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ACF Photo Gallery Field — WordPress Gallery Plugin

by Navneil Naicker · WordPress.org page · Website

v3.1 Tested up to WP 6.9.7 PHP 7.0+

ACF Photo Gallery Field has 60,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 660,025 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on December 26, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

ACF Photo Gallery Field at a glance

Active installs
60,000+
Total downloads
660,025
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is ACF Photo Gallery Field well maintained?

Support threads resolved
0 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.9.7, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
21%
6 of 29 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Visually create your Fields
  • Add multiple photos and you can also modify title, caption and link to anything
  • Assign your fields to multiple edit pages (via custom location rules)
  • Easily load data through a simple and friendly API
  • Uses the native WordPress custom post type for ease of use and fast processing
  • Uses the native WordPress metadata for ease of use and fast processing
  • Supports WordPress classic and Gutenberg editor

ACF Photo Gallery Field reviews and ratings

29 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.0 out of 5

29 reviews

5★
20
4★
1
3★
1
2★
1
1★
6

  • Excelent free option for ACF photo gallery field

    I have been using ACF Photo Gallery Field for about 4 years now, and it worked excelent. I use it with Elementor Pro and custom templates, and I am able to access the dinamic data in the gallery fields just like with ACF Pro. Many thanks to the builder for this excelent plugin!

    tazmandev

  • Too buggy

    Does not work inside ACF fields groups. Simply does not saving any selected images. Also, if a lot images was added, sometimes spontaneously losing all of them when saving the post. Updated 05.13.2024. Changed rating to 1 star. Details below.

    qbey

  • Great solution! It works perfectly! thanks Devs!

    It works perfectly! thanks Devs!

    pedrocunhaweb

  • PHP Fatal error

    It gives Fatal Error!

    Zohaib Ali

  • excellent

    excellent plugin does just what it says it does. check out my quick and dirty shortcode implementation for it on wpcodebin .com/code/443bp5

    pmachart

  • Works perfectly with Elementor

    Not sure what other people are doing but this worked perfectly for me going into the Elementor image carousel widget. Thanks to the developer

    joexcm

Where ACF Photo Gallery Field ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that ACF Photo Gallery Field appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Gallery Plugins #14 by tag, #54 in search #19 –
Best Custom Field Plugins #12 by tag, #80 in search #21 –

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Details

A lightweight extension of Advanced Custom Field (ACF) that adds Photo Gallery field to any post/pages on your WordPress website.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings ACF Photo Gallery Field competes in

Tags

  • acf
  • custom
  • fields
  • gallery
  • photo

More from Navneil Naicker

Version
3.1
Last updated
Dec 26, 2025
First published
Jul 2, 2016
Requires WordPress
5.8
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
7.0
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

ACF Photo Gallery Field FAQ

What does ACF Photo Gallery Field do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, ACF Photo Gallery Field offers Visually create your Fields, Add multiple photos and you can also modify title, caption and link to anything, Assign your fields to multiple edit pages (via custom location rules), Easily load data through a simple and friendly API and Uses the native WordPress custom post type for ease of use and fast processing.

How many active installs does ACF Photo Gallery Field have?

WordPress.org reports 60,000+ active installs for ACF Photo Gallery Field as of September 7, 2026.

Is ACF Photo Gallery Field still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on December 26, 2025 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Does ACF Photo Gallery Field have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 1 recent support threads for ACF Photo Gallery Field are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is ACF Photo Gallery Field free?

ACF Photo Gallery Field is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does ACF Photo Gallery Field rank among Gallery Plugins?

ACF Photo Gallery Field is #19 in the WordPress.org Gallery Plugins ranking.