10 Best CTC Masonry Gallery 🎨 Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
CTC Masonry Gallery 🎨 has 1,000+ 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 CTC Masonry Gallery 🎨
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Meow Gallery
Closest match4.9 (201) 10,000+ active installsTired of slow, bloated gallery plugins? Here is the answer! ☺️ Polished, beautiful galleries that are blazing fast. No bloat. Enjoy! 💕
Shares the block, gallery, masonry tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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Image Gallery
Paid version available4.4 (32) 4,000+ active installsCreate responsive image gallery, photo gallery with lightbox, grid & masonry layouts. Display using shortcode, Gutenberg block or Elementor widget.
Shares the gallery, masonry tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.7 (66) 4,000+ active installsTransforms the native WordPress gallery to a responsive gallery, respecting image proportions.
Shares the block, gallery tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated July 30, 2026.
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4.6 (22) 3,000+ active installsBuild a responsive filter gallery for your portfolio. Organize images with filters in a stunning grid or masonry layout easily.
Shares the masonry tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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5.0 (88) 20,000+ active installsAdds a simple & lightweight Lightbox to the standard WordPress Gallery & Image Block. No lock in and no dependencies.
Shares the block, gallery tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated May 28, 2026.
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Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others
4.8 (193) 10,000+ active installsGalleries on steroids! A stylish lightbox & gallery plugin for WP, Flickr, SmugMug and Zenfolio photos and videos.
Shares the gallery tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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4.3 (260) 7,000+ active installsGmedia Gallery - photo gallery with comments, show EXIF & Metadata, gallery with map geolocation (GPS), private galleries.
Shares the gallery tag on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.7 (106) 10,000+ active installsGallery - Display your Wordpress galleries in a lightbox easily
Shares the gallery tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Photo Gallery – GT3 Image Gallery & Gutenberg Block Gallery
4.8 (147) 10,000+ active installsGT3 Image Gallery - create photo gallery, video gallery, block gallery, slider and more with ease. All photo galleries are responsive and loading fast
Shares the gallery tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery, Vimeo, Video Portfolio, Image Portfolio and Image Gallery
4.8 (182) 10,000+ active installsGallery is a user-friendly plugin to display user or hashtag-based gallery feeds as a responsive customizable gallery.
Shares the gallery tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated March 5, 2026.
Switching from CTC Masonry Gallery 🎨: common questions
What is the best alternative to CTC Masonry Gallery 🎨?
Meow Gallery is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which CTC Masonry Gallery 🎨 alternative has the most users?
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which CTC Masonry Gallery 🎨 alternative is rated highest?
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 88 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these CTC Masonry Gallery 🎨 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 CTC Masonry Gallery 🎨 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 CTC Masonry Gallery 🎨 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
Meow Gallery is the closest match to CTC Masonry Gallery 🎨 by the data we track, and Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. Photo Gallery shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 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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