by Galaxy Weblinks 3.8 (9 reviews)

Gallery with thumbnail slider

Name: Gallery with thumbnail slider
Rating: 3.8 (9 reviews)
Author: Galaxy Weblinks

Highly customizable gallery plugin with sliders, lightbox, vertical gallery, and batch image upload for WordPress.

Gallery with thumbnail slider ranks #3,927 among WordPress.org plugins with 3,000+ active installations, is #454 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 3.8/5 rating from 9 reviews, and was last updated Jun 9, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1.4)

v8.3.1 Current Version v8.3.1

Updated 4 months ago Last Update on 09 Jun, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#454 of 6,651 in Media Top 5% by installs

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Active Installs

3K+

-22.6%

KW Avg Position

0.2 worse

Downloads

44.4K

+15 today

Support Resolved

100%

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Rating

76%

Review 3.8 out of 5

3.8 (9 reviews)

Next Milestone 4K

Total Progress 87.2%

3K+ 4K+

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Reviews & Ratings

3.8

9 reviews

Overall 76%

6 (67%)

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100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

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

Nov 19, 2025 UNPATCHED

Gallery with thumbnail slider [gallery-with-thumbnail-slider] <= 7.8 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-5092 · No fix released
Oct 27, 2022

Gallery with thumbnail slider [gallery-with-thumbnail-slider] < 6.1

CVE-2022-42485 · Fixed in v6.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 8.3.1
Last Updated: Jun 09, 2026
Requires WP: 6.8+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Galaxy Weblinks

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.8
Reviews: 9
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want a customizable image gallery with sliders and lightbox display. It solves the problem of manually configuring gallery styles and uploading images one at a time by offering adjustable settings and batch uploads.

Thumbnail slider
Lightbox gallery/slider
Vertical gallery/slider
Enable/disable image alt/caption
Pagination and navigation switch
Slider loop option
Unlimited images in slider
Slide autoplay

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Gallery with thumbnail slider

Once you create a new gallery, the shortcode created automatically you can place this shortcode anywhere in your post, pages or widget. There is an option in setting page to enable gallery in post, page or custom post types where you can create a gallery that automatically displays in the bottom of the page.

Using the below shortcode you can display gallery anywhere, you can change the "no_of_items" value [gwts_gwl_galleries_listing no_of_items=12]

Go to the admin menu and select the "settings" under the "GWL Gallery" Menu, try to do different options and check slider to changes.

Go to the admin menu > GWL Gallery and choose post type where you want to display the slider.

Yes, you can add Unlimited images slides in this plugin , you can easily change their layout position through drag and drop them.

Yes, you can go to the admin slider setting options and enable lightbox slider option.

We can manage thumb items and vertical size in different breakpoints for responsive view.