WordPress plugin comparison

Lightbox with PhotoSwipe vs Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others

Lightbox with PhotoSwipe

by Arno Welzel

20K+ installs4.9

Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others

by Sayontan Sinha

10K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Lightbox with PhotoSwipe has more active installs: 20K+, against 10K+ for Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others.
On a typical day, Lightbox with PhotoSwipe is downloaded about 545 times, Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others about 119.
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 115 reviews, against 4.8 from 193 reviews.
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe was updated more recently: Nov 11, 2026, against Sep 24, 2026 for Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others.
Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others resolves more of its support threads: 56% in the last two months, against 50% for Lightbox with PhotoSwipe.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others has been around longer: since 2011, against 2017 for Lightbox with PhotoSwipe.

Lightbox with PhotoSwipe leads on 5 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Lightbox with PhotoSwipe	Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others
Popular rank	#1,088	#1,752
Active installs	20K+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	29.6K	4.3K
Rating	4.9(115)	4.8(193)
Support threads resolved	50%	56%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×1.25	×1.46
Last release	today	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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