Gallery – Photo Albums Plugin

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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10 of the last 15 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review.

Registering a wp.org account just to leave a review is common and often entirely legitimate. The share here is unusually high for the sample, so it's worth keeping in mind while reading the reviews.

1. ★★★★★ bigportal

   3.8y ago

   E’ una truffa! Non acquistate, il plugin PREMIUM non funziona e l’assistenza non risponde. Dovrebbe essere eliminato dal repository di wordpress. It is a scam! Do not purchase, the PREMIUM plugin does not work and the support does not respond. It should be deleted from the wordpress repository.

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2. ★★★★★ thehuskies101718

   5.8y ago

   Do not activate this. It crashed my website and was not able to log in the admin. It stated “sorry you do not have access”. I had to go to my host to deactivate the plug in. This topic was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by thehuskies101718.

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3. ★★★★★ GoddessNYC

   7.6y ago

   This looks nice, but does not suit our needs. This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by goddessprojects.

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4. ★★★★★ kallard

   8.2y ago

   There are way too many ads for their pro version and other plugins and there is no instruction on how to actually post the slideshow – cannot find the shortcode. Even if it is there and I missed it, it should be right where it is obvious and I shouldn’t have to hunt for it.

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5. ★★★★★ Alexander

   8.8y ago

   Hi there! i think that developer no longer support his project or he isn’t alive. I’ve bought Easy Media Gallery Pro but it works ugly. There is no answer from the support. I wrote by feedback form, email, facebook — no answer. Swindlers!

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6. ★★★★★ pflyz creative

   9.1y ago

   Support for paid members has been terrible for me. Forms extremely complicated and if you provide all the extensive requested details, there has been no response to my questions. Now WordFence has alerted me that these two plugins (Contact Pro and Media Galery) appear to be malicous. Now I am waiting for my 3rd paid plugin instagram feed to be next. Very disappointing to pay for a plugin and fight to get help.

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7. ★★★★★ cwaite

   9.2y ago

   I have been using this plugin for a while now. We added an SSL certificate to our site and the plugin started displaying differently. I contacted support and they replied within a few minutes. They logged into the site and made the fix straight away. Now that’s GREAT SUPPORT.

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8. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   9.3y ago

   Used this plug-in for my fine art site — it functions nicely and the customer support is quick and helpful.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.3.170 Update : WordPress 6.3 compatibility Fixed : Many other PHP and CSS clean and optimization 1.3.170
2. — Version 1.3.169 IMPORTANT! SECURITY BUGS FIX, PLEASE UPDATE NOW!= 1.3.169 = * Update : WordPress 5.9 compatibility * Fixed : Sorter image not works as expected * Fixed : Many other PHP and CSS clean and optimization 1.3.169
3. — Version 1.3.167 Update : WordPress 5.8 compatibility Fixed : Many other PHP and CSS clean and optimization 1.3.167
4. — Version 1.3.165 Fixed : Many other PHP and CSS clean and optimization 1.3.165
5. — Version 1.3.163 Update : WordPress 5.7 compatibility Fixed : Shortcode button not appear in WordPress Classic Block 1.3.163
6. — Version 1.3.161 Fixed : Many other PHP and CSS clean and optimization 1.3.161

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 6.4 Gallery – Photo Albums Plugin <= 1.3.170 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-03-31 CVE-2025-31586 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.170 No patch available
2. Medium · 6.1 Gallery – Photo Albums Plugin < 1.3.47 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2015-09-05 CVE-2015-7386 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.3.50 Patched in 1.3.50
3. Medium · 4.3 Gallery – Photo Albums Plugin < 1.3.03 - Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2014-09-01 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects < 1.3.03 Patched in 1.3.03
4. Medium · 5.5 Gallery – Photo Albums Plugin < 1.2.29 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2013-12-17 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.2.29 Patched in 1.2.29

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3

Translated into 76 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Plus 52 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-03-09 3K+ → 2K+ down after 566 days in tier
2. 2023-08-21 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
3. 2023-08-19 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
4. 2023-08-17 4K+ → 3K+ down after 309 days in tier
5. 2022-10-12 5K+ → 4K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Gallery Images Ape 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D
• Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags B
• Gallery : FooGallery 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A

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Gallery – Photo Albums Plugin: 2K+ active installs, 3.8★ (277 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/easy-media-gallery