WordPress plugin comparison

Basic Protected Lightbox vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

Basic Protected Lightbox

by justincardoza

10+ installs

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

by dFactory

100K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Basic Protected Lightbox.
On a typical day, Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is downloaded about 1,085 times, Basic Protected Lightbox about 2.
Basic Protected Lightbox has no reviews yet.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery was updated more recently: Oct 20, 2026, against Aug 17, 2020 for Basic Protected Lightbox.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.5.24 for Basic Protected Lightbox.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has been around longer: since 2013, against 2019 for Basic Protected Lightbox.

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Basic Protected Lightbox	Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Popular rank	#43,699	#327
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	31	81.9K
Rating	No ratings	4.9(2K)
Support threads resolved	–	17%
Tested up to	5.5.24	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.34
Last release	6 years ago	19 days ago
Requires PHP	5.6	7.4

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