Easy FancyBox vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
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| Feature | Easy FancyBox v2.3.25 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Responsive Lightbox & Gallery v2.7.11.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | October 5, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Firelight Lightbox · Firelight Lightbox Pro ($) | Responsive Lightbox & Gallery · Responsive Lightbox premium extensions ($) |
| Pros | Automatic lightbox for images and galleries; YouTube and Vimeo video embeds in the overlay; Settings for appearance and behaviour | Eight lightbox scripts to choose from, with per-script settings; Gallery builder with grid, slider and masonry layouts plus block and widgets; Media folders and remote image library built in; No usage tracking |
| Cons | Pro upgrade prompts appear in the settings; PDFs open through a Google Docs viewer, which sends the file URL to Google | Additional gallery types and lightboxes are paid extensions; Extensions page loads its list from dfactory.co; Galleries are a custom post type, so they do not move cleanly to another gallery plugin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| 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 ($) | Choice of bundled lightbox scripts, Gallery builder custom post type, Basic grid, slider and masonry layouts, Gallery shortcode and block, Media folders and media tags, Remote image library (Unsplash, Flickr, Wikimedia), Lightbox for WooCommerce product galleries, Gallery and image widgets, Licence keys for premium extensions ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | — | Unsplash, Flickr, Wikimedia Commons |
| Social | YouTube, Vimeo | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | WPML, Polylang |
| Other | Google Docs viewer | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | docs.google.com | www.dfactory.co, api.unsplash.com, api.flickr.com, commons.wikimedia.org |
| Blocks | — | 2 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |