WordPress Image gallery plugins: selection criteria and comparison
Compare features, licenses and deployment needs.
Source description: “Slider, gallery, carousel plugin for WordPress. Build your image slider, video slider, post slider, YouTube slider, or WooCommerce…” Deployment: WordPress 5.0 / PHP 7.0. Listed version 3.113.1. 500,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “The most popular gallery plugin that lets you create galleries and albums in seconds.” Deployment: WordPress 5.5.4 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 4.5.3. 300,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Photo Gallery is a powerful image gallery plugin with a list of advanced options for creating responsive image…” Deployment: WordPress 4.6 / PHP not specified. Listed version 1.8.48. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Create responsive photo, image and masonry galleries in WordPress with FooGallery, plus carousel, lightbox, albums, SEO and video…” Deployment: WordPress 6.8 / PHP 7.2. Listed version 3.3.8. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “The most popular lightbox plugin and responsive gallery builder for WordPress.” Deployment: WordPress 6.4 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 2.7.10. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “The fastest drag & drop photo gallery plugin. Create stunning image galleries, albums, video galleries & lightbox displays…” Deployment: WordPress 6.3 / PHP 7.0. Listed version 1.16.2. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “The Feeds for YouTube plugin allows you to display customizable YouTube feeds from any YouTube channel.” Deployment: WordPress 4.1 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 2.10.0. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “A multi-featured plugin to embed YouTube in WordPress. Embed a video, YouTube channel gallery, playlist, or YouTube livestream.…” Deployment: WordPress 4.5 / PHP not specified. Listed version 14.2.6.1. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Create responsive image galleries with drag-and-drop grid builder. Custom layouts, video support, AI optimization. Works with any theme.” Deployment: WordPress 5.3 / PHP 5.6. Listed version 3.0.13. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “A responsive image lightbox for WordPress galleries, WordPress attachments & FooGallery”. Deployment: WordPress 5.8 / PHP 5.4. Listed version 2.8.7. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Formerly known as "Instagram Feed", this is the best plugin for displaying Instagram feeds on WordPress. It also…” Deployment: WordPress 4.7 / PHP 5.6. Listed version 5.0.10. 80,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Carousel, Slider, and Photo Gallery with Lightbox plugin. Create Image Carousel, Video Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid, Product…” Deployment: WordPress 5.0 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 4.0.1. 60,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.