WordPress plugin comparison

Category Lightbox vs Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin

Category Lightbox

by Nitin kumar

10+ installs

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin

by FooPlugins

100K+ installs3.9

At a glance

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Category Lightbox.
On a typical day, Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin is downloaded about 720 times, Category Lightbox about 1.
Category Lightbox has no reviews yet.
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin was updated more recently: Nov 7, 2026, against Apr 7, 2012 for Category Lightbox.
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.3.2 for Category Lightbox.
Category Lightbox has been around longer: since 2012, against 2014 for Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin.

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Category Lightbox	Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin
Popular rank	#47,645	#424
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	33	93.1K
Rating	No ratings	3.9(95)
Support threads resolved	–	50%
Tested up to	3.3.2	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.19
Last release	14 years ago	3 days ago
Requires PHP	–	5.4

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