WordPress plugin comparison

Gallery Carousel Without JetPack vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

Gallery Carousel Without JetPack

by Syed Balkhi

4K+ installs3.9

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

by dFactory

100K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has more active installs: 100K+, against 4K+ for Gallery Carousel Without JetPack.
On a typical day, Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is downloaded about 1,085 times, Gallery Carousel Without JetPack about 18.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 2,003 reviews, against 3.9 from 39 reviews.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery was updated more recently: Oct 20, 2026, against Nov 28, 2017 for Gallery Carousel Without JetPack.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.3.34 for Gallery Carousel Without JetPack.
Gallery Carousel Without JetPack has been around longer: since 2012, against 2013 for Responsive Lightbox & Gallery.

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Gallery Carousel Without JetPack	Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Popular rank	#3,453	#327
Active installs	4K+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	372	81.9K
Rating	3.9(39)	4.9(2K)
Support threads resolved	–	17%
Tested up to	4.3.34	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.34
Last release	9 years ago	20 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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