WordPress plugin comparison

Gallery and Lightbox vs Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block

Gallery and Lightbox

by Oğulcan Özügenç

40+ 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 40+ for Gallery and Lightbox.
On a typical day, Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block is downloaded about 95 times, Gallery and Lightbox about 2.
Gallery and Lightbox has no reviews yet.
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block was updated more recently: May 28, 2026, against Dec 31, 2019 for Gallery and Lightbox.
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 5.3.27 for Gallery and Lightbox.
Gallery and Lightbox has been around longer: since 2018, against 2020 for Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block.

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

Metric	Gallery and Lightbox	Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block
Popular rank	#22,308	#1,293
Active installs	40+	20K+
Downloads, last 30 days	32	2.4K
Rating	No ratings	5.0(88)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	5.3.27	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.12
Last release	6 years ago	5 months ago
Requires PHP	5.4	5.3

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