Best nextgen gallery plugins for WordPress
The most popular nextgen gallery plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. NextGEN Gallery Optimizer leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of NextGEN Custom Fields (1K+) and Import to Photo Gallery from NextGen gallery (400+). All 20 plugins tagged “NextGEN Gallery” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 nextgen gallery plugins
- 1.
NextGEN Gallery OptimizerThe most installed nextgen gallery plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 3.1 from 29 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 2.
NextGEN Custom Fields1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 3.
Import to Photo Gallery from NextGen gallery400+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.
Advanced Custom Fields400+ active installs. Rated 2.1 from 7 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.0.
- 5.
NGG Smart Image Search400+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 13 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
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Responsive NextGEN Flex Slider Template200+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 10 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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WP Smush.it NextGEN Gallery Integration200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 8.
Advanced Custom Fields200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 9.
NextGEN Gallery ColorBoxer100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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NextGEN Gallery Search80+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 20 plugins tagged “NextGEN Gallery”
NextGEN Gallery Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:1#5,145by Mark Jeldi9 years ago
The essential add-on for the NextGEN Gallery WordPress plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.1(29)
- Downloads
- 11/day
NextGEN Custom Fields
Up in the last 7 days:12#5,747by shauno2 years ago
Creates the ability to quickly and easily add custom fields to NextGEN Galleries and Images.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Import to Photo Gallery from NextGen gallery
Up in the last 7 days:30#9,303by 10Web8 years ago
Import to Photo Gallery from NextGen gallery is an easy setup addon for importing photos and related data from NextGen Gallery to Photo Gallery.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Advanced Custom Fields
Up in the last 7 days:45#9,452by Aleš Loziak12 years ago
Adds a NextGEN Gallery Field to Advanced Custom Fields. Select one or more NextGEN Galleries and assign them to the post.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 2.1(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
NGG Smart Image Search
Up in the last 7 days:19#9,686by wpo-HR12 days ago
NGG Smart Image Search provides smart search and display functionalities for images in NextGEN galleries. It requires NextGEN Gallery to be installed …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(13)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Responsive NextGEN Flex Slider Template
Up in the last 7 days:19#11,453by Mohsin Rasool12 years ago
Adds "sliderview" template for the NextGen gallery. Use the shortcode [nggallery id=x template="sliderview"]
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(10)
- Downloads
- 5/day
WP Smush.it NextGEN Gallery Integration
Down in the last 7 days:15#12,223by Alex Dunae15 years ago
This is a very basic integration made by popular request: the only thing it does is smushes new images.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:43#12,830by JeroenReumkens13 years ago
This plugin provides an extra field for the Advanced Custom Fields plugin to support the NextGEN Gallery plugin.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NextGEN Gallery ColorBoxer
Down in the last 7 days:4#13,530by Mark Jeldi14 years ago
One-click ColorBox lightbox integration with NextGEN Gallery. Only loads when a gallery shortcode is present.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NextGEN Gallery Search
Down in the last 7 days:184#18,066by Koen Schuit11 years ago
Search a gallery within the NextGEN galleries including description search.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
NextGEN Gallery Comments
Up in the last 7 days:35#19,917by roberto.c15 years ago
This plugin add comments (form and list) in every NextGEN Gallery.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
NextCellent Media Library Addon
#23,346by niknetniko10 years ago
This plugin adds a feature to NextCellent Gallery to add an image from the WP Media Library.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NG Gallery Optimizer Modified
Down in the last 7 days:163#26,404by Kiran Antony13 years ago
Improves your site's page load speed by preventing NextGEN's scripts & css from loading on posts and pages without galleries.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NextGEN Font Awesome On
Up in the last 7 days:134#29,902by Scott Wyden Kivowitz7 years ago
Activate NextGEN Gallery’s enqueue of Font Awesome always on your site. Take advantage of an amazing font library.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple History NGG Loggers
Up in the last 7 days:10,581#35,426by wpo-HR4 years ago
This plugin adds custom loggers to the 'Simple History' plugin which protocoll user activities for the 'NextGEN Gallery' plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ZMT fancybox
Up in the last 7 days:7,302#38,958by zmt15 years ago
Plugin adds fancybox code to WP header and footer. This plugin is designed for NextGen Gallery. You can use multiple galleries on page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
NextGEN Gallery Authors
#42,402by roberto.c15 years ago
This plugin will let you show galleries filtered by author.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SideNails
Up in the last 7 days:73#43,060by tranchesdunet14 years ago
SideNails allow you to display a list of the last posts with a thumbnail, in a widget. For this, SideNails use the images linked to your post (thumbna …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Tags for Media Library
Down in the last 7 days:375#46,722by Magenta Cuda8 years ago
Features for using taxonomy tags with Media Library. Also converts NextGEN Gallery images to WordPress Media Library images.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day