Responsive Lightbox & Gallery vs Image Gallery by Robo
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| Feature | Responsive Lightbox & Gallery v2.7.11.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Image Gallery by Robo v5.2.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100,000+ | 40,000+ |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | October 6, 2026 |
| Editions | Responsive Lightbox & Gallery · Responsive Lightbox premium extensions ($) | Robo Gallery · Robo Gallery Pro ($) |
| Pros | 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 | Several free gallery types with responsive layouts and a lightbox; Shortcode, Gutenberg block and widget placement; YouTube and video galleries from a Google API key |
| Cons | 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 | Pro gallery types need the separate Pro key plugin; Free edition shows Get Pro and upgrade links in the admin; Large plugin with 320 files; the admin Overview page has marketing content |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 ($) | Free gallery types including grid, mosaic and polaroid, Pro gallery types such as Mosaic Pro and Grid Pro ($), Lightbox with deep linking option, YouTube channel and video source, robo-gallery shortcode, Gutenberg block, Gallery widget, Statistics submenu for gallery views, Get Pro upgrade link in admin |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | Unsplash, Flickr, Wikimedia Commons | — |
| Social | — | YouTube Data API |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WPML, Polylang | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | 3.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.dfactory.co, api.unsplash.com, api.flickr.com, commons.wikimedia.org | www.googleapis.com |
| Blocks | 2 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 1 |