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SX Photo Gallery

SX Photo Gallery is FREE inline photo gallery. Allows easily run a photogallery on any wordpress site in minutes.

Active installs20+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d50▲ +51.5% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/51 reviews
Health score31/100At risk
All-time downloads2.3KSince Mar 2018
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 4.6PHP any
Downloads · 7d8▼ -20% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

SX Photo Gallery shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (20+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 8 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

369Jul 14Aug 27Oct 11
Yesterday0
Daily average (1y)1
Peak day12Sep 14, 2026
Last 12 months385

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where SX Photo Gallery stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
free gallery >100 2,340 Best free gallery plugins →
inline gallery >100 831 Best inline gallery plugins →
photo >100 3,404 Best photo plugins →
photo gallery >100 1,310 Best photo gallery plugins →
wordpress gallery >100 4,186 Best wordpress gallery plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.0100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About SX Photo Gallery

From the official readme · v1.0.0

Description

SX Photo Gallery is FREE inline photo gallery. Allows easily run a photogallery on any wordpress site in minutes.
All You need is to install it, create a gallery and upload photos.
After that You will be able to put a shortcode in any wordpress content section and the gallery will appear on that page.

Guide on how to use this plugin:

First of all install the plugin as described in “Installation”.
After that new menu item “SX Photo Gallery” will be added to admin menu.
It contains subpages like Settings where you can set up the plugin for Your needs.
* All photos – view and manage all photos
* Add New Photo
* Manage SX Galleries – manage all galleries ( view, add new, delete, edit )
* Settings – here you can manage some options, like select galleries skin, for example

Before uploading photos You should create at least one gallery.
To do this go to SX Photo Gallery -> Manage SX Galleries and enter name for new gallery. You can also add some description (optional)
and specify slug (unique). If you don’t specify a slug it will be generated from gallery name. Slug is used when you output the gallery.

After some galleries where created You can add photos.
It is similar to how you create ordinary post in WordPress:
1. navigate to SX Photo Gallery -> Add New Photo, or SX Photo Gallery -> All Photos and press button “Add New Photo”.
2. Enter photo name in “Title” field.
3. On the right side of screen You can choose to which galleries should photo be added.
4. And lower in same screen area click “Set featured image”.
5. Select desired image from existing photos in media library or upload some new and add them.
6. Press “Publish” and photo will be added to the gallery.

After these actions Your gallery will be ready to use.
You can output the gallery multiple ways:
* Use a shortcode “SXPhotoGallery” in a page content. Example: [SXPhotoGallery gallery-slug] where “gallery-slug” is
a slug of Your gallery.
* Another way to add a gallery is simply go to edit page where you want to add a gallery.
Above the editor section there will be a button “Insert SX Photo Gallery”. Press it and select a gallery from the list.
Than press “Insert” and a shortcode will be added to editor. Save the changes and gallery will be added to the page.
Only one gallery can be used per shortcode, but You can use multiple shortcodes in same content area.
So, You can display multiple galleries or same gallery multiple times on one page.

Installation

  1. Install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly or Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/plugin-name directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

Changelog

Plugin has default "SkynixDark" skin for galleries.

1.0.0

Plugin uploaded.

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

SX Photo Gallery skin setting.
SX Photo Gallery skin setting.
"All Photos" screen.
"All Photos" screen.
Add new gallery.
Add new gallery.
List of galleries.
List of galleries.
Gallery example.
Gallery example.

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FAQ

SX Photo Gallery: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 12, 2026

Is SX Photo Gallery free?

Yes. SX Photo Gallery is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is SX Photo Gallery safe to use in 2026?

SX Photo Gallery shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.

How many websites use SX Photo Gallery?

SX Photo Gallery is active on 20+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,252 times since it launched in March 2018. It was downloaded 50 times in the last 30 days.

Does SX Photo Gallery work with WordPress 7.1?

SX Photo Gallery is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.34, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was SX Photo Gallery last updated?

The latest version, 1.0.0, was released on March 19, 2018 (9 years ago).

Who makes SX Photo Gallery?

SX Photo Gallery is developed and maintained by Bogdan Kushlyk.

What are the best alternatives to SX Photo Gallery?

The most popular alternatives to SX Photo Gallery are Image Photo Gallery Final T… (20K+ installs), Gallery PhotoBlocks (3K+ installs) and WP Fancy Gallery (20+ installs).

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