by cybio 4 (2 reviews)

Gallery Widget

Name: Gallery Widget
Rating: 4.0 (2 reviews)
Author: cybio

Simple widget to show the latest/random images of the WordPress media library as a Widget, using a shortcode or directly with a php-function.

Gallery Widget ranks #9,457 among WordPress.org plugins with 400+ active installations, is #1,275 of 8,549 in the Customization category, a 4/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Mar 18, 2011. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.1 (Current: 7.1)

v1.2.1 Current Version v1.2.1

Updated 15 years ago Last Update on 18 Mar, 2011

Refreshed 14 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,275 of 8,549 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Rank

#9,457

-1 this week

Active Installs

400+

-17%

KW Avg Position

N/A

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Downloads

83.4K

+1 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

80%

Review 4 out of 5

4 (2 reviews)

Next Milestone 500

Total Progress 78%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.0

2 reviews

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Jul 4, 2025 UNPATCHED

Gallery Widget [gallery-widget] <= 1.2.1 (unfixed + closed)

CVE-2025-28969 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.1
Last Updated: Mar 18, 2011
Requires WP: 2.8+
Tested Up To: 3.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: cybio

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews: 2
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

attachment gallery image media widget

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display images from their media library without manual gallery setup. It solves the problem of showing latest or random media library images via a widget, shortcode, or PHP function call, with optional category filtering.