NextGen Gallery by Imagely vs Photo Gallery by 10Web
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| Feature | NextGen Gallery by Imagely v4.5.4 · 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 | NextGEN Gallery · NextGEN Pro ($) | Photo Gallery · Premium Photo Gallery by 10Web ($) |
| Pros | Galleries, albums and slideshows at no cost; Batch upload and media library import; Gallery and slideshow widgets | Responsive galleries with a lightbox and slideshows; Gallery and slideshow widgets in the free version; Instagram and video embeds |
| Cons | eCommerce, watermarks and proofing need NextGEN Pro; Large feature surface for a basic gallery; Pro upsell and onboarding licence prompts in the admin | 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 | 3 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Slideshow, thumbnail and imagebrowser gallery styles, Compact and extended album styles, Gallery and slideshow widgets, REST API namespace imagely/v1 for admin data, eCommerce image and gallery sales ($), Image and text watermarks ($), Image proofing for clients ($) | Gallery shortcode, Galleries, albums and image tags as post types, Gallery and slideshow widgets, Tag cloud widget ($), Instagram gallery import, Vimeo video lookup for galleries, Gutenberg block, Elementor widget, Premium upgrade notices on locked views |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Braintree ($), Stripe ($) | — |
| Social | — | Instagram, Vimeo |
| Plugins | WPML | Elementor |
| Other | — | 10Web |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5.4 | 4.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | Only if you agree |
| External services | plugin.imagely.com | graph.instagram.com, core.10web.io, api.wordpress.org |
| Blocks | 2 | — |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |