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Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress v4.8.1

Gallery by BestWebSoft is the best responsive gallery plugin for WordPress, designed to help you create unlimited image galleries with albums and categories in just a few clicks. Customize your galler...

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  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 14, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 14, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires WordPress 6.5+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 23% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 72 Passed
  • 41 Warnings
  • 12 Failed
Security 57/100
Needs Improvement

21 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 64/100
Needs Improvement

39 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 50/100
Needs Improvement

6 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 33/100
Poor

2 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 67/100
Needs Improvement

2 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 33/100
Poor

2 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

19.8 MB

23.0 MB unzipped

Total files

272

across all file types

Lines of PHP

13,031

in 18 files Medium

File types

  • PNG
  • JPG
  • MO
  • PO
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 9 Critical
  • 97 High
  • 288 Medium
  • 625 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress, Security improved the most (+8). The largest regression was in Performance (-8). The codebase grew 38% in size.

Audited 4.5.0 → 4.8.0 · 30 versions

0 50 100 4.5.0 4.6.0 4.7.0 4.8.0

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 1000 2000 4.5.0 4.6.0 4.7.0 4.8.0

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

370

downloads

Today

36

downloads

Week over week

−19%

vs previous week

Month over month

−1%

vs previous month

Download trend: Steady. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

77% of installs run an older version

≈ 7.7K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v4.2
  • v4.5
  • v4.6
  • v4.7
  • v4.8

Ratings

158 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 111
  • 4 6
  • 3 3
  • 2 9
  • 1 29

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Jul 15, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 19 days

average between releases

Total releases

129

since Sep 2011 · 15 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Gallery by BestWebSoft in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Gallery by BestWebSoft v4.8.1 flagged 1,019 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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