10 Best Gallery PhotoBlocks Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Gallery PhotoBlocks has 3,000+ 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 PhotoBlocks
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Photo Gallery
Closest matchPhoto 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, Gallery Plugin tags on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 5.0, last updated 4 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
Shares the gallery tag on WordPress.org. About 13 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 5.0, 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.
Shares the gallery tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 5.0, last updated 7 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 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 5.0, last updated March 5, 2026.
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Portfolio Filter Gallery
Paid version availablePortfolio Filter Gallery – Photo Gallery
4.8 (348) 20,000+ active installsCreate filterable portfolio galleries with photos, videos, category filters in masonry layouts. Supports Gutenberg blocks and Elementor widgets.
Shares the gallery tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 5.0, last updated 18 days ago.
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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.
A similar number of installs, last updated 13 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 best gallery plugin, gallery tags on WordPress.org. About 2.3 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 5.0, last updated 4 days ago.
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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.
Shares the gallery tag on WordPress.org. About 167 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 5.0, last updated 7 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 tag on WordPress.org. About 33 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 5.0, 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 tag on WordPress.org. About 23 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 5.0, last updated 20 days ago.
Switching from Gallery PhotoBlocks: common questions
What is the best alternative to Gallery PhotoBlocks?
Photo Gallery is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Gallery PhotoBlocks alternative has the most users?
MetaSlider, with 500,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Gallery PhotoBlocks 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 PhotoBlocks 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 PhotoBlocks 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 PhotoBlocks 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
Photo Gallery is the closest match to Gallery PhotoBlocks 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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