WordPress plugin comparison

Gallery Columns vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

Gallery Columns

by Safirul Alredha

20+ installs5.0

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

by dFactory

100K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has more active installs: 100K+, against 20+ for Gallery Columns.
On a typical day, Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is downloaded about 1,085 times, Gallery Columns about 1.
Gallery Columns is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.9 from 2,003 reviews.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery was updated more recently: Oct 20, 2026, against Aug 15, 2011 for Gallery Columns.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.2.1 for Gallery Columns.
Gallery Columns has been around longer: since 2010, against 2013 for Responsive Lightbox & Gallery.

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Gallery Columns	Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Popular rank	#26,849	#327
Active installs	20+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	32	81.9K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.9(2K)
Support threads resolved	–	17%
Tested up to	3.2.1	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.34
Last release	15 years ago	20 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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