Best lightroom plugins for WordPress
The most popular lightroom plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Meow Gallery leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) (2K+) and WP/LR Theme Assistant (200+). All 8 plugins tagged “lightroom” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 lightroom plugins
- 1.
Meow GalleryThe most installed lightroom plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 203 reviews, updated 23 hours ago.
- 2.
Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom)2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 210 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 3.
WP/LR Theme Assistant200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 4.
WP/LR Sync Folders with Real Media Library100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 5.
Easy Photo Publisher30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 6.
LightSync Pro30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 7.
Photography Core30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 8.PhotoPress
20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 8 plugins tagged “lightroom”

Meow Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,877by Jordy Meowtoday
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
- 291/day

Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom)
Down in the last 7 days:24#4,500by Jordy Meow2 days ago
Organize your photos in folders and collections. Synchronize with Lightroom. Make your life easier! :)
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(210)
- Downloads
- 130/day

WP/LR Theme Assistant
Down in the last 7 days:52#11,521by Jordy Meow5 years ago
WP/LR Theme Assistant is an extension for WP/LR Sync that allows you to create mappings between the WP/LR Sync API and the technical structure of your …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP/LR Sync Folders with Real Media Library
Down in the last 7 days:142#14,244by Matthias Günter6 years ago
Synchronize your folders and collections in Real Media Library (Media Library Folders for WordPress) with Lightroom (with the help of WP/LR Sync).
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easy Photo Publisher
Up in the last 7 days:18#23,200by easywppublisher23 days ago
Publish images from Lightroom Classic directly to WordPress, manage media via REST, and show taxonomy-filtered galleries with an accessible lightbox.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

LightSync Pro
Up in the last 7 days:261#23,649by lightsyncpro5 months ago
Cloud-to-CMS image synchronization for WordPress & Shopify. Connect Lightroom, Canva, Figma, Dropbox, Shutterstock or generate with AI models — up …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Photography Core
Down in the last 7 days:442#23,966by Jordy Meow7 years ago
Photography Core is the heart of the themes made for image lovers. Features are the API, helpers, Gutenberg blocks, Lightroom, etc.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PhotoPress
#26,378by padams6 years ago
This plugin extracts EXIF and XMP meta-data of uploaded images for use in populating a variety of photo specific taxonomies.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day