by Essential Plugin 4.8 (27 reviews)

Album and Image Gallery Plus Lightbox

Name: Album and Image Gallery Plus Lightbox
Rating: 4.8 (27 reviews)
Author: Essential Plugin

A quick, easy way to display responsive image gallery and image album in a grid or slider with light box. Also work with Gutenberg shortcode block.

Album and Image Gallery Plus Lightbox ranks #2,341 among WordPress.org plugins with 9,000+ active installations, is #283 of 6,296 in the Media category, a 4.8/5 rating from 27 reviews, and was last updated Apr 7, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1)

v2.1.8.1 Current Version v2.1.8.1

Updated 5 months ago Last Update on 07 Apr, 2026

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#283 of 6,296 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -8.5% this week

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#2,341

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Active Installs

9K+

-0.2%

KW Avg Position

8.8

0.2 better

Downloads

236.2K

+7 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (27 reviews)

Next Milestone 10K

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8

27 reviews

Overall 96%

24 (89%)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

5 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

Apr 9, 2026

Album and Image Gallery Plus Lightbox [album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox] < 2.1.8.1 (closed)

CVE-2026-6443 · Fixed in v2.1.8.1
Feb 18, 2026

Album and Image Gallery Plus Lightbox [album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox] < 2.1.8 (closed)

CVE-2025-13612 · Fixed in v2.1.8
Jun 5, 2024

Album and Image Gallery Plus Lightbox [album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox] < 2.1 (closed)

CVE-2024-4194 · Fixed in v2.1
Aug 16, 2023

Album and Image Gallery Plus Lightbox [album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox] < 1.7.1 (closed)

CVE-2023-40200 · Fixed in v1.7.1
Feb 2, 2023

Album and Image Gallery Plus Lightbox [album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox] < 1.6.3 (closed)

CVE-2023-25060 · Fixed in v1.6.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.1.8.1
Last Updated: Apr 07, 2026
Requires WP: 4.0+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Essential Plugin

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 27
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

Magnific Popup album slider fancybox popup image gallery slider responsive gallery

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display image galleries and photo albums on their site. It solves the problem of showing images in an organized, responsive grid, slider, or lightbox format using shortcodes or Gutenberg blocks.