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Best simple gallery plugins for WordPress

The most popular simple gallery plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Photo Gallery by 2J leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Kento Simple Fancy Gallery (10+) and DS Simple Gallery (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “simple gallery” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 4 simple gallery plugins

  1. 1.
    Photo Gallery by 2J

    The most installed simple gallery plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.

  2. 2.
    Kento Simple Fancy Gallery

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.

  3. 3.
    DS Simple Gallery

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  4. 4.
    Minimal Gallery Page

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

All 5 plugins tagged “simple gallery”