WordPress plugin comparison

Basic Protected Lightbox vs Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others

Basic Protected Lightbox

by justincardoza

10+ installs

Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others

by Sayontan Sinha

10K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others has more active installs: 10K+, against 10+ for Basic Protected Lightbox.
On a typical day, Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others is downloaded about 130 times, Basic Protected Lightbox about 2.
Basic Protected Lightbox has no reviews yet.
Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others was updated more recently: Sep 24, 2026, against Aug 17, 2020 for Basic Protected Lightbox.
Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.5.24 for Basic Protected Lightbox.
Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others has been around longer: since 2011, against 2019 for Basic Protected Lightbox.

Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Basic Protected Lightbox	Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others
Popular rank	#43,699	#1,752
Active installs	10+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	31	4.3K
Rating	No ratings	4.8(193)
Support threads resolved	–	56%
Tested up to	5.5.24	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.46
Last release	6 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	5.6	7.4

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