10 Best Document Gallery Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Document Gallery has 8,000+ 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 Document Gallery
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Mammoth .docx converter
Closest match4.8 (62) 20,000+ active installsMammoth converts semantically marked up .docx documents to simple and clean HTML, allowing pasting from Word and Google Docs without the usual mess.
Shares the word tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated March 12, 2026.
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4.7 (31) 2,000+ active installs"Copy and Paste" from MS Word, Excel, Libre Office or Open Office.
Shares the word tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since December 28, 2021.
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4.4 (35) 6,000+ active installsAdds collaborative Docs to BuddyPress.
Shares the documents tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated March 19, 2026.
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Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs
4.8 (75) 2,000+ active installsEasily create & manage documentation. Reduce support tickets & scale your customer support workload. This simple plugin works with any theme.
Shares the documents tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated August 12, 2026.
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PDF Embedder – PDF Viewer & Embed PDF Files for WordPress
4.7 (526) 300,000+ active installsEmbed PDF files in WordPress posts and pages with a responsive PDF viewer block, live Block Editor preview, and no third-party services.
Shares the documents, pdf tags on WordPress.org. About 38 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated August 14, 2026.
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4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsThe purpose of this plugin is to add the ability to output a list of link categories and a complete list of links with notes and descriptions.
Shares the library tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.2 (52) 20,000+ active installsAdds the ability to use categories in the media library.
Shares the library tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.8, last updated August 22, 2026.
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4.7 (25) 3,000+ active installsCreate a library of custom shortcodes and reusable content, and seamlessly insert them into your posts and pages.
Shares the library tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated August 14, 2026.
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5.0 (25) 7,000+ active installsA small plugin to re-enable infinite scrolling in the Media Library after WordPress 5.8 is released.
Shares the library tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated February 6, 2026.
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File Upload Types by WPForms
4.0 (20) 40,000+ active installsEasily allow WordPress to accept and upload any file type extension or MIME type, including custom file types.
Shares the attachments tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 30 days ago.
Switching from Document Gallery: common questions
What is the best alternative to Document Gallery?
Mammoth .docx converter is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Document Gallery alternative has the most users?
PDF Embedder, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Document Gallery alternative is rated highest?
BasePress Docs, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 75 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Document 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 Document 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 Document 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
Mammoth .docx converter is the closest match to Document Gallery by the data we track, and PDF Embedder has the widest reach with 300,000+ active installs. Link Library shipped the most recent release, on October 19, 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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