Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 86% 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. ★★★★★ radancini

   3.5y ago

   I installed Picture Gallery plugin: it was easy to use and setup, even if the configuration page is not organized in a perfect ways (is more like a list of options). I tested for myself some photos uploads and gallery view, it seemed fine so far. But then I noticed that my website didn’t look the same… I found that the cause was this plugin! In fact, disabling it, the issue dissappeared. I investigated this a little more: it does not help removing all plugin css from setup page. So I checked the main page and I found that it was filled up with <p></p> ! For the moment I can’t spend other time on this, hopefully I will re-enable the plugin to try to fix this issue.

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2. ★★★★★ nishimachi0067

   3.7y ago

   As soon as I activated this plugin, my website disappeared! I can’t access the admin at all… the front end is missing. I’ve tried deleting the plugin via ftp, but its made no different. So now I have to figure out how to get my site up and running again!

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3. ★★★★★ claux67

   3.9y ago

   Do what says

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

1. High · 8.1 Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List <= 1.6.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Deletion ↗
   2026-07-20 CVE-2026-57696 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 1.6.5 Patched in 1.6.6
2. Medium · 6.1 Picture Gallery <= 1.6.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-03-12 CVE-2025-26581 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.6.3 Patched in 1.6.4
3. Medium · 6.4 Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List <= 1.5.19 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-01-21 CVE-2024-13584 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.5.19 Patched in 1.5.20
4. Medium · 6.4 Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List <= 1.5.22 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via videowhisper_picture_upload_guest Shortcode ↗
   2025-01-17 CVE-2024-12696 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.5.22 Patched in 1.5.23
5. Medium · 6.4 Picture Gallery <= 1.5.11 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-05-14 CVE-2024-34759 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.5.11 Patched in 1.5.12
6. Medium · 5.5 Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List < 1.4.3 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2021-08-10 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.4.2 Patched in 1.4.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Translated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings

Growth timeline

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

1. 2023-01-23 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2023-01-22 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2023-01-21 500+ → 400+ down after 20 days in tier
4. 2023-01-01 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2022-12-31 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2022-12-30 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2022-12-29 500+ → 400+ 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).

• Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• LightPress Lightbox 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
• Easy Watermark 30K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags C
• WP Colorbox 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
• Easy Image Collage 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A
• Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A

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Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List: 400+ active installs, 3.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/picture-gallery