SimpLy Gallery

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1. ★★★★★ school22

   3mo 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

   5mo ago

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

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3. ★★★★★ ludwigarcache

   6mo 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

   8mo ago

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

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5. ★★★★★ aaaaabb

   11mo ago

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

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6. ★★★★★ sonyamakepeace

   12mo 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

   1.1y ago

   Kudos and thanks to the developers!

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8. ★★★★★ markuswaeger

   1.2y 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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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

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

1. Medium · 6.4 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 ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.3.3.1 Patched in 3.3.3.2
2. 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 <= 3.2.4.4 Patched in 3.2.4.5
3. 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 ('Code Injection') Affects <= 3.3.2 Patched in 3.3.2.1
4. 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. 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 ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.3.2.1 Patched in 3.3.2.2
6. 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 ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.2.5 Patched in 3.2.6
7. 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 ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.2.4.2 Patched in 3.2.4.3
8. 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 ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.2.1 Patched in 3.2.2
9. 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 1.8.4 - 3.1.4 Patched in 3.1.5
10. 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. 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. 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 ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 2.2.1 Patched in 2.2.1

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

Translated into 9 languages, 0 at 90% or more

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

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).

• Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A
• Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A
• Album Gallery for Photo & Video 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A
• Lightbox slider – Responsive Lightbox Gallery 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags A
• Mosaic Gallery – Advanced Gallery 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags B
• Image Gallery Block – Showcase Photos in Stunning Responsive Grids 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags B

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SimpLy Gallery: 40K+ active installs, 4.8★ (116 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simply-gallery-block