WordPress plugin comparison

Loader Plus Lightbox vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

Loader Plus Lightbox

by Sajid K.Shaikh

40+ installs5.0

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

by dFactory

100K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has more active installs: 100K+, against 40+ for Loader Plus Lightbox.
On a typical day, Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is downloaded about 1,085 times, Loader Plus Lightbox about 4.
Loader Plus Lightbox is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.9 from 2,003 reviews.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery was updated more recently: Oct 20, 2026, against Feb 25, 2018 for Loader Plus Lightbox.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.9.35 for Loader Plus Lightbox.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has been around longer: since 2013, against 2014 for Loader Plus Lightbox.

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

Metric	Loader Plus Lightbox	Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Popular rank	#22,760	#327
Active installs	40+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	58	81.9K
Rating	5.0(2)	4.9(2K)
Support threads resolved	–	17%
Tested up to	4.9.35	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.34
Last release	8 years ago	20 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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