Envira Gallery vs WP Video Lightbox
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| Feature | Envira Gallery v1.16.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | WP Video Lightbox v1.9.12 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100,000+ | 30,000+ |
| Last updated | October 23, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Envira Gallery Lite · Envira Gallery Pro ($) | WP Video Lightbox |
| Pros | Drag and drop gallery builder that needs no code; Shortcode and block placement on any page; Galleries are stored as their own editable post type | Lightbox overlay for YouTube, Vimeo, iframes and images; Shortcodes for quick insertion; Settings page for overlay behaviour |
| Cons | Albums, video galleries and watermarking need the Pro version; Onboarding can pass an email address to the vendor's mailing list | Relies on shortcodes to add videos; Vimeo thumbnails and titles come from Vimeo's oEmbed service; Overlay styling is limited to its own options |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | envira-gallery shortcode, Envira gallery block, Galleries stored as an envira post type, Setup wizard on the dashboard, REST routes to convert a WordPress gallery to Envira, Pro licence hooks that the Lite build stubs out ($) | Lightbox overlay for videos, images and iframes, Shortcodes for YouTube and Vimeo videos, Shortcodes run in widgets, excerpts and content, Settings page under Settings |
| Integrations | ||
| Drip | — | |
| Social | — | YouTube, Vimeo |
| Other | Envira Gallery servers (enviragallery.com), Envira notifications feed (plugin.enviragallery.com) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.3 | 3.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | enviragallery.com, plugin.enviragallery.com | vimeo.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 2 |