Smart Slider 3 Pro vs Photo Gallery by 10Web
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| Feature | Smart Slider 3 Pro v3.5.1.21 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid 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 | — | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Smart Slider 3 Pro ($) | Photo Gallery · Premium Photo Gallery by 10Web ($) |
| Pros | Visual slider editor with block, shortcode and widget; Video and social-feed slide generators; Licensed updates through the WordPress updater | Responsive galleries with a lightbox and slideshows; Gallery and slideshow widgets in the free version; Instagram and video embeds |
| Cons | Needs a paid licence activated against the vendor API; Several slide sources call third-party APIs; Admin shows activation and 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 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | YouTube and Vimeo video slides ($), Slides generated from Instagram ($), Slides generated from Flickr ($), Licence activation against the vendor API ($), Updates delivered through the WordPress updater ($), Premium slider templates limited to Pro ($) | Gallery shortcode, Galleries, albums and image tags as post types, Gallery and slideshow widgets, Tag cloud widget ($), Instagram gallery import, Vimeo video lookup for galleries, Gutenberg block, Elementor widget, Premium upgrade notices on locked views |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | YouTube ($), Vimeo ($), Instagram ($), Flickr ($) | Instagram, Vimeo |
| Plugins | — | Elementor |
| Other | — | 10Web |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 4.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | — |
| Tested up to | — | 6.6 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | www.flickr.com, api.flickr.com, up.flickr.com, api.vimeo.com, graph.instagram.com, api.instagram.com | graph.instagram.com, core.10web.io, api.wordpress.org |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |