NextGEN Download Gallery

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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. ★★★★★ roberto toni

   9.4y ago

   perfetto ed affidabile

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2. ★★★★★ Ditto Dito

   10.6y ago

   It does what it says. Flawlessly. Great addon!

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3. ★★★★★ twodayslate

   11.3y ago

   Works great. Would be awesome if if you could add the functionality easily into the other gallery options. I’m writing a custom template to just have the download all button so I can put it under the Pro Thumbnail Grid. Also would be wonderful to have a button that automatically finds the currently displayed id number.

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4. ★★★★★ Jessica

   11.6y ago

   I just built this on a test server and blew my client away. It was exactly what he was wanting: the ability to download some or all images. I can’t wait to put it live on his site, and use on other projects!!!

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5. ★★★★★ SquareOfOne

   12.1y ago

   Easy to install and use once you read the installation page properly 🙂 Great support.

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6. ★★★★★ belindajohnstone

   12.7y ago

   This plugin was exactly what I was looking for. Super easy to implement, and when I had a question Ross responded in a flash. Highly recommended

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7. ★★★★★ textweaver

   13.0y ago

   This plugin integrates wonderfully with the NextGEN gallery and is indispensable when offering large image files for download. The author provides wonderful and thorough support. In my case, the plugin wasn’t integrating well with another plugin and the author went so far as to check the other plugin’s code and contact the developer to get the issue resolved. Now they work fine together. Thanks for a great job.

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8. ★★★★★ DavidPilcher

   13.0y ago

   I added an unselect button by editing the template file. Just copy the selectall input code and js script code then change selectall to unselectall. in the js code change true to false. Works fine.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.6.2 Released 2023-12-05 fixed: fatal error “call to a member function get_entity() on null” 1.6.2

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

1. Medium · 5.3 NextGEN Download Gallery <= 1.6.2 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure ↗
   2026-01-08 CVE-2026-0675 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.6.2 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.1

Translated into 100 languages, 7 at 90% or more

Plus 76 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-01-30 3K+ → 2K+ down after 865 days in tier
2. 2023-09-18 4K+ → 3K+ down after 6 days in tier
3. 2023-09-12 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
4. 2023-09-10 4K+ → 3K+ 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).

• R Responsive NextGEN Flex Slider Template 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• N NextGEN Gallery Image Chooser 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
• Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A

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NextGEN Download Gallery: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/nextgen-download-gallery