WordPress plugin comparison

CSS-Only Lightbox vs Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block

CSS-Only Lightbox

by dan-jones

10+ installs

Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block

by Johannes Kinast

20K+ installs5.0

At a glance

Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block has more active installs: 20K+, against 10+ for CSS-Only Lightbox.
On a typical day, Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block is downloaded about 95 times, CSS-Only Lightbox about 5.
CSS-Only Lightbox has no reviews yet.
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block was updated more recently: May 28, 2026, against Oct 11, 2016 for CSS-Only Lightbox.
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.6.30 for CSS-Only Lightbox.
CSS-Only Lightbox has been around longer: since 2016, against 2020 for Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block.

Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	CSS-Only Lightbox	Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block
Popular rank	#45,318	#1,293
Active installs	10+	20K+
Downloads, last 30 days	124	2.5K
Rating	No ratings	5.0(88)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	4.6.30	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.12
Last release	10 years ago	5 months ago
Requires PHP	–	5.3

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