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SimpLy Gallery

by GalleryCreator · Media

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Create photo and video galleries with albums, sliders and a lightbox. Includes free Media Library folders to organize your files.

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Health

A 90/100

no flags

Active installs

40K+

≈49K estimated

Momentum

+18%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “lightbox”, “media library folders” and “image gallery” for “vimeo gallery”, “woocommerce gallery” and “free gallery”. “lightbox” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “vimeo gallery” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “media library folders” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “woocommerce gallery” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “image gallery” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #16. “free gallery” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

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90 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 93/100
Support 70/100
Security 90/100

90 health vs 62 average across 3,287 Media plugins

40K+

Active installs

≈49K estimated

1.3M

Total downloads

since 2019 · 3.1% still active

4.7/5

Rating

4.8 on wp.org · 118 reviews · +0.2/wk

+18%

42.1K

Downloads · 30d

category median +4%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

3.1%

of downloads still active

At least 40K of 1.3M lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,321 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 16 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 · 118 reviews

Read on wp.org ↗
5★
109 4★
2 3★
1 2★
1 1★
5

Details

Version
3.4.5
Last updated
20d ago
Added
2019-10-05 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
6.8
Tested up to
7.1.4
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.

91 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Most to gain: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100

Updated 20 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 92/100

4.8★ over 118 reviews, smoothed to 4.59★

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Support resolution 50/100

2 of 4 support threads resolved in the last 2 months

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+18% vs prior 30d
2561 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 57.8K · peaks are release surges

42.1K1 Nov 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

SimpLy Gallery · #896youEnvira Gallery · #337Gallery by Visual Po · #692Photo Gallery by Sup · #1207

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.81 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

901 Nov 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.

1.1K1 Nov 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.

16

releases in the last 12 months

20d ago

latest release · v3.4.5 · 12 Oct 2026

32

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.4.5 · 12 Oct 20263.4.4 · 4 Oct 20263.4.3 · 29 Sep 20263.4.2 · 8 Sep 20263.4.1 · 5 Aug 20263.4.0 · 3 Aug 20263.3.3.3 · 22 Jun 20263.3.3.2 · 8 Jun 20263.3.3.1 · 11 May 20263.3.3 · 27 Apr 20263.3.2.3 · 9 Mar 20263.3.2.2 · 26 Feb 20263.3.2.1 · 4 Feb 20263.3.2 · 29 Dec 2025

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

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

v3.3 65%
v3.2 24%
Older / other versions 11%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
40K–50K ≈49K

Crossed into this band 20 months ago; the previous band took 18 months to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

Install history since 22 Apr 2021

40K1 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ school22
    5mo ago

    We use it on our school’s website to manage photo galleries, and our hosting provider is genuinely happy with us now. The plugin we used before was putting a serious load on the server, but since switching to this one, resource usage dropped dramatically. Lightweight, effective, and does exactly what it promises. Big thanks to the developer!

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  2. ★★★★★ mlcmike
    7mo ago

    This gallery plugin works. Create beautiful galleries effortlessly can’t wait to finish our Travels web site.

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  3. ★★★★★ ludwigarcache
    8mo ago

    Amazing plugin, perfect in every detail with everything you need, only missing a simple option to position the caption.

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  4. ★★★★★ Dejan Buric
    10mo ago

    The best WP Lightbox plugin out of many I’ve tried.

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  5. ★★★★★ aaaaabb
    1.1y ago

    Does the job well. Can show minimalistic galleries if needed.

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  6. ★★★★★ sonyamakepeace
    1.1y ago

    This worked for me without any problems, and, on one of the Classic Themes. I usually use block themes, but just decided to play around with a classic theme, and this wonderful gallery was brilliant. Plenty of options for customizing, even in the free version. I will use this on my Block themes now. Thanks for this plugin, it is excellent! xxx

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  7. ★★★★★ yavorh
    1.3y ago

    Kudos and thanks to the developers!

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  8. ★★★★★ markuswaeger
    1.3y ago

    I needed a plug-in that is able to present galleries summarised in albums. SimpLy Gallery is the only one I found that does this and it does it well, easily and efficiently.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 3.3.3.3 Tweak: Updated Freemius SDK to version (2.13.2) Tweak: Improved title marker styling for wrapped lines. 3.3.3.3
  2. — Version 3.3.3.2 Tested up to WordPress 7.0 3.3.3.2
  3. — Version 3.3.3.1 Security hardening: fix XSS vectors and improve output sanitization. Improved YouTube Feed Quick Gallery routing, canonical URL handling, and playlist title editing in the playlist editor (PLUS / PRO). Fixed: minor bug f 3.3.3.1
  4. — Version 3.3.3 Added: internal improvements for the premium YouTube Feed module. Fixed: minor bug fixes. Tweak: Updated Freemius SDK (2.13.1) 3.3.3
  5. — Version 3.3.2.3 Fixed: minor bug fixes. Fixed: MLA Pickers. 3.3.2.3
  6. — Version 3.3.2.2 Security improvement: Hardened input validation and output escaping for Album-related blocks/shortcodes and related REST endpoints to prevent unsafe attributes from being saved or rendered. 3.3.2.2

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

All 12 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.4.5). Sites still on an older version should update.

  1. Patched Medium · 6.4 Mixed Media Gallery Blocks <= 3.3.3.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via sliderMaxHeight Block Attribute ↗
    2026-07-10 CVE-2026-5743 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.3.3.1 Patched in 3.3.3.2
  2. Patched 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 Affects <= 3.2.4.4 Patched in 3.2.4.5
  3. Patched High · 8.8 Mixed Media Gallery Blocks <= 3.3.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution ↗
    2026-03-23 CVE-2026-25345 Improper Control of Generation of Code Affects <= 3.3.2 Patched in 3.3.2.1
  4. Patched Medium · 4.3 Gallery Blocks with Lightbox <= 3.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Plugin Settings Modification ↗
    2025-12-12 CVE-2025-14288 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.3.0 Patched in 3.3.1
  5. Patched Medium · 6.4 SimpLy Gallery <= 3.3.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2025-10-26 CVE-2025-63052 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.3.2.1 Patched in 3.3.2.2
  6. Patched Medium · 6.4 Gallery Blocks with Lightbox <= 3.2.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2025-04-04 CVE-2025-32176 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.2.5 Patched in 3.2.6
  7. Patched Medium · 5.5 Gallery Blocks with Lightbox. Image Gallery, (HTML5 video , YouTube, Vimeo) Video Gallery and Lightbox for native gallery <= 3.2.4.2 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2024-11-21 CVE-2024-10034 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.2.4.2 Patched in 3.2.4.3
  8. Patched Medium · 6.4 Gallery Blocks with Lightbox. Image Gallery, (HTML5 video , YouTube, Vimeo) Video Gallery and Lightbox for native gallery <= 3.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via galleryID and className Parameters ↗
    2024-06-27 CVE-2024-5424 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.2.1 Patched in 3.2.2
  9. Patched 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 Affects 1.8.4 - 3.1.4 Patched in 3.1.5
  10. Patched High · 8.1 Gallery Blocks with Lightbox <= 3.0.7 - Missing Authorization in pgc_sgb_action_wizard ↗
    2023-03-01 CVE-2023-0441 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.0.7 Patched in 3.0.8
  11. Patched Medium · 6.3 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks ↗
    2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 2.3.6 Patched in 2.3.6
  12. Patched Medium · 5.4 Gallery Blocks with Lightbox <= 2.2.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2021-08-23 CVE-2021-24667 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 2.2.1 Patched in 2.2.1

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 9 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Korean 73%
German 71%
German (Formal) 71%
Italian 68%
Ukrainian 56%
Russian 31%
Latvian 28%
Dutch 17%
French (France) 2%

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.

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Share of voice

How often each assistant names SimpLy Gallery when asked about this topic, where it comes in the answer, and how that compares with its wp.org search position. Latest run 1 Nov 2026.

Assistants
ChatGPT, Claude
Topics tracked
Gallery
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Readme readiness

8 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026

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

  • ✓ Says what it does "Create photo and video galleries with albums, sliders and a lightbox. Includes free Media Library folders t..."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 27 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 27 of 27 read like questions a user would type.
  • ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("whether you are", "if you want", "for events").
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Block editor, YouTube and 2 more.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 5 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 10,404 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "video gallery" does not.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-03-05 30K+ → 40K+ up after 538 days in tier
  2. 2023-09-14 20K+ → 30K+ up after 511 days in tier
  3. 2022-04-21 10K+ → 20K+ up after 364 days in tier
  4. 2021-04-22 9K+ → 10K+ up after 59 days in tier
  5. 2021-02-22 7K+ → 9K+ up after 50 days in tier
  6. 2021-01-03 6K+ → 7K+ up after 31 days in tier
  7. 2020-12-03 4K+ → 6K+ up after 61 days in tier
  8. 2020-10-03 2K+ → 4K+ up after 59 days in tier

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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