by bestwebsoft 4 (158 reviews)

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress

Name: Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress
Rating: 4.0 (158 reviews)
Author: bestwebsoft

Add beautiful, fully responsive galleries, albums, images, and categories to your WordPress website quickly and easily. Showcase your portfolio, photo …

Gallery by BestWebSoft ranks #2,080 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #192 of 6,303 in the Media category, a 4/5 rating from 158 reviews, and was last updated Aug 18, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.4 (Current: 7.1)

v4.8.1 Current Version v4.8.1

Updated 4 weeks ago Last Update on 18 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#192 of 6,303 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -32% this week Actively maintained

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#2,080

-4 this week

Active Installs

10K+

-15.2%

KW Avg Position

3.2

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Downloads

1.9M

+38 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

80%

Review 4 out of 5

4 (158 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 17.7%

10K+ 20K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.0

158 reviews

Overall 80%

111 (70%)

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29 (18%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

14 known vulnerabilities on record · 3 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Jun 26, 2026

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress [gallery-plugin] < 4.8.0

CVE-2026-2497 · Fixed in v4.8.0
Jun 26, 2026

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress [gallery-plugin] < 4.7.9

CVE-2026-57642 · Fixed in v4.7.9
Mar 6, 2025

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress [gallery-plugin] < 4.7.4

CVE-2024-13906 · Fixed in v4.7.4
Mar 27, 2023

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress [gallery-plugin] < 4.7.0

Fixed in v4.7.0
Mar 27, 2023

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress [gallery-plugin] < 4.7.0

CVE-2023-0764 · Fixed in v4.7.0
Mar 27, 2023

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress [gallery-plugin] < 4.7.0

CVE-2023-0765 · Fixed in v4.7.0
Mar 23, 2023

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress [gallery-plugin] < 4.7.0

Fixed in v4.7.0
May 16, 2017

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress [gallery-plugin] < 4.5.0

CVE-2017-2171 · Fixed in v4.5.0
Apr 12, 2017

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress [gallery-plugin] < 4.5.0

Fixed in v4.5.0
May 15, 2015

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress [gallery-plugin] < 3.8.4

Fixed in v3.8.4

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.8.1
Last Updated: Aug 18, 2026
Requires WP: 6.5+
Tested Up To: 7.0.4
PHP Version: N/A
Author: bestwebsoft

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews: 158
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

add album add albums add galleries add images add pictures

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for photographers, artists, bloggers, and businesses who want to display images on their WordPress site. It provides responsive image galleries with albums, categories, and customizable layouts without requiring coding.

Unlimited albums, images, and categories
Multiple sorting and layout options
Slideshow with full-size image display
Latest galleries widget
Gallery categories widget
Integration with Slider Plugin
Add comments to galleries
Multilingual and RTL support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress

Go to 'Galleries' > 'Add New' in WordPress admin. Add or upload images via the 'Add Media' button. Save your gallery. See detailed instructions here: How to Use Gallery Plugin

Template files are located in /wp-content/plugins/gallery-plugin/templates/. To customize without losing changes during updates, copy templates to your theme folder: /wp-content/themes/your-theme/bws-templates/ Example: Copy /wp-content/plugins/gallery-plugin/templates/gallery-single-template.php to /wp-content/themes/your-theme/bws-templates/gallery-single-template.php

Your theme likely lacks thumbnail support. Add this to your theme’s functions.php file: add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'theme_setup' ); function theme_setup() { add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' ); } This will enable thumbnails and fix the error.

In the WordPress admin menu, go to "Galleries", select your gallery, and reorder images via drag-and-drop. Make sure the plugin setting Sort images by is set to Sorting order in the Gallery.

Replace <html <?php language_attributes(); ?>> with <html> in your header.php. Remove direction: rtl; from body CSS and apply it to the main wrapper element instead. Example for Twenty Eleven or Twenty Ten themes: `css body { /* remove this / / direction: rtl; */ } .hfeed { direction: rtl; }