by MetaSlider 4.4 (9 reviews)

MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Video Galleries

Name: MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Video Galleries
Rating: 4.4 (9 reviews)
Author: MetaSlider

MetaSlider Gallery is the ultimate gallery plugin. Build an image or video gallery, or show your images, videos, and slideshows in a beautiful gallery …

MetaSlider Gallery ranks #1,661 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #190 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 4.4/5 rating from 9 reviews, and was last updated Oct 2, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v2.38.0 Current Version v2.38.0

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 02 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 day ago Last Refreshed on

#190 of 6,651 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -38.8% this week Actively maintained

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404K

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100%

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88%

Review 4.4 out of 5

4.4 (9 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 68.5%

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.38.0
Last Updated: Oct 02, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: MetaSlider

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.4
Reviews: 9
Support Threads: 2
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to add image and video galleries to their site. It solves the problem of displaying images, videos, and slideshows in an organized, clickable gallery format with lightbox windows.

Five gallery layouts (Grid, Masonry, Justified, Carousel, Showcase)
Lightbox gallery windows for images
Supports local WordPress-hosted videos
Vimeo video support
YouTube video support
Works with block editor and Classic Editor
Integrates with MetaSlider Slideshow plugin
Customizable gallery window design options

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Video Galleries

We rely on lightGallery which is a lightweight, modular, JavaScript image and video gallery window gallery. Find out more at their website. lightGallery is built with most modern technologies available to achieve the best performance and quality. It supports all modern browsers including IE 10 and above. lightGallery is highly optimized for mobile and tablets so you get a native look-and-feel, plus best performance.

Yes, MetaSlider Gallery is highly optimized for mobile. MetaSlider Gallery supports multiple touch gestures to perform specific actions such as pinch to zoom in, zoom out, double tap to zoom, drag or swipe to navigate to different slides, vertical swipe or drag to close etc. MetaSlider Gallery uses CSS-only approach for resizing images and videos to achieve maximum performance on mobile devices.

Yes, MetaSlider Gallery supports touch and swipe navigation on touchscreen devices, as well as mouse drag for desktops. This allows users to navigate between slides by either swiping or dragging on the media.

Yes, MetaSlider Gallery supports keyboard navigation to navigate to different slides. You can use the escape key to close the gallery. The plugin uses recommended accessibility HTML markups to make the galleries accessible for keyboard and screen reader users.

Yes, but it's more limited than the lightbox gallery window offered by MetaSlider Gallery. WordPress 6.4 gave us a new gallery window feature that can be used with images and photo galleries. You can add gallery windows inside WordPress posts. Inside each image or gallery block, you'll be able to find the "Expand on click" option. When visitors see this image in your post, it will probably appear smaller than the full-size version of the image. Thanks to the gallery window feature, they'll be able to click and see a much larger, expanded version of the image. [Find out more here](https://www.metaslider.com/block-editor-gallery window/).

Yes, use the phrase metaslidergallery window or msgallery window when searching for plugins. We use that for some banners inside the plugin. Searching for metaslidergallery window or msgallery window will result in only this plugin being found.

Yes, a legacy feature in this plugin allows you to connect other gallery window plugins to MetaSlider slideshows. We no longer support this feature, but it may still work. Here are the connected slideshows: Easy FancyBox [Simple gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-gallery window/) [FooBox Image gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/foobox-image-gallery window/) WP Colorbox gallery window [ARI Fancy gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ari-fancy-gallery window/) [Responsive gallery window by dFactory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-gallery window/) [WP gallery window 2](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-gallery window-2/) [WP jQuery gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-jquery-gallery window/) jQuery Colorbox [Fancy gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancy-gallery window/) [imagegallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/imagegallery window/) [WP gallery window Ultimate](https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-gallery window-ultimate-plugin-display-media-in-a-fancy-gallery window-overlay-3163) [gallery window Plus](https://23systems.net/wordpress-plugins/gallery window-plus-for-wordpress/)