Best photoswipe plugins for WordPress
The most popular photoswipe plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Lightbox with PhotoSwipe leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Meow Lightbox (10K+) and Photoswipe Masonry (6K+). All 13 plugins tagged “photoswipe” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 photoswipe plugins
- 1.
Lightbox with PhotoSwipeThe most installed photoswipe plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 115 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Meow Lightbox10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 190 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Photoswipe Masonry6K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 46 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
WooSwipe WooCommerce Gallery3K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 39 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 5.
Photoswipe for NextGEN Gallery300+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 11 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 6.
PhotoSwipe Lightbox for FooGallery Extension100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 7.
JTZL's SwipeComic20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
Arts Immersive Lightbox for Elementor10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 days ago.
- 9.
LRW PhotoSwipe Gallery10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 10.
Sonido GalleryFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 13 plugins tagged “photoswipe”
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,089by Arno Welzel7 days ago
Integration of PhotoSwipe (http://photoswipe.com) for WordPress.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(115)
- Downloads
- 239/day
Meow Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,979by Jordy Meow10 days ago
The elegant lightbox built for photographers. Fast, responsive, and displays your photos beautifully with EXIF data and maps. You'll love it! 💕
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(190)
- Downloads
- 362/day
Photoswipe Masonry
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,829by THRIVE - Web Design Gold Coast26 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
WooSwipe WooCommerce Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,774by THRIVE - Web Design Gold Coast27 days ago
A WooCommerce product gallery built with PhotoSwipe and Slick carousel — responsive, touch-friendly, and easy to customise.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(39)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Photoswipe for NextGEN Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:69#10,840by Guillermo13 years ago
The default NextGEN gallery navigations (Shutter, Thickbox, etc...) fall short when using a mobile browser?
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(11)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PhotoSwipe Lightbox for FooGallery Extension
Up in the last 7 days:54#14,246by mbergann6 years ago
Implements the great "PhotoSwipe"-Lightbox of Dmitry Semenov in FooGallery
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JTZL's SwipeComic
Up in the last 7 days:551#28,039by jtzl2 months ago
A mobile-first comic reader for WordPress with PhotoSwipe integration, swipe navigation, and intuitive episode management.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Arts Immersive Lightbox for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:593#30,757by Artem Semkin2 days ago
A PhotoSwipe lightbox that replaces Elementor's native one: cinematic transitions, mousemove explore pan, video galleries, any link as a trigger.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
LRW PhotoSwipe Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:5,872#43,148by luizrw11 years ago
Plugin for implement PhotoSwipe JS plugin in default galleries WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sonido Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:18,525#52,415by Emilio Petrozzi - MrTux1 month ago
Modern, responsive image and video gallery for WordPress with PhotoSwipe lightbox and configurable thumbnails.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
jon's attribute image galleries for woocommerce
#66,845by Jon2 months ago
Per-attribute image galleries for WooCommerce variable products, with a PhotoSwipe 5 lightbox.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Global AI Gallery
#71,462by Global AI19 days ago
Image and video gallery with premium PhotoSwipe lightbox and a native Elementor widget. Accessible, SEO-ready, YouTube support.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Video-Link-Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:10,898#72,894by mbergann6 years ago
Video-Gallery defined by shortcodes for youtube, vimeo and direct links, opening videos in a lightbox (default-lightbox: "PhotoSwipe")
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day