Photo Gallery — WordPress Portfolio Plugin
Photo Gallery – Image, Video & Portfolio
by A WP Life · WordPress.org page · Website
Photo Gallery has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 167,763 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 20, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Photo Gallery at a glance
Is Photo Gallery well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Native CSS Grid layout for maximum page loading speed and mobile responsiveness
- Unified photo gallery and video gallery capabilities to display mixed media
- Video Poster Manager to automatically fetch YouTube and Vimeo video thumbnails
- Modern lightbox popup with thumbnail navigation strip and loop toggle
- Grayscale filter with customizable hover percentage transitions
- Custom grid column spacing and padding adjustments
- Integrated shortcode generator and Elementor widget support
- Gutenberg block integration for live backend preview
Photo Gallery reviews and ratings
13 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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The support is 2nd to none. They were quick to respond and fixed the problem right away. Best support yet on Wordpress.
centexcrane -
Best Plugin
What a great plugin. I tried all kind of gallary plugins. This is the only one whit a good full screen functionality on mobile. Service was excelent. Answer on question within a day. Works great with Elementor. All functions can be adjust easily. One thing to improve is to make the share function adjustable without CSS. For now the support will give you the code straight to set it your way. Great plugin.
ollifdg -
plugin needs some adjustments and leaks of security
This plugin leaks of security, as you can not block the download of images. 1. hide the download button in popup does not work, even if you have clicked off for this in setup. And 2. If you right-click on an image, you can download the images. Otherwise, there is nothing to say about this plugin, it works as it should, apart from the inability to write more comprehensive text below the images. But you have the option to add text below the image in the popup, but something small and no option to adjust the text size! If you are looking for a simple photo gallery without taking into account the security of your own photos! is this plugin something for you. It's easy, fast and looks good, based on the price of 15 dollars you can not demand too much. The plugin needs some adjustments, better security and a little more options for me to think that it is an excellent plugin. For my part, I found another plugin that had this security needs and with significantly more options.
Ketil Ervik -
The best wordpress gallery plugin
Need I say more? I've tried them all and New Photo Gallery takes the cake when it comes to ease of use and customer service
am45 -
Great Plugin a must have
a lovely easy to use pluging, and whel worth to upgrade for 10 dollar, the support is fantastish
catharina1 -
very nice
best integration and easy to handle. nice design . thank you
wkreiner
Where Photo Gallery ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Photo Gallery appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Portfolio Plugins | #22 by tag, #29 in search | #16 | – |
| Best Video Gallery Plugins | #40 by tag, #38 in search | #25 | – |
| Best Gallery Plugins | #87 by tag, #74 in search | #53 | – |
Photo Gallery alternatives
Plugins that solve the same problem, ranked by how closely they overlap with Photo Gallery.
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Video Gallery 10,000+ installs · 4.8 -
Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60,000+ installs · 4.8 -
SimpLy Gallery 40,000+ installs · 4.8 -
Modula Image Gallery 100,000+ installs · 4.7 -
Filter Gallery 3,000+ installs · 4.6
Details
Create photo gallery and video gallery in seconds. Display images and videos in a clean grid with lightbox options. Supports block and Elementor
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Photo Gallery competes in
- Best Gallery Plugins
- Best Gallery Plugins
- Best Portfolio Plugins
- Best Video Gallery Plugins
- Best Video Gallery Plugins
Tags
- image gallery
- photo gallery
- portfolio gallery
- video gallery
- youtube gallery
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- Version
- 2.0.3
- Last updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- First published
- Oct 3, 2016
- Requires WordPress
- 4.0
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.0
- Pricing
- Free, paid version available
Photo Gallery FAQ
What does Photo Gallery do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Photo Gallery offers Native CSS Grid layout for maximum page loading speed and mobile responsiveness, Unified photo gallery and video gallery capabilities to display mixed media, Video Poster Manager to automatically fetch YouTube and Vimeo video thumbnails, Modern lightbox popup with thumbnail navigation strip and loop toggle and Grayscale filter with customizable hover percentage transitions.
How many active installs does Photo Gallery have?
WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Photo Gallery as of September 7, 2026.
Is Photo Gallery still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 20, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Is Photo Gallery free?
Photo Gallery is free to install from WordPress.org. The developer lists it as commercial, so a paid version or paid add-ons exist.
Where does Photo Gallery rank among Portfolio Plugins?
Photo Gallery is #16 in the WordPress.org Portfolio Plugins ranking.