Best free gallery plugins for WordPress
The most popular free gallery plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Gallery PhotoBlocks (3K+) and WP Fancy Gallery (20+). All 5 plugins tagged “free gallery” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 free gallery plugins
- 1.Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid
The most installed free gallery plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 353 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.Gallery PhotoBlocks
3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 76 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
WP Fancy Gallery20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago.
- 4.Easy Filterable Gallery
20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 5.
SX Photo Gallery20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 5 plugins tagged “free gallery”
Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,376by WP Chill1 month ago
Image Gallery + Photo Gallery + Portfolio Gallery + Tiled Gallery in 1 plugin. Includes lightbox and hover effects. It supports Pinterest (masonry) ph …
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(353)
- Downloads
- 136/day
Gallery PhotoBlocks
Up in the last 7 days:3#3,938by WP Chill17 days ago
Design your personal image gallery or photo gallery or even a portfolio using a handy builder. Add stunning effects to your grid and always justified …
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(76)
- Downloads
- 66/day

WP Fancy Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:217#25,969by hireukraineco8 years ago
Image Gallery + Photo Gallery + Portfolio Gallery + Title + Description + Tiled Gallery in 1 plugin.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Filterable Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:235#27,195by kaniaa7 years ago
Plugin allows to create a cool gallery filtered by category. Free, easy and responsive.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SX Photo Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:84#28,414by Bogdan Kushlyk8 years ago
SX Photo Gallery is FREE inline photo gallery. Allows easily run a photogallery on any wordpress site in minutes.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day