Best lightbox gallery plugins for WordPress
The most popular lightbox gallery plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Image and Video Lightbox, Image PopUp leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Awesome Responsive Photo Gallery (100+) and Image Gallery (40+). All 6 plugins tagged “lightbox gallery” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 lightbox gallery plugins
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Image and Video Lightbox, Image PopUpThe most installed lightbox gallery plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 12 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Awesome Responsive Photo Gallery100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
Image Gallery40+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 16 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 4.
Product Gallery10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.01.
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WP Post Gallery Fancybox10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 6.OS Image Gallery
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 6 plugins tagged “lightbox gallery”

Image and Video Lightbox, Image PopUp
Down in the last 7 days:14#5,824by wpdevart9 months ago
Image and Video Lightbox is an high customizable and responsive plugin for displaying images and videos in popup.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.3(12)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Awesome Responsive Photo Gallery
#16,770by Realwebcare3 months ago
Upgrade your default WordPress gallery into a beautiful, mobile-friendly lightbox popup. Supports images, videos, and 3 unique gallery styles.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Image Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:42#22,091by richteam4 years ago
Photo Gallery is awesome WordPress gallery plugin with many useful features and effects. The gallery plugin was created and specially designed for pho …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.4(16)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Product Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:5,148#41,518by hpinfosys11 years ago
Responsive Product Gallery
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Post Gallery Fancybox
Down in the last 7 days:4,270#43,519by Ajay Maurya8 years ago
WP Post Gallery Fancybox is a WordPress plugin that converts the default WordPress Media Gallery into a Fancybox Gallery.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
OS Image Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:2,300#48,309by Offshorent Solutions Pvt Ltd9 years ago
Creates a responsive image gallery using OS Image Gallery. WordPress plugin develop by Offshorent Softwares Pvt Ltd.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day