Simple lightGallery — WordPress Gallery Plugin
by Savvas · WordPress.org page
Simple lightGallery has 80+ active installs on WordPress.org and 6,337 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on June 1, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Simple lightGallery at a glance
Is Simple lightGallery well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Fully responsive
- Modular architecture with built in plugins
- Highly optimized for touch devices
- Mouse drag supports for desktops
- Double-click/Double-tap to see actual size of the image
- Animated thumbnails
- Social sharing
- And many more
Simple lightGallery reviews and ratings
2 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Gorgeous, touch friendly, and well supported!
I've experimented with dozens of galleries, this is certainly one of the best in WordPress. Very light weight, loads fast, displays photos how I'd like, works with mobile/touch screen monitor, has URL hash for linking, displays nice thumbnails, navigates very well, and friendly tech support. Thank you for developing this and swiftly addressing things. :)
Josh Journey -
fantastic implementation of LightGalleryJS in Wordpress
This plugin is simple, lightweight, and has great support! It worked exactly as described and now my galleries are beautiful and accessible!
James Revillini
Details
An integration of lightGallery JavaScript v1 and v2 to WordPress
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Simple lightGallery competes in
Tags
- gallery
- jquery
- lightgallery
- photography
- responsive
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- Version
- 1.7.2
- Last updated
- Jun 1, 2026
- First published
- Oct 4, 2021
- Requires WordPress
- 5.3
- Tested up to
- 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Simple lightGallery FAQ
What does Simple lightGallery do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Simple lightGallery offers Fully responsive, Modular architecture with built in plugins, Highly optimized for touch devices, Mouse drag supports for desktops and Double-click/Double-tap to see actual size of the image.
How many active installs does Simple lightGallery have?
WordPress.org reports 80+ active installs for Simple lightGallery as of September 7, 2026.
Is Simple lightGallery still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on June 1, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Is Simple lightGallery free?
Simple lightGallery is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.