WordPress plugin comparison

Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others

by Sayontan Sinha

10K+ installs4.8

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery

by dFactory

100K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery has more active installs: 100K+, against 10K+ for Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others.
On a typical day, Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is downloaded about 1,085 times, Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others about 130.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 2,003 reviews, against 4.8 from 193 reviews.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery was updated more recently: Oct 20, 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 17% for Responsive Lightbox & Gallery.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others has been around longer: since 2011, against 2013 for Responsive Lightbox & Gallery.

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery leads on 5 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others	Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Popular rank	#1,752	#327
Active installs	10K+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	4.2K	80.9K
Rating	4.8(193)	4.9(2K)
Support threads resolved	56%	17%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×1.46	×1.34
Last release	1 month ago	20 days ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.4

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