Easy FancyBox vs Gmedia Photo Gallery
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| Feature | Easy FancyBox v2.3.25 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Gmedia Photo Gallery v1.25.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 7,000+ |
| Last updated | October 5, 2026 | October 14, 2026 |
| Editions | Firelight Lightbox · Firelight Lightbox Pro ($) | Gmedia Photo Gallery · Gmedia Photo Gallery Premium ($) |
| Pros | Automatic lightbox for images and galleries; YouTube and Vimeo video embeds in the overlay; Settings for appearance and behaviour | Several gallery modules and shortcodes; Private galleries for logged-in users; Media library manager in wp-admin |
| Cons | Pro upgrade prompts appear in the settings; PDFs open through a Google Docs viewer, which sends the file URL to Google | Some gallery modules are capped at 100 items without a licence; Premium features are sold through the vendor's Freemius store; Large plugin with many admin screens |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Lightbox overlay for images and media, YouTube and Vimeo in the overlay, PDF viewer through Google Docs, Disables the core WordPress lightbox, Settings page for lightbox options, Pro upgrade screens and licence prompts ($) | Gallery display modules (amron, cubik-lite, photomania and others), Private galleries shown only to logged-in users, Import media from online services, Scheduled cron job for gallery app updates, Item cap of 100 on some modules without a licence ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | YouTube, Vimeo | — |
| Other | Google Docs viewer | Gmedia online service, Freemius ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 5.4.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | docs.google.com | gmediaservice.codeasily.com, sandbox-api.freemius, codeasily.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |