Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 16% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ sander77nl

   8mo ago

   For years great (free) plugin / gallery to show all my photos as photographer. Unfortunately recently my old galleries are no longer visible in Direct Admin / Dashboard. A white screen appears. On my website they are still online. New galleries (thumbnails to larger photos) can’t be added.According to support BWS this could be due to using another plugin or theme. I have already checked that; deactivate all plugins except BWS gallery and installed another theme but problems still exists. I also added another plugin / gallery which is working fine. Their solution should be: give BWS access to all my usernames and passwords of Direct Admin / Dashboard and FTP after full backup. For security reasons I won’t give.

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2. ★★★★★ doug145

   5.3y ago

   Client has been using free version for a few years, but called me when they couldn’t change the settings or add a new gallery. Reinstalled entire website – updated WordPress, Theme and all plugins to latest version – now at least they can create new galleries but the settings still don’t work. I’m guessing this is a con to force you to go pro – but having had no business for over a year the client will not spend any money especially as WordPress now appears to have support for galleries “out of the box”. Just a real pain for them to have to move everything into a new galery as the site has over 1500 photos (after pruning from over 3500) This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by doug145. This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by doug145.

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3. ★★★★★ george007

   7.1y ago

   This is an awesome plugin, this plugin saved my time and made my work simple

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4. ★★★★★ Олег

   7.6y ago

   Все удобно, все понятно.

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5. ★★★★★ Roger2013

   8.5y ago

   The BestWebSoft team were able to successfully update my Gallery-Pro from an older version to the newest. Major incompatibilities, but they got it fixed. It was with great relieve that I saw the 30 some galleries back, and working! BWS support did a great job, in a reasonable time. Thanks Roger

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6. ★★★★★ sgubonius

   8.6y ago

   The plugin does what it needs to do and the customer service is great!

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7. ★★★★★ DinoSupafly

   8.7y ago

   They distort your images in the thumbnail view and the only way to get them to show correctly is to purchase the Pro version. Hey guys, that’s not the way you do it. You provide a solid product for free and give something extra with the Pro version. Instead, you distort the free version and the only way to make it right is to force users to spend more money. I’m having my developers buy another plugin next week. Just out of principle, won’t buy this one.

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8. ★★★★★ njgd

   9.6y ago

   Have been using for couple of years, no issues, works smooth.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 8.90 Update : Security has been improved. 8.90
2. — Version 7.9 Update : Security has been improved. 7.9
3. — Version 7.8 Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 7.0. NEW: Download button for Gallery has been added. Update : BWS Panel section was updated for WP 7.0. 7.8
4. — Version 7.7 Bugfix : Empty page block editor issue have been fixed. 7.7
5. — Version 7.6 Update : BWS Panel section was updated. PRO : Added Watermark protection for image Gallery. NEW: Gutenberg block has been added. Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.9 7.6
6. — Version 7.5 Bugfix : Import bug fixed. 7.5

7 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 7.2 Gallery by BestWebSoft <= 4.7.9 - Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection via Gallery Image Order Array Keys ↗
   2026-08-15 CVE-2026-2497 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 4.7.9 Patched in 4.8.0
2. Medium · 6.5 Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress <= 4.7.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection ↗
   2026-06-26 CVE-2026-57642 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 4.7.8 Patched in 4.7.9
3. High · 7.2 Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress <= 4.7.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection ↗
   2025-03-06 CVE-2024-13906 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 4.7.3 Patched in 4.7.4
4. Medium · 6.4 Gallery by BestWebSoft <= 4.6.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-03-27 CVE-2023-0764 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.6.9 Patched in 4.7.0
5. High · 8.8 Gallery by BestWebSoft <= 4.6.9 - Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection ↗
   2023-03-27 CVE-2023-0765 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 4.6.9 Patched in 4.7.0
6. Medium · 4.4 Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress <= 4.6.9 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-03-23 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.6.9 Patched in 4.7.0
7. Medium · 6.1 Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress < 4.5.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2017-04-12 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 4.5.0 Patched in 4.5.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 72 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Plus 48 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2023-08-06 20K+ → 10K+ 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).

• As Gallery 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• W WP Image Size Selection 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D

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