Responsive Lightbox & Gallery vs WP Video Lightbox
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| Feature | Responsive Lightbox & Gallery v2.7.11.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | WP Video Lightbox v1.9.12 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100,000+ | 30,000+ |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Responsive Lightbox & Gallery · Responsive Lightbox premium extensions ($) | WP Video Lightbox |
| Pros | Eight lightbox scripts to choose from, with per-script settings; Gallery builder with grid, slider and masonry layouts plus block and widgets; Media folders and remote image library built in; No usage tracking | Lightbox overlay for YouTube, Vimeo, iframes and images; Shortcodes for quick insertion; Settings page for overlay behaviour |
| Cons | Additional gallery types and lightboxes are paid extensions; Extensions page loads its list from dfactory.co; Galleries are a custom post type, so they do not move cleanly to another gallery plugin | Relies on shortcodes to add videos; Vimeo thumbnails and titles come from Vimeo's oEmbed service; Overlay styling is limited to its own options |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Choice of bundled lightbox scripts, Gallery builder custom post type, Basic grid, slider and masonry layouts, Gallery shortcode and block, Media folders and media tags, Remote image library (Unsplash, Flickr, Wikimedia), Lightbox for WooCommerce product galleries, Gallery and image widgets, Licence keys for premium extensions ($) | Lightbox overlay for videos, images and iframes, Shortcodes for YouTube and Vimeo videos, Shortcodes run in widgets, excerpts and content, Settings page under Settings |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | Unsplash, Flickr, Wikimedia Commons | — |
| Social | — | YouTube, Vimeo |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WPML, Polylang | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | 3.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.dfactory.co, api.unsplash.com, api.flickr.com, commons.wikimedia.org | vimeo.com |
| Blocks | 2 | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 2 |