by Jordy Meow 4.9 (201 reviews)

Meow Gallery

Name: Meow Gallery
Rating: 4.9 (201 reviews)
Author: Jordy Meow

Tired of slow, bloated gallery plugins? Here is the answer! ☺️ Polished, beautiful galleries that are blazing fast. No bloat. Enjoy! 💕

Meow Gallery ranks #1,895 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #192 of 6,314 in the Media category, a 4.9/5 rating from 201 reviews, and was last updated Sep 17, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v5.5.5 Current Version v5.5.5

Updated 9 hours ago Last Update on 17 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#192 of 6,314 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads +509.6% this week Actively maintained

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#1,895

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Active Installs

10K+

-28.3%

KW Avg Position

11.3

0.3 worse

Downloads

562.9K

+168 today

Support Resolved

67%

— No change

Rating

98%

Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (201 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 40.8%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.9

201 reviews

Overall 98%

186 (93%)

9 (4%)

1 (0%)

4 (2%)

1 (0%)

Support Threads Overview

Resolved

Unresolved

Total Threads

Resolved

Unresolved

67%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

8 known vulnerabilities on record · 4 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Aug 3, 2026

Meow Gallery [meow-gallery] < 5.5.2

CVE-2026-15386 · Fixed in v5.5.2
Jun 12, 2026

Meow Gallery [meow-gallery] < 5.4.5

CVE-2026-1291 · Fixed in v5.4.5
Feb 26, 2026

Meow Gallery [meow-gallery] < 5.4.5

CVE-2026-32418 · Fixed in v5.4.5
May 7, 2025

Meow Gallery [meow-gallery] < 5.2.8

CVE-2025-47449 · Fixed in v5.2.8
May 8, 2024

Meow Gallery [meow-gallery] < 5.1.4

CVE-2024-4386 · Fixed in v5.1.4
Sep 2, 2021

Meow Gallery [meow-gallery] < 4.1.9

CVE-2021-24465 · Fixed in v4.1.9
Sep 2, 2021

Meow Gallery [meow-gallery] < 4.2.0

Fixed in v4.2.0
Meow Gallery [meow-gallery] < 4.2.0

Fixed in v4.2.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 5.5.5
Last Updated: Sep 17, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 8.1 or higher
Author: Jordy Meow

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 201
Support Threads: 3
Resolved: 67%

Keywords

block gallery image lightroom masonry

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TL;DR

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Meow Gallery is for WordPress site owners who want to display image galleries without slowing down their site. It solves the problem of bloated, slow gallery plugins by offering a lightweight solution with multiple layout options, Gutenberg block support, and responsive/retina-ready images.

Gallery Block support
Shortcode support
Overrides standard WordPress gallery
Multiple layout options (Tiles, Masonry, Justified, Square, Cascade, Horizontal)
Responsive and retina-ready images
Automatic sitemap integration
Compatible with Yoast SEO
Pro: Carousel and Map layouts