WordPress plugin comparison

Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block vs TomS Image Slider

Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block

by Johannes Kinast

20K+ installs5.0

TomS Image Slider

by TomS Caprice

300+ installs3.5

At a glance

Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block has more active installs: 20K+, against 300+ for TomS Image Slider.
On a typical day, Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block is downloaded about 95 times, TomS Image Slider about 10.
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 88 reviews, against 3.5 from 2 reviews.
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block was updated more recently: May 28, 2026, against Mar 17, 2023 for TomS Image Slider.
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.1.16 for TomS Image Slider.
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block has been around longer: since 2020, against 2021 for TomS Image Slider.

Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block	TomS Image Slider
Popular rank	#1,291	#10,709
Active installs	20K+	300+
Downloads, last 30 days	2.5K	283
Rating	5.0(88)	3.5(2)
Support threads resolved	100%	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	6.1.16
Search multiplier	×1.12	×0.01
Last release	5 months ago	3 years ago
Requires PHP	5.3	7.0

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.