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Meow Gallery
Finally a gallery plugin that actually respects your site speed.
HealthyGrowing
92/100
This plugin offers a fast and lightweight alternative to native WordPress galleries.
Active installs
~22,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.9★
197 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+89%
Growing fast
79 → 149 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +89% in the last year
79/day a year ago→149/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMeow Gallery receives consistently positive feedback for its lightweight design, ease of use, and quality support, with no notable complaints surfacing across the reviewed set.
What people like
- +Lightweight and does not add noticeable load to WordPress sites, with fast gallery loading.×4
- +Easy to set up and use, with a good range of setting options even in the free version.×5
- +Overrides existing native WordPress galleries automatically, so no manual rebuilding is needed when activating or deactivating.
- +Pro version adds useful features such as EXIF data display and GPS map integration.
- +Works well alongside the Meow Apps lightbox plugin for an enhanced image viewing experience.
- +Good integration with Lightroom Classic via published services.
- +Support from the Meow Apps team is praised as responsive and impressive.
- +Free version is considered genuinely useful without being crippled by upsells.×2
Common complaints
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.87★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 197 total
Latest reviews · 197 analyzed
- 2026-05-29★★★★★Looks goodFormidlerLone
- 2026-05-26★★★★★Great customer support (The plugins are great too)TLP10
- 2026-05-25★★★★★Ottimo Plugingpcammino
- 2026-05-19★★★★★Amazing gallery plugin!kaiyoma
- 2026-03-04★★★★★Very good pluginwhat1
- 2026-01-19★★★★★Delightful gallery plugin with beautiful outputAlena
- 2025-12-22★★★★★Simply the bestmicdt
- 2025-12-13★★★★★Great gallery plugin without bloatdavesam
- 2025-12-10★★★★★super great, especially the overidefff654
- 2025-09-29★★★★★A Very User-Friendly Plugintme8934
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Meow Gallery
Top Media plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
132
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
162
Prior 7-day baseline
134
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,454
Mean release-day peak (30d)
264
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-18.5%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
8%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.94
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
93%
5★ share in analyzed sample
4%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+125%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.87 → 4.87★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered