Best slimbox plugins for WordPress
The most popular slimbox plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP-Slimbox2 Plugin leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Cleaner Gallery (2K+) and Slimbox (600+). All 5 plugins tagged “slimbox” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 slimbox plugins
- 1.WP-Slimbox2 Plugin
The most installed slimbox plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago.
- 2.Cleaner Gallery
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 23 reviews, last updated 8 years ago.
- 3.Slimbox
600+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 4.Slimbox Plugin
500+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.1.
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WP Slim Gallery10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
All 5 plugins tagged “slimbox”
WP-Slimbox2 Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,142by malcalevak9 years ago
A WordPress implementation of the Slimbox2 javascript.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Cleaner Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:8#4,882by Justin Tadlock9 years ago
A cleaner WordPress [gallery] that integrates with multiple Lightbox-type scripts.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(23)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Slimbox
#8,384by Kevin Sylvestre10 years ago
Enables slimbox 2.03 on all image links including BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, and PNG links.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Slimbox Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:26#8,706by peppolone18 years ago
Plugin used to overlay images on the current page into neat Javascript-powered overlay popups.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Slim Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:4,916#46,398by Sumon Hasan10 years ago
This plugin helps to add image gallery in your wordpress website. It's very easy to use with a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day