10 Best BEAF Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
BEAF has 30,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to BEAF
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Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel
4.7 (434) 60,000+ active installsCarousel, Slider, and Photo Gallery with Lightbox plugin. Create Image Carousel, Video Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid, Product Carousel, and more.
About 2 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 7 days ago.
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Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider
4.3 (405) 40,000+ active installsRobo Gallery is a powerful image gallery and photo gallery plugin with advanced features to create responsive galleries with a beautiful lightbox
A similar number of installs, rated 4.3 against 4.9, last updated 16 days ago.
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Product Gallery Slider, Additional Variation Images for WooCommerce
Paid version available4.6 (160) 20,000+ active installsEnhance your customers' shopping experience and boost sales instantly with this WooCommerce Product Gallery Slider! 🚀
About half the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated 21 days ago.
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Reno Product Gallery
Paid version availableProduct Gallery Slider, Additional Variation Images, Product Video, Product Image Zoom and Lightbox for WooCommerce – Reno Product Gallery (formerly WooGallery)
4.9 (162) 20,000+ active installsAll-in-One WooCommerce Product Image and Video Gallery Solution to Enhance Your Customers' Shopping Experience and Boost Sales Instantly!
About half the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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MetaSlider
Paid version availableSlider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider
4.6 (741) 500,000+ active installsSlider, gallery, carousel plugin for WordPress. Build your image slider, video slider, post slider, YouTube slider, or WooCommerce product slider.
About 17 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated 22 days ago.
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Smart Slider 3
Paid version available4.9 (1,125) 800,000+ active installsResponsive slider plugin to create sliders in visual editor easily. Build beautiful image slider, layer slider, video slider, post slider, and more.
About 27 times the installs, last updated August 19, 2026.
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Essential Addons for Elementor
Paid version availableEssential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
4.9 (4,130) 1 million+ active installsElementor addon: 120+ widgets & templates — Elementor Gallery, Mega Menu, Slider, Form, Post Grid, Accordion, Header Footer Builder & WooCommerce.
About 33 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.4 (96) 10,000+ active installsBefore After Image Comparison Slider for Elementor is an image comparison slider plugin for Elementor Page Builder. This plugin allows you to create t …
Shares the before after slider tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.9, last updated July 5, 2026.
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Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery
4.3 (4,341) 300,000+ active installsThe most popular gallery plugin that lets you create galleries and albums in seconds.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.9, last updated 7 days ago.
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Modula Image Gallery
Paid version availableModula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery
4.7 (616) 100,000+ active installsCreate responsive image galleries with drag-and-drop grid builder. Custom layouts, video support, AI optimization. Works with any theme.
About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated today.
Switching from BEAF: common questions
What is the best alternative to BEAF?
WP Carousel is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which BEAF alternative has the most users?
Essential Addons for Elementor, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which BEAF alternative is rated highest?
Essential Addons for Elementor, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,130 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these BEAF alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with BEAF score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against BEAF on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
WP Carousel is the closest match to BEAF by the data we track, and Essential Addons for Elementor has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Modula Image Gallery shipped the most recent release, on October 21, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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