Best gallery widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular gallery widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Image Widget leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Elite Gallery Widget for Elementor (200+) and Yo Gallery (50+). All 4 plugins tagged “gallery widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 gallery widget plugins
- 1.
Image WidgetThe most installed gallery widget plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Elite Gallery Widget for Elementor200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.Yo Gallery
50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.
Photo Gallery PlusFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 4 plugins tagged “gallery widget”

Image Widget
#3,753by rbplugins1 year ago
Image Widget - most simple and fast way to create image widget to your sidebar
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 18/day

Elite Gallery Widget for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:100#11,389by appsbd1 month ago
Effortlessly build image and video galleries on your WordPress website. Customize your galleries with various layouts to create a unique showcase.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Yo Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:39#20,628by yogallery8 years ago
Yo Gallery - modern, stylish, simple and very flexible wordpress gallery plugin
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Photo Gallery Plus
Up in the last 7 days:6,908#57,451by thewpgeeks9 years ago
Photo Gallery Plugin can be used to create a gallery widget, media gallery, image gallery, portfolio gallery and photo albums.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day