Responsive Lightbox & Gallery vs TikTok Feeds Pro Elite
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| Feature | Responsive Lightbox & Gallery v2.7.11.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | TikTok Feeds Pro Elite v1.1.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100,000+ | — |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Responsive Lightbox & Gallery · Responsive Lightbox premium extensions ($) | TikTok Feeds Pro Elite ($) |
| 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 | Feed output uses the site's own styles by default; Feed content is rendered as HTML for search engines; Scheduled feed refresh and image optimisation |
| 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 | Needs a licence key for updates and Pro features; Connects to TikTok through the vendor's relay servers; Feed filters and some options are Pro-only |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | — |
| 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 ($) | Shortcode to show a TikTok feed, Pro shortcode tiktok-feeds ($), Licence key activation and test connection ($), Scheduled feed refresh via WP-Cron, Resizes and optimises feed images, Filters on the feed (Pro) ($), Feed issue reports option, GDPR settings for the feed |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | Unsplash, Flickr, Wikimedia Commons | — |
| Social | — | TikTok |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WPML, Polylang | — |
| Other | — | Smash Balloon connect service, Smash Balloon licence server ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | 5.2 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.1 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.dfactory.co, api.unsplash.com, api.flickr.com, commons.wikimedia.org | connect.smashballoon.com, tiktok.smashballoon.com, smashballoon.com |
| Blocks | 2 | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 2 |