Photo Gallery by 10Web vs YouTube Embed Plus
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| Feature | Photo Gallery by 10Web v1.8.48 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details | YouTube Embed Plus v14.2.6.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100,000+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | October 15, 2026 | September 6, 2026 |
| Editions | Photo Gallery · Premium Photo Gallery by 10Web ($) | Embed Plus for YouTube · Embed Plus Pro for YouTube ($) |
| Pros | Responsive galleries with a lightbox and slideshows; Gallery and slideshow widgets in the free version; Instagram and video embeds | Galleries for channels and playlists, plus livestream support; Facade mode loads the real player only on click; Deferred JavaScript and minified assets for performance |
| Cons | 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 | Pro features need a separate Pro download and licence key; Galleries and live embeds need a YouTube Data API key; Many options, so setup takes some time |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Gallery shortcode, Galleries, albums and image tags as post types, Gallery and slideshow widgets, Tag cloud widget ($), Instagram gallery import, Vimeo video lookup for galleries, Gutenberg block, Elementor widget, Premium upgrade notices on locked views | Facade mode with click-to-load player, Channel and playlist galleries via the YouTube API, Livestream embeds with live fallback template, Defer JavaScript for embeds, Gutenberg block for YouTube embeds, Pro features delivered as a separate download ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | Instagram, Vimeo | YouTube Data API |
| Plugins | Elementor | — |
| Other | 10Web | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Tested up to | 6.6 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | graph.instagram.com, core.10web.io, api.wordpress.org | www.googleapis.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 4 |