Best galleries plugins for WordPress
The most popular galleries plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Responsive Lightbox & Gallery leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Featured Galleries (3K+) and Photo Galleria (700+). All 31 plugins tagged “galleries” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 galleries plugins
- 1.
Responsive Lightbox & GalleryThe most installed galleries plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 2,003 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Featured Galleries3K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 20 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 3.
Photo Galleria700+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 4.
FancyBox Gallery400+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 5.
PiwigoPress200+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 6.
Lloyd Gallery200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 7.
Image Wall100+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 54 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
Galleria Galleria100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 9.
Redirect Unattached Images100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 10.
WP-SmugMug100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
All 31 plugins tagged “galleries”
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:2#327by dFactory19 days ago
The most popular lightbox plugin and responsive gallery builder for WordPress.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(2K)
- Downloads
- 1.1K/day
Featured Galleries
Down in the last 7 days:49#4,024by Andy Mercer8 years ago
Do you like giving posts a Featured Image? Try out a Featured Gallery. It's like a Featured Images ... except as many images as you want.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.7(20)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Photo Galleria
#7,704by Thad Allender14 years ago
Photo Galleria is a simple, yet elegant, plugin for photographers and designers who want to beautify and streamline their WordPress photo galleries.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.8(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
FancyBox Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:10#9,792by Dougal Campbell11 years ago
Integrates the FancyBox jQuery plugin to generate dynamic pop-up image overlays for WordPress galleries.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PiwigoPress
Down in the last 7 days:26#11,762by vpiwigo5 months ago
From any open API Piwigo gallery, swiftly include your photos in Posts/Pages and/or add randomized thumbnails and menus in your sidebar.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Lloyd Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:20#12,617by Lloyd Communications22 days ago
Photo galleries for WordPress. Upload photos, a folder or a zip file, and they're shown in a justified grid with a full-screen lightbox.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Image Wall
Up in the last 7 days:56#13,060by Parakoos1 year ago
Browse posts/pages by their images, displayed randomly on an infinitely scrollable page. The images link back to where they are attached.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(54)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Galleria Galleria
Up in the last 7 days:51#15,360by Sam Margulies15 years ago
Transform standard WordPress galleries into galleria slideshows.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Redirect Unattached Images
Down in the last 7 days:148#15,361by Robert Neu6 years ago
Redirect attachment pages for all unattached images to the current site's home page.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-SmugMug
Up in the last 7 days:134#16,664by atow15 years ago
WP-SmugMug integrates your SmugMug galleries into your Posts and Pages on your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
PhotoShelter Importer
Down in the last 7 days:873#19,689by PhotoShelter28 days ago
PhotoShelter Importer is a Digital Asset Manager plugin to import digital assets from PhotoShelter.com into WordPress.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
weGallery
Down in the last 7 days:17#21,052by Tareq Hasan6 years ago
The missing gallery of WordPress. Simple, yet the effective gallery plugin!
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gallery One
Down in the last 7 days:133#22,149by shrimp2t10 years ago
A cool responsive gallery plugin with beautifully views.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Space Boxes
Down in the last 7 days:42#22,989by Nick Haskins13 years ago
Generate unlimited boxes with multiple layouts and optional lightbox, solely from a Wordpress media gallery.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
IS Circular Photo Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:406#26,717by Irena057513 years ago
Circle style picture gallery with Lightbox popups. Uses images from either the Wordpress Media Library or an uploaded directory of images.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
EC Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:67#26,913by daniloercoli9 months ago
EC Lightbox is a minimal WordPress plugin that adds a modern lightbox to galleries using GLightbox.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Easy Slider
#27,409by Jordi Salord15 years ago
Enhance built-in media galleries using WP Easy Slider!
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flickr API
Down in the last 7 days:295#27,872by Robert O'Rourke12 years ago
A comprehensive Flickr plugin that makes it easy to show off your images in style.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NextGEN to WiziApp
#28,653by mayerz14 years ago
Integrates Nextgen managed images, galleries and albums with your Wiziapp powered iphone app.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Li'l Gallery
#29,023by andreyk14 years ago
Big main picture of a gallery and thumbnails of others, and the main image changes when one clicks thumbnails.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Move Images Between Pages
#32,537by Johnathon Williams12 years ago
This plugin allows you to quickly reattach images to different pages in your WordPress installation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TwentyTen Gallery Fix
Up in the last 7 days:5,482#37,206by Dan-Lucian Stefancu15 years ago
TwentyTen theme will break galleries with more then 3 columns (also 2 columns galleries look strange). This is a little fix.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ninja Galleries
Up in the last 7 days:5,402#39,346by Kevin Stover7 years ago
Ninja Galleries lets you easily create image galleries by tagging your images and then assigning those tags to a gallery page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
User Access Manager
#43,189by gm_alex9 years ago
With this plugin you can use the "User Access Manager" to control the access for the "NextGen Gallery".
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Phanfare
#45,830by meyercr14 years ago
This WordPress plugin integrates your Phanfare albums and images into your Posts and Pages on your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DoctorLogic Components
Down in the last 7 days:2,323#46,304by DoctorLogic7 years ago
This plugin creates the ability to publish Review & Before/After Galleries to WordPress websites powered by the DoctorLogic.com API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
IS Photo Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:1,555#46,468by Irena057512 years ago
Picture gallery with Lightbox popups. Uses images from either the Wordpress Media Library or an uploaded directory of images.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rocket Galleries
Down in the last 7 days:2,512#46,889by MatthewRuddy10 years ago
Rocket Galleries is the gallery manager WordPress never had. Easily create and manage galleries from one intuitive panel.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Polaroid Plus
Down in the last 7 days:10,451#48,076by Irena057512 years ago
Polaroid Plus style picture gallery with Lightbox popups. Uses images from either the Wordpress Media Library or an uploaded directory of images.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Responsive Photo Gallery & Lightbox
Down in the last 7 days:4,018#48,148by MyWebApp Software and Analytics5 years ago
Photo Gallery WordPress Plugin by MyWebApp is the best way to create responsive media galleries with different layout on your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BaseBuild
Up in the last 7 days:3,228#59,125by basebuild8 years ago
Use Vimeo settings to control the look and feel. Upgrade to display infinite albums. Upgrade to add a search functionality.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day