WordPress plugin comparison

Fancy Lightbox vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

Fancy Lightbox

by Alobaidi

500+ installs4.8

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

by dFactory

100K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has more active installs: 100K+, against 500+ for Fancy Lightbox.
On a typical day, Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is downloaded about 1,085 times, Fancy Lightbox about 6.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 2,003 reviews, against 4.8 from 4 reviews.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery was updated more recently: Oct 20, 2026, against Aug 20, 2016 for Fancy Lightbox.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.6.30 for Fancy Lightbox.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has been around longer: since 2013, against 2015 for Fancy Lightbox.

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

Metric	Fancy Lightbox	Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Popular rank	#8,961	#327
Active installs	500+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	110	81.9K
Rating	4.8(4)	4.9(2K)
Support threads resolved	–	17%
Tested up to	4.6.30	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.34
Last release	10 years ago	19 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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