of 5 from 4,350 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | 5 of 8 marked resolved |
| Listed since | 23 Jul 2014 |
| Total downloads | 52,995,560, updates included |
| Tags | instagram, instagram-feed, instagram-gallery, instagram-photos, instagram-widget |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | 15 | |
| instagram-feed | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| instagram-gallery | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| instagram-photos | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| instagram-widget | 6 | 1 | 13 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2014
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed has been listed since 23 Jul 2014. Of the 190 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2014, 78.4% released within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
| Plugin | Active installs | Last release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs | 40,000 to 49,999 | 15 days before the reference date | 4.9 (541) |
| Metricool | 80,000 to 89,999 | 3 days before the reference date | 4.5 (20) |
| Social Feed Gallery | 80,000 to 89,999 | 4 days before the reference date | 4.5 (303) |
| Spotlight Social Feeds | 60,000 to 69,999 | 4 days before the reference date | 4.7 (170) |
| WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block | 50,000 to 59,999 | 21 days before the reference date | 4.3 (50) |
Do you maintain Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed?
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Markdown
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How to cite
hafenstudios (2026): Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/instagram-feed/
Source and status
All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.
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