10 Best Gallery Custom Links Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Gallery Custom Links sits at #9 in the WordPress.org Gallery Plugins ranking. 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 Custom Links
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NextGEN Gallery
Closest matchPhoto 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.
#1 in the WordPress.org Gallery Plugins ranking. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.7, 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!
#6 in the WordPress.org Gallery Plugins ranking. About 3.3 times the installs, 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.
#4 in the WordPress.org Gallery Plugins ranking. About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.7, 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.
#3 in the WordPress.org Gallery Plugins ranking. About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 3 days ago.
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Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider
4.3 (404) 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
#5 in the WordPress.org Gallery Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.3 against 4.7, last updated 3 days ago.
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Gallery by Visual Portfolio
Paid version available4.8 (336) 60,000+ active installsBuild photo galleries, image galleries, and portfolio grids with gallery blocks. Masonry, lightbox, sliders, and filters included.
#10 in the WordPress.org Gallery Plugins ranking. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.8 (116) 40,000+ active installsCreate responsive photo, image, video, and mixed media galleries for WordPress with gallery blocks, albums, sliders, and a built-in lightbox.
#7 in the WordPress.org Gallery Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated August 5, 2026.
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MetaSlider
Paid version availableSlider, 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.
#2 in the WordPress.org Gallery Plugins ranking. About 17 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.7, last updated 7 days ago.
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Modula Image Gallery
Paid version availableModula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery
4.7 (614) 100,000+ active installsCreate responsive image galleries with drag-and-drop grid builder. Custom layouts, video support, AI optimization. Works with any theme.
#8 in the WordPress.org Gallery Plugins ranking. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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4.0 (29) 60,000+ active installsA lightweight extension of Advanced Custom Field (ACF) that adds Photo Gallery field to any post/pages on your WordPress website.
Shares the custom, gallery tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated December 26, 2025.
Gallery Custom Links against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Gallery Custom Links vs NextGEN Gallery30,000+ vs 300,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.3
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Gallery Custom Links vs Envira Gallery30,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.7
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Gallery Custom Links vs Photo Gallery30,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.5
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Gallery Custom Links vs FooGallery30,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.8
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Gallery Custom Links vs Robo Gallery30,000+ vs 40,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.3
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Gallery Custom Links vs Gallery by Visual Portfolio30,000+ vs 60,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.8
Switching from Gallery Custom Links: common questions
What is the best alternative to Gallery Custom Links?
NextGEN Gallery is the closest match: it shares the Gallery Plugins top 10 with Gallery Custom Links and has 300,000+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which Gallery Custom Links alternative has the most users?
MetaSlider, with 500,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Gallery Custom Links 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 Custom Links 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 Custom Links 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 Custom Links 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
NextGEN Gallery is the closest match to Gallery Custom Links 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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