WordPress plugin comparison

Gallery Control Buttons vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

Gallery Control Buttons

by Zeki Can

Fewer than 10 installs

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

by dFactory

100K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has more active installs: 100K+, against fewer than 10 for Gallery Control Buttons.
On a typical day, Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is downloaded about 1,085 times, Gallery Control Buttons about 1.
Gallery Control Buttons has no reviews yet.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery was updated more recently: Oct 20, 2026, against Nov 27, 2025 for Gallery Control Buttons.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.8.12 for Gallery Control Buttons.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has been around longer: since 2013, against 2025 for Gallery Control Buttons.

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

Metric	Gallery Control Buttons	Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Popular rank	#71,146	#327
Active installs	Fewer than 10	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	36	80.9K
Rating	No ratings	4.9(2K)
Support threads resolved	–	17%
Tested up to	6.8.12	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.03	×1.34
Last release	11 months ago	20 days ago
Requires PHP	7.2	7.4

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