Improves your site's page load speed by preventing NextGEN's scripts & css from loading on posts and pages without galleries.
As of April 2026, NG Gallery Optimizer Modified is a WordPress nextgen plugin with 30 active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: NextGEN Download Gallery.
It is a modified version of Nextgen Gallery optimizer plugin ,which only gives support for “nggallery” shortcode for free.
It improves your site’s page load speed by ensuring NextGEN Gallery’s scripts and styles ONLY load on posts with the nextgen galley shortcode.
It also includes and automatically-integrates the fantastic Fancybox lightbox script, so now you can have gorgeous galleries AND a speedy site! *Requires NextGEN Gallery 1.6.2 and up.
Supports all ten shortcodes of Nextgen Gallery [nggallery id=x], [slideshow id=x], [album id=x], [thumb id=x], [singlepic id=x], [imagebrowser id=x], [nggtags gallery|album=mytag], [random max=x], [recent max=x] and [tagcloud].
It also adds support for the [Show as slideshow] link (loading sli…
| WordPress | 3.1.2+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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