WordPress plugin comparison

Gallery Lightbox vs Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes

Gallery Lightbox

by GhozyLab

10K+ installs4.7

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes

by Syed Balkhi

300K+ installs4.3

At a glance

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes has more active installs: 300K+, against 10K+ for Gallery Lightbox.
On a typical day, Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes is downloaded about 5,387 times, Gallery Lightbox about 60.
Gallery Lightbox is rated higher: 4.7 out of 5 from 106 reviews, against 4.3 from 4,342 reviews.
Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Sep 2, 2026 for Gallery Lightbox.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes has been around longer: since 2007, against 2015 for Gallery Lightbox.

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Gallery Lightbox	Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes
Popular rank	#1,933	#159
Active installs	10K+	300K+
Downloads, last 30 days	1.9K	461.1K
Rating	4.7(106)	4.3(4.3K)
Support threads resolved	–	79%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.85	×3.18
Last release	2 months ago	today
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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