Meow Gallery vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
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| Feature | Meow Gallery v5.5.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 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 | 10,000+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | October 3, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Meow Gallery · Meow Gallery Pro ($) | Responsive Lightbox & Gallery · Responsive Lightbox premium extensions ($) |
| Pros | Gallery block and shortcode; Several layouts: tiles, masonry, justified, square, cascade, horizontal; Replaces the standard WordPress gallery | 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 | Meow Collection needs the paid Pro version; Loads Lato from Google Fonts unless changed; Admin screens show Pro upgrade notices | 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 | Gallery block, Gallery shortcodes, Gallery layouts such as masonry, justified and tiles, Settings page for galleries, Meow Collection gallery ($) | Choice of bundled lightbox scripts, Gallery builder custom post type, Basic grid, slider and masonry layouts, Gallery shortcode and block, Media folders and media tags, Remote image library (Unsplash, Flickr, Wikimedia), Lightbox for WooCommerce product galleries, Gallery and image widgets, Licence keys for premium extensions ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | — | Unsplash, Flickr, Wikimedia Commons |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | WPML, Polylang |
| Other | Google Fonts | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 | 6.4 |
| Requires PHP | 8.1 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | fonts.googleapis.com | www.dfactory.co, api.unsplash.com, api.flickr.com, commons.wikimedia.org |
| Blocks | 1 | 2 |
| Shortcodes | 3 | 1 |