WordPress plugin comparison

Gallery Lightbox vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

Gallery Lightbox

by GhozyLab

10K+ installs4.7

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

by dFactory

100K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has more active installs: 100K+, against 10K+ for Gallery Lightbox.
On a typical day, Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is downloaded about 1,054 times, Gallery Lightbox about 60.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 2,003 reviews, against 4.7 from 106 reviews.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery was updated more recently: Oct 20, 2026, against Sep 2, 2026 for Gallery Lightbox.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has been around longer: since 2013, against 2015 for Gallery Lightbox.

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

Metric	Gallery Lightbox	Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Popular rank	#1,933	#327
Active installs	10K+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	1.9K	81.9K
Rating	4.7(106)	4.9(2K)
Support threads resolved	–	17%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.85	×1.34
Last release	2 months ago	20 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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