by Syed Balkhi 4.3 (4,341 reviews)

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes - NextGEN Gallery

Name: Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes - NextGEN Gallery
Rating: 4.3 (4341 reviews)
Author: Syed Balkhi

The most popular gallery plugin that lets you create galleries and albums in seconds.

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes ranks #159 among WordPress.org plugins with 300,000+ active installations, is #17 of 6,499 in the Media category, a 4.3/5 rating from 4,341 reviews, and was last updated Oct 1, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v4.5.2 Current Version v4.5.2

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 01 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#17 of 6,499 in Media Top 1% by installs Downloads -67.8% this week Actively maintained

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#159

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Active Installs

300K+

-23.4%

KW Avg Position

1.4

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Downloads

44.3M

+678 today

Support Resolved

81%

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Rating

86%

Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (4,341 reviews)

Next Milestone 400K

Total Progress 91.8%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3

4,341 reviews

Overall 86%

3,343 (77%)

307 (7%)

80 (2%)

531 (12%)

Support Threads Overview

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81%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

74 known vulnerabilities on record · 16 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Sep 18, 2026

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery [nextgen-gallery] < 4.5.0

CVE-2026-81651 · Fixed in v4.5.0
Sep 18, 2026

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery [nextgen-gallery] < 4.5.0

CVE-2026-81652 · Fixed in v4.5.0
Sep 18, 2026

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery [nextgen-gallery] < 4.5.0

CVE-2026-81653 · Fixed in v4.5.0
Sep 18, 2026

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery [nextgen-gallery] < 4.5.0

CVE-2026-81650 · Fixed in v4.5.0
Sep 18, 2026

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery [nextgen-gallery] < 4.5.0

CVE-2026-81654 · Fixed in v4.5.0
May 20, 2026

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery [nextgen-gallery] < 4.2.1

CVE-2026-9059 · Fixed in v4.2.1
May 20, 2026

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery [nextgen-gallery] < 4.2.4

CVE-2026-28141 · Fixed in v4.2.4
May 19, 2026

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery [nextgen-gallery] < 4.2.1

CVE-2026-6566 · Fixed in v4.2.1
Mar 17, 2026

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery [nextgen-gallery] < 4.0.5

CVE-2026-1463 · Fixed in v4.0.5
Dec 17, 2025

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery [nextgen-gallery] < 4.0.0

CVE-2025-13641 · Fixed in v4.0.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.5.2
Last Updated: Oct 01, 2026
Requires WP: 5.5.4+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Syed Balkhi

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 4,341
Support Threads: 21
Resolved: 81%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners, photographers, and visual artists who want to display photo galleries and albums on their site. It solves the problem of managing, organizing, and presenting large numbers of photos with customizable gallery and album styles.

Batch upload photos
Import metadata
Unlimited galleries and albums
Three gallery styles (slideshow, thumbnail, imagebrowser)
Two album styles (compact, extended)
Gutenberg block editor support
Deep linking to images
Shortcode system

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes - NextGEN Gallery

This is often due to the URL paths to the CSS and JavaScript files used by the Lightbox Effects not being changed to relevant addresses based on the new site. This article will help sort out this issue if that is the case: Why are my galleries not opening up in a lightbox?.

Yes. See NextGEN Gallery Documentation.

Yup, NextGEN is a popular and well-established WordPress gallery plugin, and has been for a long time. It will work well with most other themes and plugins in the WordPress ecosystem.

Nope, we do not use flash elements.

Yes, we've put a lot of work into this and, NextGEN Galleries are compatible with phones and tablets, inluding Android and iOS operating systems. All photo galleries are also responsive, so galleries look good on diverse screen sizes. NextGEN Pro also includes a fullscreen, responsive Pro Lightbox with mobile gesture support. It's great for viewing photos on mobile devices.

In simple terms, Albums are collections of galleries. So Galleries contain your photos and Albums contain your Galleries. Albums act as links and placeholders to quickly and easily navigate your galleries. Galleries will actually display your images.

Yes, you can batch upload entire photo galleries at one time or even include zip folders.

Yes, WordPress allows you to password protect pages by default - which includes all photo galleries and content for the entire page. Password protection pages can be turned on and off at any time, with just a few clicks.

Yes, you can add text or image watermarks to your gallery images.

Yes, each thumbnail image can be individually adjusted to suit your needs.