by MetaSlider 4.4 (9 reviews)

MetaSlider Gallery - Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Modal Windows

Name: MetaSlider Gallery - Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Modal Windows
Rating: 4.4 (9 reviews)
Author: MetaSlider

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

MetaSlider Gallery ranks #1,738 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #192 of 6,305 in the Media category, a 4.4/5 rating from 9 reviews, and was last updated Sep 8, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.37.0 Current Version v2.37.0

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 08 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 13 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#192 of 6,305 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -26.9% this week Actively maintained

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#1,738

+5 this week

Active Installs

10K+

-34.9%

KW Avg Position

13.8

0.2 better

Downloads

310.4K

+100 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

88%

Review 4.4 out of 5

4.4 (9 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 60.4%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.4

9 reviews

Overall 88%

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.37.0
Last Updated: Sep 08, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: MetaSlider

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.4
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 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, Modal Windows

Images, image galleries, videos in your WordPress media library (.MP4, .WebM and .MOV), YouTube videos, Vimeo videos, featured images, and MetaSlider slideshows.

Five: Grid, Masonry, Justified, Carousel and Showcase. Grid keeps every cell the same size; Masonry fills the gaps left by shorter images; Justified keeps each image's original aspect ratio; Carousel and Showcase both show one image at a time, with the navigation beside the image or underneath it.

No. MetaSlider Gallery builds galleries and adds lightboxes on its own. If you do have MetaSlider Slideshow installed, the two connect, and you can add a lightbox to a slideshow so visitors can open a larger version of any slide.

Yes. The lightbox works with the block editor and the Classic Editor, and with page-builders including Elementor, Divi and Beaver Builder via the CSS feature.

There is a setting to add the lightbox to all images automatically, so you do not have to edit posts one by one. If you would rather choose per image, leave it off and use the "Enlarge on click" setting on the individual image instead.

Yes. Grid, Masonry and Justified layouts support a "Load More" button that reveals images in batches you configure, so the page does not have to load the whole gallery at once. You can also set a smaller image size for the gallery thumbnails than for the lightbox.

Yes. The Image Styles panel applies filters, rounded corners, borders, shadows, opacity and rotate or flip effects to every image in the gallery at once, rather than image by image.

We rely on lightGallery which is a lightweight, modular, JavaScript image and video lightbox 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 a 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.