Kadence Galleries vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
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| Feature | Kadence Galleries v1.3.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid 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 | — | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Kadence Galleries ($) | Responsive Lightbox & Gallery · Responsive Lightbox premium extensions ($) |
| Pros | Gallery and album shortcodes with a column setting; Media categories help organise images; Gallery post type keeps collections separate from posts | 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 Kadence licence key to activate; Tied to the Kadence licence system through Uplink | 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 | — | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | kadence_gallery shortcode ($), kadence_album shortcode with album archive template ($), kt_gallery custom post type ($), Media category taxonomy for attachments ($), Filter for album column count ($), Licence activation message and gate through Uplink ($) | 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 |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | WPML, Polylang |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.4 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | licensing.stellarwp.com | www.dfactory.co, api.unsplash.com, api.flickr.com, commons.wikimedia.org |
| Blocks | — | 2 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |