10 Best Gallery Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Gallery has 2,000+ 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 Gallery
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Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider
4.6 (738) 500,000+ active installsSlider, gallery, carousel plugin for WordPress. Build your image slider, video slider, post slider, YouTube slider, or WooCommerce product slider.
Shares the gallery, image slider, slider tags on WordPress.org. About 250 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 3.8, last updated 7 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, image gallery, photo gallery tags on WordPress.org. About 3.5 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 3.8, last updated 4 days ago.
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Photo Gallery – Responsive Image Galleries by Supsystic
4.6 (498) 20,000+ active installsCreate responsive WordPress photo galleries, album galleries, gallery groups, lightbox galleries, optimized image galleries, and professional image ex …
Shares the gallery, image gallery, photo gallery tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 3.8, last updated 4 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, image gallery, photo gallery tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 3.8, last updated 3 days ago.
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WP Carousel
Paid version availableCarousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel
4.7 (433) 70,000+ active installsCarousel, Slider, and Photo Gallery with Lightbox plugin. Create Image Carousel, Video Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid, Product Carousel, and more.
Shares the gallery, slider tags on WordPress.org. About 35 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 3.8, last updated 20 days ago.
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Album Gallery for Photo & Video
Paid version available4.8 (26) 4,000+ active installsAn easy-to-use album gallery for Photo & Video display. Works seamlessly with Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Page Builder.
Shares the image gallery, photo gallery tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery
4.3 (4,339) 300,000+ active installsThe most popular gallery plugin that lets you create galleries and albums in seconds.
Shares the gallery, image gallery, photo gallery tags on WordPress.org. About 150 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 3.8, last updated 3 days ago.
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Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More
4.7 (1,597) 100,000+ active installsThe fastest drag & drop photo gallery plugin. Create stunning image galleries, albums, video galleries & lightbox displays in minutes — no coding!
Shares the gallery, image gallery, photo gallery tags on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 3.8, last updated 20 days ago.
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Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery
4.5 (1,581) 100,000+ active installsPhoto Gallery is a powerful image gallery plugin with a list of advanced options for creating responsive image galleries with beautiful lightbox.
Shares the gallery, image gallery, photo gallery tags on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 3.8, last updated 13 days ago.
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FooGallery
Paid version availableGallery : FooGallery
4.8 (987) 100,000+ active installsFooGallery is a fast, responsive photo gallery and image gallery plugin with 7 gallery layouts, built-in lightbox, albums, and SEO optimization.
Shares the gallery, image gallery, photo gallery tags on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 3.8, last updated 3 days ago.
Switching from Gallery: common questions
What is the best alternative to Gallery?
MetaSlider is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 500,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Gallery alternative has the most users?
MetaSlider, with 500,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Gallery alternative is rated highest?
FooGallery, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 987 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these 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 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 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
MetaSlider is the closest match to Gallery by the data we track, and MetaSlider has the widest reach with 500,000+ active installs. FooGallery 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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