Feed them Social vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
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| Feature | Feed them Social v4.4.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 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 | 20,000+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | September 5, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Feed Them Social · Feed Them Social Premium Extension ($) | Responsive Lightbox & Gallery · Responsive Lightbox premium extensions ($) |
| Pros | Feeds for Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok; Shortcode, block and classic editor placement; Saved feed settings with a live preview | 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 | Combined streams and reviews need the premium extension; Each network needs its own access token; Many options can be heavy for a simple feed | 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 | Instagram feed, YouTube feed, TikTok feed, Facebook page feed, feed_them_social shortcode, Saved feeds as reusable items, Premium extension license key ($) | Choice of bundled lightbox scripts, Gallery builder custom post type, Basic grid, slider and masonry layouts, Gallery shortcode and block, Media folders and media tags, Remote image library (Unsplash, Flickr, Wikimedia), Lightbox for WooCommerce product galleries, Gallery and image widgets, Licence keys for premium extensions ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | — | Unsplash, Flickr, Wikimedia Commons |
| Social | Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | WPML, Polylang |
| Requires WordPress | WordPress 5.4 | 6.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.googleapis.com, open.tiktokapis.com, graph.facebook.com, graph.instagram.com | www.dfactory.co, api.unsplash.com, api.flickr.com, commons.wikimedia.org |
| Blocks | 1 | 2 |
| Shortcodes | 3 | 1 |