Gmedia Photo Gallery vs MetaSlider
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| Feature | Gmedia Photo Gallery v1.25.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details | MetaSlider v3.113.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 7,000+ | 500,000+ |
| Last updated | October 14, 2026 | September 30, 2026 |
| Editions | Gmedia Photo Gallery · Gmedia Photo Gallery Premium ($) | MetaSlider Slideshow · MetaSlider Slideshow Pro ($) |
| Pros | Several gallery modules and shortcodes; Private galleries for logged-in users; Media library manager in wp-admin | Image and local video slides from the media library at no cost; Shortcode, widget and block placement; Pro add-on adds video services, layer and post-feed slides |
| Cons | 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 | Video services, layers and post feeds are paid only; Premium themes and scheduling need the Pro add-on; Free version shows upgrade screens in the admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 ($) | Image slides with captions, links and SEO fields, Local video slides from the media library, Shortcodes for placing a slideshow, Slideshow widget, Slider and slide content types, Upgrade-to-Pro media tabs for video, layer, feed and WooCommerce slides, YouTube, Vimeo and TikTok video slides ($), Layer slides and external URL slides ($), Slide scheduling by date, time and weekday ($), Premium themes and custom theme builder ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | — | Elementor, Polylang, MetaSlider Slideshow Pro ($) |
| Other | Gmedia online service, Freemius ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.4.0 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | Only if you agree |
| External services | gmediaservice.codeasily.com, sandbox-api.freemius, codeasily.com | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 3 |