NextGen Gallery by Imagely vs Twenty Twenty-Five
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| Feature | NextGen Gallery by Imagely v4.5.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | Twenty Twenty-Five v1.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 1M+ |
| Last updated | — | May 20, 2026 |
| Editions | NextGEN Gallery · NextGEN Pro ($) | Twenty Twenty-Five |
| Pros | Galleries, albums and slideshows at no cost; Batch upload and media library import; Gallery and slideshow widgets | Post formats, block styles and pattern categories; Design options set in theme.json for the site editor |
| Cons | eCommerce, watermarks and proofing need NextGEN Pro; Large feature surface for a basic gallery; Pro upsell and onboarding licence prompts in the admin | Depends on the block editor and full site editing; Classic widget setups do not apply |
| Mentioned in our posts | 3 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Slideshow, thumbnail and imagebrowser gallery styles, Compact and extended album styles, Gallery and slideshow widgets, REST API namespace imagely/v1 for admin data, eCommerce image and gallery sales ($), Image and text watermarks ($), Image proofing for clients ($) | Post formats, Editor stylesheet support, Custom block styles, Block pattern categories, Global design settings in theme.json |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Braintree ($), Stripe ($) | — |
| Plugins | WPML | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5.4 | 6.7 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | plugin.imagely.com | — |
| Blocks | 2 | — |