Justified Gallery

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 64% 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. ★★★★★ Shone1389

   4mo ago

   Simple. Clean. Very useful.

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2. ★★★★★ Josh Journey

   6mo ago

   Justified Gallery allows you to easily create beautiful galleries while being efficient with image sources. Coded in a way that doesn’t affect page loading times, support is friendly, and works well with Arisoft Lightbox. It displays panoramas and vertical images very well within a sea of photos. Wish I found this sooner. Justified Gallery comes highly recommended! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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3. ★★★★★ chrislahay

   11mo ago

   I was looking for a quick and easy solution to replace an outdated gallery plugin and was happy to find this one. Quick and easy to install, setup was simple and I didn’t need to go through the site and update gallery codes as this one replaced it seamlessly.

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4. ★★★★★ paoloeuvrard

   1.4y ago

   I have other gallery plugins, and a lifetime deal with some of the most well-know gallery plugin suite. But I switched to Justified gallery for its simplicity. It is low on resources, opens quickly, and has the minimal options you need to show your pictures properly. What else could you really need?

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5. ★★★★★ rrrReviews

   1.5y ago

   complete,fast,simple,works impeccably

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6. ★★★★★ doreenhawdon

   1.7y ago

   Nice bit of justification. Works well. The only reservation I’ve got is that it took a fair amount of hacking to remove the caption rollovers.

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7. ★★★★★ azielaskowski

   1.9y ago

   Very easy to use and well designed. I’m glad to have this plugin.

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8. ★★★★★ Fernando Ortiz

   2.0y ago

   Super perfecto

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.10.0 UPDATE: Freemius SDK 1.10.0
2. — Version 1.9.0 ADD: Ability to set background and text color in the gallery preview ADD: Ability to limit the number of images in the gallery preview FIX: Unwanted image cropping when max row height is set to -1 FIX: Incorrect display 1.9.0
3. — Version 1.8.1 FIX: Incorrect image caption background color for Layla tile style 1.8.1
4. — Version 1.8.0 FIX: Unnecessary loading of Swipebox files when using Photoswipe lightbox FIX: Unnecessary database post query in plugin settings page FIX: Ensure that plugin notices are closed by the current user UPDATE: Justified Gall 1.8.0
5. — Version 1.7.3 FIX: Plugin security enhancements and code-related best practices 1.7.3
6. — Version 1.7.2 FIX: Plugin security enhancements and code-related best practices ADD: Update Photoswipe library ADD: Update Swipebox library 1.7.2

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

1. Medium · 6.1 Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter ↗
   2026-04-30 CVE-2024-13362 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.9.0 Patched in 1.10.0
2. Medium · 4.3 Justified Gallery <= 1.7.3 - Missing Authorization via 'dismiss_how_to_use_notice' and 'dismiss_notice' ↗
   2023-08-10 CVE-2023-40213 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.7.3 Patched in 1.8.0
3. Medium · 6.1 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ↗
   2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects 1.2.1 - 1.7.3 Patched in 1.8.1
4. Medium · 6.4 Justified Gallery <= 1.7.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-12-23 CVE-2022-4651 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.7.0 Patched in 1.7.1
5. Medium · 6.3 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks ↗
   2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 1.5.1 Patched in 1.5.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

Translated into 5 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-28 9K+ → 8K+ down after 289 days in tier
2. 2025-09-12 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-09-11 9K+ → 10K+ up after 10 days in tier
4. 2025-09-01 10K+ → 9K+ down

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Justified Gallery: 8K+ active installs, 4.9★ (206 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/justified-gallery