Photo galleries, sliders and portfolios
Gallery plugins span image collections, slideshows, sliders and portfolio-related tools.
- Image tags: Images appears alongside image-gallery, photo-gallery, photo and photos, reflecting the category’s focus on presenting images.
- Presentation tags: Slider and slideshow tags point to related presentation formats, while portfolio is another recurring theme.
- Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider: Its name combines gallery, slider and carousel terms; it has 500,000 active installs and was updated this month.
- Photo Gallery by 10Web: This prominent listing has 100,000 active installs and was updated this month.
- Smart Slider 3: Among the category’s most installed listings, with 800,000 active installs and an excellent rating signal with many reviews.
Lightbox and modal gallery options
Lightbox is a substantial overlap within the category, with 117 plugins sharing that tag.
- Firelight Lightbox: 200,000 active installs, an excellent rating signal with a moderate number of reviews, and an update this month.
- Simple Lightbox: 100,000 active installs, a good rating signal with a moderate number of reviews, and an update one month ago.
- Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin: 100,000 active installs, a mixed rating signal with a moderate number of reviews, and an update this month.
How concentrated and current the gallery category is
The category offers broad choice, but its largest install counts are concentrated in a small group of plugins.
There are 724 plugins in the category; 9 have at least 100,000 active installs and 34 have at least 10,000. The leading listings include Smart Slider 3 at 800,000 installs, MetaSlider at 500,000 and Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes at 300,000. Each was updated this month; their rating signals range from good to excellent, with many reviews.
Update activity is more limited across the full category: 41% of plugins were updated in the last year. That contrasts with several high-install listings updated this month, while Simple Lightbox was updated one month ago and also has 100,000 active installs.