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Gallery by Visual Portfolio — WordPress Portfolio Plugin

by nK · WordPress.org page · Website

v3.8.2 Tested up to WP 7.1.3 PHP 7.4+ Paid version available

Gallery by Visual Portfolio has 60,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 2,488,330 downloads all time. It was downloaded 10,135 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on September 10, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Gallery by Visual Portfolio at a glance

Active installs
60,000+
Total downloads
2,488,330
Downloads, last 30 days
10,135
30-day growth
–
downloads vs the previous 30 days

Is Gallery by Visual Portfolio well maintained?

Support threads resolved
1 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1.3, the current release is 7.1.3
Languages
0
translated 90%+ on translate.wordpress.org, 208 locales in progress
One-star reviews
2%
8 of 340 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

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

  • Lightboxes for Standard WordPress Images Image lightbox available for Visual Portfolio galleries as well as for standard WordPress images and galleries in your…
  • AJAX Loading and Pagination Every dynamic part of the Visual Portfolio plugin is using AJAX to update the gallery content in live mode. Organized galleries and…
  • Filter Filter your gallery and portfolio by taxonomies (mostly categories and tags). Let users select a category and see the relevant items
  • Sort gallery items by date and title Users may sort gallery items by date and title
  • GIFs Support Our plugin automatically displays the animated GIFs in photo galleries. Also, you can show the animated GIFs on mouseover with the Pro plugin
  • Items Gutters Manually adjust the spacing between gallery images and projects
  • Images Lazy Loading Images lazy loading boost your page loading speed. You don’t need to worry about it, just use your beautiful images in the gallery, Visual…
  • Images Aspect Ratio All built-in gallery layouts support custom image aspect ratio. You don’t need to crop the image manually
  • Images Focal Point Sometimes it is very important to specify the focal point so that the custom aspect ratio does not cut off important parts of the photos.…
  • Custom Links for Gallery Images By default, gallery images will contain the links to original images. You can manually set the custom links, for example, to a…
  • RTL Support Visual Portfolio natively supports RTL languages, proper styles loaded automatically, without user interaction
  • Elementor and WPBakery Page Builder support There is a helpful widget for Elementor and shortcode for WPBakery Page Builder, which will let you select one of…

Gallery by Visual Portfolio reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
4.8 out of 5

340 reviews

5★
306
4★
16
3★
4
2★
6
1★
8

  • Absolutely FANTASTIC!

    This is the best portfolio gallery I've found. Absolutely FANTASTIC!

    ddach69

  • Works great

    works great

    evil_boarder

  • Parfait !

    Parfait !

    zedmatt

  • Excellent gallery plugin

    I used both free and paid version, both are great and very well integrated with modern block based WordPress editor.

    Gennady Kurushin

  • Brilliant

    Brilliant plugin

    tex982

  • Excellent!

    Excellent plugin!

    ivannavarrofoto

Download and install history

41,208 downloads over the last 49 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.

Downloads per day
Gallery by Visual Portfolio downloads per day05k10k15k20kSep 5Sep 29Oct 23Downloads per day
Active installs
Gallery by Visual Portfolio active installs025k50k75k100kSep 5Sep 29Oct 23Active installs
Rating out of 5
Gallery by Visual Portfolio rating01.32.53.85Sep 5Sep 29Oct 23Rating out of 5
Reviews
Gallery by Visual Portfolio review count0125250375500Sep 5Sep 29Oct 23Reviews

Where Gallery by Visual Portfolio ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Gallery by Visual Portfolio appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Portfolio Plugins #2 by tag, #1 in search #1 –
Best Video Gallery Plugins #5 by tag, #33 in search #9 ▼3
Best Gallery Plugins #15 by tag, #25 in search #12 ▼2

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Details

Build photo galleries, image galleries, and portfolio grids with gallery blocks. Masonry, lightbox, sliders, and filters included.

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

Rankings Gallery by Visual Portfolio competes in

Tags

  • gallery
  • image gallery
  • photo gallery
  • portfolio
  • video gallery

More from nK

Version
3.8.2
Last updated
Sep 10, 2026
First published
Sep 19, 2017
Requires WordPress
6.2
Tested up to
7.1.3
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free, paid version available

Gallery by Visual Portfolio FAQ

What does Gallery by Visual Portfolio do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Gallery by Visual Portfolio offers Lightboxes for Standard WordPress Images Image lightbox available for Visual Portfolio galleries as well as for standard WordPress images and galleries in your, AJAX Loading and Pagination Every dynamic part of the Visual Portfolio plugin is using AJAX to update the gallery content in live mode. Organized galleries and, Filter Filter your gallery and portfolio by taxonomies (mostly categories and tags). Let users select a category and see the relevant items, Sort gallery items by date and title Users may sort gallery items by date and title and GIFs Support Our plugin automatically displays the animated GIFs in photo galleries. Also, you can show the animated GIFs on mouseover with the Pro plugin.

How many active installs does Gallery by Visual Portfolio have?

WordPress.org reports 60,000+ active installs for Gallery by Visual Portfolio as of October 23, 2026.

Is Gallery by Visual Portfolio still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on September 10, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Does Gallery by Visual Portfolio have good support?

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

Is Gallery by Visual Portfolio free?

Gallery by Visual Portfolio is free to install from WordPress.org. The developer lists it as commercial, so a paid version or paid add-ons exist.

Where does Gallery by Visual Portfolio rank among Portfolio Plugins?

Gallery by Visual Portfolio is #1 in the WordPress.org "portfolio" ranking as of today.