Best gallery plugins for WordPress
The most popular gallery plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Smart Slider 3 leads with 800K+ active installs, ahead of Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider (500K+) and Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes (300K+). All 821 plugins tagged “gallery” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 gallery plugins
- 1.
Smart Slider 3The most installed gallery plugin, with 800K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,125 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider500K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 743 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes300K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 4,342 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Firelight Lightbox200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 361 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 5.
Photo Gallery by 10Web100K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 1,581 reviews, updated 2 days ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 6.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 2,003 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 7.
Simple Lightbox100K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 239 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
Envira Gallery100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,598 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 9.
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin100K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 95 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.
AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel60K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 435 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
All 821 plugins tagged “gallery”
Smart Slider 3
Down in the last 7 days:1#79by Nextendweb11 days ago
Responsive slider plugin to create sliders in visual editor easily. Build beautiful image slider, layer slider, video slider, post slider, and more.
- Installs
- 800K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.1K)
- Downloads
- 7.9K/day
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider
Down in the last 7 days:1#123by MetaSlider12 days ago
Slider, gallery, carousel plugin for WordPress. Build your image slider, video slider, post slider, YouTube slider, or WooCommerce product slider.
- Installs
- 500K+
- Rating
- 4.6(743)
- Downloads
- 5.1K/day
Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes
#159by Syed Balkhi10 days ago
The most popular gallery plugin that lets you create galleries and albums in seconds.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 4.3(4.3K)
- Downloads
- 5.7K/day
Firelight Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#257by Firelight2 days ago
Formerly Easy Fancybox. The most popular WordPress lightbox plugin. Simple, fast, and responsive. Opens images, videos, PDFs, and custom popups.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.8(361)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day
Photo Gallery by 10Web
Down in the last 7 days:1#294by 10Web2 days ago
Photo Gallery is a powerful image gallery plugin with a list of advanced options for creating responsive image galleries with beautiful lightbox.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.5(1.6K)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day
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
Simple Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#331by Archetyped1 month ago
The highly customizable lightbox for WordPress
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.3(239)
- Downloads
- 396/day
Envira Gallery
#337by Syed Balkhi16 days ago
The fastest drag & drop photo gallery plugin. Create stunning image galleries, albums, video galleries & lightbox displays in minutes — no coding!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.7(1.6K)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:4#423by FooPlugins27 days ago
A responsive image lightbox for WordPress galleries, WordPress attachments & FooGallery
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 3.9(95)
- Downloads
- 692/day
AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel
Up in the last 7 days:1#618by ShapedPlugin LLC11 days ago
Image carousel, slider, and slideshow blocks with AI and ready patterns. Photo gallery, video slider, post and WooCommerce product carousels.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.7(435)
- Downloads
- 830/day
WP Show Posts
Down in the last 7 days:1#619by Tom2 years ago
Add posts to your website from any post type using a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.7(80)
- Downloads
- 79/day
ACF Photo Gallery Field
Up in the last 7 days:2#681by Navneil Naicker10 months ago
A lightweight extension of Advanced Custom Field (ACF) that adds Photo Gallery field to any post/pages on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.0(29)
- Downloads
- 125/day
Gallery by Visual Portfolio
Up in the last 7 days:1#691by nK15 days ago
Build photo galleries, image galleries, and portfolio grids with gallery blocks. Masonry, lightbox, sliders, and filters included.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.8(340)
- Downloads
- 471/day
Robo Gallery
#882by robosoft1 month ago
Robo Gallery is a powerful image gallery and photo gallery plugin with advanced features to create responsive galleries with a beautiful lightbox
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.3(406)
- Downloads
- 293/day
SimpLy Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:1#897by GalleryCreator26 days ago
Create photo and video galleries with albums, sliders and a lightbox. Includes free Media Library folders to organize your files.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.8(118)
- Downloads
- 284/day
LightPress Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#904by Firelight7 months ago
Simple, lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. Formerly the WP JQuery Lightbox.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.6(72)
- Downloads
- 126/day
Premium Portfolio Features for Phlox theme
Down in the last 7 days:1#936by averta1 year ago
Showcase your projects beautifully in Phlox theme
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.3(7)
- Downloads
- 102/day
Gallery Custom Links
Up in the last 7 days:2#958by Jordy Meow9 days ago
Gallery Custom Links allows you to link images to a specified URL. Tested with WordPress Gallery, Gutenberg, the Meow Gallery and others.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.7(208)
- Downloads
- 479/day
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,089by Arno Welzel6 days ago
Integration of PhotoSwipe (http://photoswipe.com) for WordPress.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(115)
- Downloads
- 217/day
WP Lightbox 2
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,100by Syed Balkhi9 months ago
WP Lightbox 2 adds stunning lightbox effects to images and galleries on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.4(89)
- Downloads
- 85/day
Portfolio Filter Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,167by A WP Life18 days ago
Create filterable portfolio galleries with photos, videos, category filters in masonry layouts. Supports Gutenberg blocks and Elementor widgets.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(348)
- Downloads
- 253/day
WPZOOM Portfolio Lite
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,197by WPZOOM4 days ago
Portfolio plugin for WordPress. Create filterable portfolio grids with masonry layouts and lightbox. Ideal for photographers, designers, agencies.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 299/day
Photo Gallery by Supsystic
Up in the last 7 days:6#1,201by supsystic9 days ago
Responsive photo and image galleries with masonry, albums and a lightbox. Bulk upload, drag-and-drop ordering, Gutenberg block and Elementor widget.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.6(498)
- Downloads
- 397/day
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,294by Johannes Kinast5 months ago
Adds a simple & lightweight Lightbox to the standard WordPress Gallery & Image Block. No lock in and no dependencies.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(88)
- Downloads
- 95/day
Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid
Up in the last 7 days:3#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
Powerkit
Down in the last 7 days:28#1,610by codesupplyco3 months ago
Essential components for every WordPress site: share buttons, social links, social media integrations, galleries, lazyload, custom widgets, and more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(14)
- Downloads
- 277/day
MetaSlider Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:6#1,655by MetaSlider1 month ago
MetaSlider Gallery is the ultimate gallery plugin. Build an image or video gallery, or show your images, videos, and slideshows in a beautiful gallery …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(9)
- Downloads
- 135/day
Photo Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,657by gt3themes2 months ago
GT3 Image Gallery - create photo gallery, video gallery, block gallery, slider and more with ease. All photo galleries are responsive and loading fast
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(147)
- Downloads
- 92/day
Catch Gallery
#1,686by Catch Themes11 days ago
Catch Gallery allows you to add three different types of layouts (in addition to the default layout provided by WordPress – Thumbnail Grid) for your g …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.0(16)
- Downloads
- 173/day
Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,751by Sayontan Sinha1 month ago
Galleries on steroids! A stylish lightbox & gallery plugin for WP, Flickr, SmugMug and Zenfolio photos and videos.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(193)
- Downloads
- 130/day
Video Gallery
#1,789by totalsoft8 months ago
Gallery is a user-friendly plugin to display user or hashtag-based gallery feeds as a responsive customizable gallery.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(182)
- Downloads
- 56/day
Meow Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:5#1,879by Jordy Meow9 days ago
Tired of slow, bloated gallery plugins? Here is the answer! ☺️ Polished, beautiful galleries that are blazing fast. No bloat. Enjoy! 💕
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(203)
- Downloads
- 275/day
PowerFolio
Down in the last 7 days:8#1,880by Diego Pereira24 days ago
A powerful portfolio and gallery plugin for WP, Elementor and Gutenberg. Create portfolio and image galleries in seconds using any page builder!
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(12)
- Downloads
- 105/day
Gallery Lightbox
#1,937by GhozyLab2 months ago
Gallery - Display your Wordpress galleries in a lightbox easily
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(106)
- Downloads
- 68/day
PixTypes
#2,269by pixelgrade2 months ago
Theme-driven post types, taxonomies & custom fields.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 2.0(2)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Mang Board
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,388by Kitae Park3 days ago
MangBoard is bulletin board for your community website. (Gallery,Calendar,Forum, Form,FAQ)
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 3.7(15)
- Downloads
- 122/day
Manual Image Crop
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,485by Tomasz Sita2 months ago
Plugin allows you to manually crop all the image sizes registered in your WordPress theme (in particular featured image).
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.1(56)
- Downloads
- 66/day
Responsive WordPress Slider
Down in the last 7 days:65#2,585by richardgabriel5 years ago
A responsive image rotator plugin that easily creates WordPress slideshows. Now 100% Organic!
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 3.8(12)
- Downloads
- 16/day
Gmedia Photo Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:4#2,636by Serhii Pasyuk24 days ago
Gmedia Gallery - photo gallery with comments, show EXIF & Metadata, gallery with map geolocation (GPS), private galleries.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.3(260)
- Downloads
- 90/day
CatFolders
Down in the last 7 days:9#2,726by CatFolders7 days ago
Organize and manage your files with WordPress media folders. Fast, flexible, and professional.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.3(22)
- Downloads
- 100/day
Photoswipe Masonry
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,828by THRIVE - Web Design Gold Coast25 days ago
PhotoSwipe Masonry takes advantage of the built in gallery features of WordPress. The gallery is built using PhotoSwipe from Dmitry Semenov.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.5(46)
- Downloads
- 54/day
Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,875by PORTFOLIO GALLERY TEAM1 year ago
Portfolio, gallery, product catalog, teams, logos and more. All-in-one - Grid Kit Portfolio Gallery plugin!
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.4(300)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Vimeography
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,034by videogallery3 months ago
The easiest way to create beautiful Vimeo video galleries on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.5(122)
- Downloads
- 57/day
WP Colorbox
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,117by Noor Alam1 year ago
View image, video (YouTube, Vimeo), page, inline HTML, custom content in lightbox. Add jQuery Colorbox lightbox effect to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.3(23)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Easy Image Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,249by DevriX14 days ago
Easily create an image gallery on your posts, pages or any custom post type
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(41)
- Downloads
- 63/day
jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,275by Automattic9 years ago
Makes the native WordPress galleries use a lightbox script called ColorBox to display the fullsize images.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.0(10)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Image and video gallery from Google Drive
Up in the last 7 days:13#3,309by Junák - český skaut2 months ago
A WordPress gallery using Google Drive as file storage
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.3(39)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Pixel Gallery Addons for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,347by bdthemes12 days ago
Pixel Gallery is an Elementor gallery plugin for creating responsive image and portfolio grids with customizable layouts and effects.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 104/day
Gallery Carousel Without JetPack
Up in the last 7 days:10#3,455by Syed Balkhi9 years ago
Transform your standard galleries into an immersive full-screen experience without requiring you to connect to WordPress.com
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.9(39)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Lightbox Images for Divi Enhanced
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,495by Fernando Tellado2 months ago
Extends Divi's native lightbox effect to all auto-linked images. Requires Divi Theme or Divi Builder Plugin. Compatible with Divi 4.10+ and Divi 5.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 38/day