by Essential Plugin 4.8 (17 reviews)

Meta Slider and Carousel with Lightbox

Name: Meta Slider and Carousel with Lightbox
Rating: 4.8 (17 reviews)
Author: Essential Plugin

Add a gallery meta box in your post, page and create a Image gallery menu tab. Display with a lightbox. Also work with Gutenberg shortcode block.

Meta Slider and Carousel with Lightbox ranks #3,259 among WordPress.org plugins with 5,000+ active installations, is #379 of 6,303 in the Media category, a 4.8/5 rating from 17 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)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 5 months ago Last Update on 07 Apr, 2026

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#379 of 6,303 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -26.7% this week

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#3,259

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Active Installs

5K+

-3.3%

KW Avg Position

9.2

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Downloads

229.8K

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (17 reviews)

Next Milestone 6K

Total Progress 16.9%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8

17 reviews

Overall 96%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

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

Apr 9, 2026

Meta Slider and Carousel with Lightbox [meta-slider-and-carousel-with-lightbox] < 2.0.8.1 (closed)

CVE-2026-6443 · Fixed in v2.0.8.1
Sep 25, 2024

Meta Slider and Carousel with Lightbox [meta-slider-and-carousel-with-lightbox] < 2.0.2 (closed)

CVE-2024-47307 · Fixed in v2.0.2
Aug 16, 2023

Meta Slider and Carousel with Lightbox [meta-slider-and-carousel-with-lightbox] < 1.8.3 (closed)

CVE-2023-40200 · Fixed in v1.8.3
Feb 15, 2023

Meta Slider and Carousel with Lightbox [meta-slider-and-carousel-with-lightbox] < 1.7 (closed)

CVE-2023-25703 · Fixed in v1.7

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
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: 17
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

frontend gallery Carousel frontend gallery slider gallery slider meta gallery image carousel meta gallery image slider

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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 as sliders or carousels on posts and pages. It solves the problem of presenting gallery content attractively by adding a gallery meta box with shortcode, lightbox, and Gutenberg block support.