ACF Photo Gallery Field vs WP Photo Album Plus (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
ACF Photo Gallery Field
60K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, WP Photo Album Plus has a higher user rating (4.7/5 from 199 reviews) while ACF Photo Gallery Field leads in active installations (60K+ vs 10K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. ACF Photo Gallery Field has accumulated 638K+ total downloads while WP Photo Album Plus has 3.4M+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | ACF Photo Gallery Field | WP Photo Album Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4/5 | ► | 4.7/5 |
| Total Reviews | 29 | ► | 199 |
| Active Installs | 60K+ | ◄ | 10K+ |
| Total Downloads | 638K+ | ► | 3.4M+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | 56% | |
| Last Updated | 3 months ago | ► | 3 weeks ago |
| First Released | 2016 | 2010 | |
| Age | 10 years | 16 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.8+ | 6.6+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.0+ | 5.5+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 3.1 | 9.1.09.005 |
Rating Breakdown
ACF Photo Gallery Field
WP Photo Album Plus
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, ACF Photo Gallery Field averaged approximately 195 daily downloads while WP Photo Album Plus averaged 262.
Recent Reviews
ACF Photo Gallery Field Reviews
Excelent free option for ACF photo gallery field
I have been using ACF Photo Gallery Field for about 4 years now, and it worked excelent. I use it with Elementor Pro and custom templates, and I am able to access the dinamic data in the gallery field
Too buggy
Does not work inside ACF fields groups. Simply does not saving any selected images. Also, if a lot images was added, sometimes spontaneously losing all of them when saving the post. Updated 05.1
Great solution! It works perfectly! thanks Devs!
It works perfectly! thanks Devs! This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by pedrocunhaweb.
WP Photo Album Plus Reviews
A game changer
To be honest, after using it for few years you have to say it is way over expectations! Any! And a full commitment of the author to look for our needs, update it for free is something you just cannot
Great plugin
Our website has used this plugin for our Photography galleries for some time now. It is the best one out there in my opinion. The author Jacob is very pro-active and extremely helpful, resolving is
Too heavy
Plugin is great and really powerful with lots of settings. But it ”eats” a lot of memory so other plugins stopped working. I do not need all those numerous settings, I just need a gallery with possibi
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