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Gallery with thumbnail slider

by Galaxy Weblinks · Media

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Highly customizable gallery plugin with sliders, lightbox, vertical gallery, and batch image upload for WordPress.

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⚠ Few reviews⚠ Open vulnerability

Health

B 77/100

Few reviews · Open vulnerability

Active installs

3K+

≈3.9K estimated

Momentum

+13%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Add “gallery slider”, “post thumbnail” and “team gallery” to your wp.org tags. You rank #9, #13 and #19 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.

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77 Health · B
Maintenance 93/100
Rating quality 71/100
Support 70/100
Security 63/100

77 health vs 62 average across 3,279 Media plugins

3K+

Active installs

≈3.9K estimated

51.7K

Total downloads

since 2019 · 5.8% still active

3.8/5

Rating

9 reviews

+13%

653

Downloads · 30d

category median +11%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

5.8%

of downloads still active

At least 3K of 51.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,318 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

This plugin shipped 6 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.

Ratings · 9 reviews

Read on wp.org ↗
5★
6 4★
0 3★
0 2★
1 1★
2

Details

Version
8.3.1
Last updated
5mo ago
Added
2019-02-15 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
6.8
Tested up to
7.0.8
Requires PHP
7.4
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Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

90 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100

Updated 144 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 60/100

3.8★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.05★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 92/100

4 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Support resolution 100/100

1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+13% vs prior 30d
3331 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3.4K · peaks are release surges

66331 Oct 2026

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Gallery with thumbna · #3928youSmart Slider 3 · #78Slider, Gallery, and · #121AI-Powered Carousel, · #619

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.831 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

7731 Oct 2026

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

22131 Oct 2026

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

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

6

releases in the last 12 months

5mo ago

latest release · v8.3.1 · 9 Jun 2026

30

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

8.3.1 · 9 Jun 20268.3 · 29 May 20268.2 · 14 May 20268.1 · 18 Mar 20268.0 · 16 Dec 20257.9 · 27 Nov 20257.8 · 1 Oct 20257.7 · 23 Sep 20257.6 · 23 Sep 20257.5 · 15 Sep 20257.4 · 28 Apr 20257.3 · 5 Mar 20257.2 · 30 Dec 20247.1 · 24 May 2024

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 33% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v8.3 33%
v7.1 9.7%
v4.0 7.5%
v8.0 7.4%
v7.4 7.3%
v8.1 7.1%
Older / other versions 28%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
3K–4K ≈3.9K

Crossed into this band 3.1 years ago; the previous band took 23 months to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

Install history since 22 Sep 2020

3K31 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ graphicvision1
    2.2y ago

    This slider plugin really is the best out there in my opinion. It’s easy to understand and you can make beautiful, full function sliders.

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  2. ★★★★★ shamatron
    3.2y ago

    I tried all the free alternatives to this (10+ other plugins, all the big name ones). None of them worked to create a thumbnail gallery. This plugin works great. It’s fast, free, and free from ads! Things I would like to see in future versions:– Control of the thumbnail bar location. Currently it defaults below the gallery, but it would be good to have the option to place the bar on the side of the gallery.– Set the max width of the slider, and adjust the slider height to the maximum content (while keeping the image aspect ratio). Other plugins allow this basic functionality.

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  3. ★★★★★ leroy
    4.5y ago

    I put in the shortcode added images, nothing..

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  4. ★★★★★ eadwig
    5.5y ago

    This plugin is only for displaying thumbnails. You cannot attach links to them and you have to create a static page to display the slider in the top page. Definitely better to try other sliders that can display thumbnails and include links. This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by eadwig.

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  5. ★★★★★ bethtommy
    6.1y ago

    At first, I had difficulty in deciding the proper settings for the thumbnail gallery on my own. I tried different combinations, but none of them looked good in the end. I searched if I could find a guideline or something like that but couldn’t find any. But then, as I contacted the team, they were very fast to get back to me and had gone through all pages one by one and specified the best adjustments for each of them. All pages look very well now. Thank you all for your support!

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  6. ★★★★★ VVS Nair
    6.4y ago

    I really need to thank the developer for the excellent job they have done with this plugin. Straightforward and easy to use. Lightweight no bloat. Includes Thumbnail slider and Lightbox Gallery and slider for FREE! I am moving all my clients over to Gallery with thumbnail slider. Highly recommended, check it out for yourself. BTW, I hardly leave reviews but this is plugin deserves a 10 star rating.

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  7. ★★★★★ Ammar Tello
    6.4y ago

    Easy, clear, and simple Excellent work Thank you

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  8. ★★★★★ batmanward
    6.4y ago

    It only allows a minimum of 7 thumbnails, so if you have less, then it bugs out

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 8.3.1 – Fixed galleries stacking when lightSlider failed to load. Scripts now enqueue when a gallery renders, and slider initialization runs after lightSlider loads in the footer. 8.3.1
  2. — Version 8.3 – WordPress 7.0 compatibility: tested up to 7.0, settings checks, attachment caption guards, corrected escaping, conditional front-end assets, placeholder image fallback. 8.3
  3. — Version 8.2 – Fixed issue 8.2
  4. — Version 8.1 – Fixed issue 8.1
  5. — Version 8.0 – Fixed Vulnerability issue 8.0
  6. — Version 7.9 – Fixed Vulnerability issue 7.9

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 open vulnerability affects the current version (8.3.1). 1 of 2 disclosed are patched.

  1. Open Medium · 6.4 Multiple Plugins and Themes <= (Various Versions) - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via lightGallery JavaScript Library ↗
    2025-11-19 CVE-2025-5092 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 7.8 No patch available
  2. Patched Medium · 6.4 Gallery with thumbnail slider <= 6.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2022-10-27 CVE-2022-42485 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 6.0 Patched in 6.1

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CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

AI assistants

How it's measured →

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
  • ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
  • ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
  • ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ! Enough to quote 811 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "vertical slider" does not.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2023-09-12 2K+ → 3K+ up after 684 days in tier
  2. 2021-10-28 1K+ → 2K+ up after 175 days in tier
  3. 2021-05-06 800+ → 1K+ up

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).

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Gallery with thumbnail slider: 3K+ active installs, 3.8★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider

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