WordPress plugin comparison

ACF Photo Gallery Field vs Variation Gallery Simplified

ACF Photo Gallery Field

by Navneil Naicker

60K+ installs4.0

Variation Gallery Simplified

by Sajjad Hossain Sagor

Fewer than 10 installs

At a glance

ACF Photo Gallery Field has more active installs: 60K+, against fewer than 10 for Variation Gallery Simplified.
On a typical day, ACF Photo Gallery Field is downloaded about 125 times, Variation Gallery Simplified about 2.
Variation Gallery Simplified has no reviews yet.
Variation Gallery Simplified was updated more recently: Jun 3, 2026, against Dec 26, 2025 for ACF Photo Gallery Field.
Variation Gallery Simplified is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.9.11 for ACF Photo Gallery Field.
ACF Photo Gallery Field has been around longer: since 2016, against 2023 for Variation Gallery Simplified.

ACF Photo Gallery Field leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	ACF Photo Gallery Field	Variation Gallery Simplified
Popular rank	#681	#60,971
Active installs	60K+	Fewer than 10
Downloads, last 30 days	3.6K	44
Rating	4.0(29)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	6.9.11	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.65	×0.05
Last release	10 months ago	5 months ago
Requires PHP	7.0	8.0

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.