Best nextgen gallery addons plugins for WordPress
The most popular nextgen gallery addons plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. NextGEN Gallery ColorBoxer leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of NextGEN Gallery Search (80+) and NG Gallery Optimizer Modified (20+). All 3 plugins tagged “nextgen gallery addons” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 nextgen gallery addons plugins
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NextGEN Gallery ColorBoxerThe most installed nextgen gallery addons plugin, with 100+ 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.
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NG Gallery Optimizer Modified20+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 3 plugins tagged “nextgen gallery addons”
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
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