WordPress plugin comparison

Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block vs Simplest Colorbox

Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block

by Johannes Kinast

20K+ installs5.0

Simplest Colorbox

by valentinstn

10+ installs

At a glance

Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block has more active installs: 20K+, against 10+ for Simplest Colorbox.
On a typical day, Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block is downloaded about 95 times, Simplest Colorbox about 4.
Simplest Colorbox has no reviews yet.
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block was updated more recently: May 28, 2026, against Mar 20, 2013 for Simplest Colorbox.
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.5.2 for Simplest Colorbox.
Simplest Colorbox has been around longer: since 2013, against 2020 for Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block.

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

Metric	Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block	Simplest Colorbox
Popular rank	#1,293	#36,443
Active installs	20K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	2.5K	87
Rating	5.0(88)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	100%	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	3.5.2
Search multiplier	×1.12	×0.00
Last release	5 months ago	13 years ago
Requires PHP	5.3	–

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.