Meow Gallery vs Photo Gallery by 10Web
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| Feature | Meow Gallery v5.5.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Photo Gallery by 10Web v1.8.48 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | October 3, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Meow Gallery · Meow Gallery Pro ($) | Photo Gallery · Premium Photo Gallery by 10Web ($) |
| Pros | Gallery block and shortcode; Several layouts: tiles, masonry, justified, square, cascade, horizontal; Replaces the standard WordPress gallery | Responsive galleries with a lightbox and slideshows; Gallery and slideshow widgets in the free version; Instagram and video embeds |
| Cons | Meow Collection needs the paid Pro version; Loads Lato from Google Fonts unless changed; Admin screens show Pro upgrade notices | Several views and the tag widget need Premium; Upgrade messages appear in the gallery editor; Large plugin with many views and an extra remote library |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Gallery block, Gallery shortcodes, Gallery layouts such as masonry, justified and tiles, Settings page for galleries, Meow Collection gallery ($) | Gallery shortcode, Galleries, albums and image tags as post types, Gallery and slideshow widgets, Tag cloud widget ($), Instagram gallery import, Vimeo video lookup for galleries, Gutenberg block, Elementor widget, Premium upgrade notices on locked views |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | — | Instagram, Vimeo |
| Plugins | — | Elementor |
| Other | Google Fonts | 10Web |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 | 4.6 |
| Requires PHP | 8.1 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | fonts.googleapis.com | graph.instagram.com, core.10web.io, api.wordpress.org |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 3 | 1 |