Jetpack vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
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| Feature | Jetpack v16.3.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.7/5 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 | 3M+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | October 12, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Jetpack · Jetpack paid plans ($) | Responsive Lightbox & Gallery · Responsive Lightbox premium extensions ($) |
| Pros | Many modules in one plugin, each switched on separately; Brute-force protection and an image CDN without extra services; Contact form with Akismet spam checks and entries kept in admin | 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 | Needs a WordPress.com connection to work fully; Usage tracking runs once the site is connected, with no separate toggle found; Paid plans gate some features, such as multi-step forms | 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 | 7 | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Site stats dashboard, Brute force login protection, Photon image CDN, Social sharing buttons, Related posts, Newsletter and blog subscriptions, XML sitemaps, VideoPress video hosting ($), Secure sign-on through WordPress.com | Choice of bundled lightbox scripts, Gallery builder custom post type, Basic grid, slider and masonry layouts, Gallery shortcode and block, Media folders and media tags, Remote image library (Unsplash, Flickr, Wikimedia), Lightbox for WooCommerce product galleries, Gallery and image widgets, Licence keys for premium extensions ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal ($) | — |
| MailPoet | — | |
| Storage | — | Unsplash, Flickr, Wikimedia Commons |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | WPML, Polylang |
| Other | Akismet, WordPress.com | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 6.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | jetpack.wordpress.com, api.bruteprotect.com, public-api.wordpress.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, api.paypal.com, v0.wordpress.com, videopress.com, widgets.wp.com, pixel.wp.com, subscribe.wordpress.com | www.dfactory.co, api.unsplash.com, api.flickr.com, commons.wikimedia.org |
| Blocks | 60 | 2 |
| Shortcodes | 60 | 1 |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |