Envira Gallery vs Slider by Soliloquy
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| Feature | Envira Gallery v1.16.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Slider by Soliloquy v2.8.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100,000+ | 30,000+ |
| Last updated | October 23, 2026 | October 23, 2026 |
| Editions | Envira Gallery Lite · Envira Gallery Pro ($) | Responsive WordPress Slider - Soliloquy Lite · Soliloquy Pro ($) |
| Pros | Drag and drop gallery builder that needs no code; Shortcode and block placement on any page; Galleries are stored as their own editable post type | Drag-and-drop slider builder; Shortcode and Gutenberg block placement; Responsive slides for phones, tablets and desktops |
| Cons | Albums, video galleries and watermarking need the Pro version; Onboarding can pass an email address to the vendor's mailing list | Thumbnail navigation and other addons need Pro; Fetches addon list and notices from the vendor site; Lite upgrade prompts appear in the admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | envira-gallery shortcode, Envira gallery block, Galleries stored as an envira post type, Setup wizard on the dashboard, REST routes to convert a WordPress gallery to Envira, Pro licence hooks that the Lite build stubs out ($) | soliloquy shortcode to place a slider, Soliloquy Gutenberg block, Sliders stored as a soliloquy post type, Thumbnail navigation addon offered as an upgrade ($), Addons page loading the vendor addon list |
| Integrations | ||
| Drip | — | |
| Other | Envira Gallery servers (enviragallery.com), Envira notifications feed (plugin.enviragallery.com) | Soliloquy vendor site (addons and notices) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.3 | 5.7.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | enviragallery.com, plugin.enviragallery.com | fast.wistia.net, soliloquywp.com, plugin.soliloquywp.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 1 |