Meow Gallery

80 Quality Score

Active Installs

18/30

With about 10,000 active installs, Meow Gallery has a modest footprint compared to gallery heavyweights like FooGallery at 100,000 installs, which is why its popularity component is a middling 60 out of 100.

Update Freshness

25/25

The maintenance score is a perfect 100, reflecting an update on June 28, 2026 and clear compatibility targets up to WordPress 7.0, indicating an actively maintained codebase.

User Rating

15/15

The 98 out of 100 rating from 200 reviewers is exceptionally strong and shows near-universal satisfaction among the small group who have tried it.

Support Health

8/15

Only one support thread has ever been opened and it was resolved, but the tiny sample size keeps the support health score at a cautious 50 out of 100 rather than higher.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility scores a full 100, with the plugin explicitly tested against WordPress 7.0 and supporting PHP 7.4 and later.

Scores higher than 79% of indexed plugins

About

Tired of slow, bloated gallery plugins? Here is the answer! ☺️ Polished, beautiful galleries that are blazing fast. No bloat. Enjoy! 💕

Active Installs 10k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.9/5

Last Updated 2026-09-17 5:01am GMT

Requires WordPress 6.0+

Tested Up To 7.1.1

Requires PHP 8.1+

Security History

9 known vulnerabilities, all patched

2 High 7 Medium

Most recent: September 18, 2026

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Meow Gallery <= 5.5.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Information Exposure Medium

September 18, 2026 Patched in ["5.5.5"] CVE-2026-92423

Meow Gallery <= 5.5.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution Medium

September 18, 2026 Patched in ["5.5.5"] CVE-2026-92422

Meow Gallery <= 5.5.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

August 3, 2026 Patched in ["5.5.2"] CVE-2026-15386

Meow Gallery <= 5.4.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Shortcode creation Medium

June 12, 2026 Patched in ["5.4.5"] CVE-2026-1291

Meow Gallery <= 5.4.4 - Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection Medium

February 26, 2026 Patched in ["5.4.5"] CVE-2026-32418

Meow Gallery <= 5.2.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

May 7, 2025 Patched in ["5.2.8"] CVE-2025-47449

Gallery Block (Meow Gallery) <= 5.1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

May 8, 2024 Patched in ["5.1.4"] CVE-2024-4386

Meow Gallery (+ Gallery Block) <= 4.1.8 - SQL Injection High

September 2, 2021 Patched in ["4.1.9"] CVE-2021-24465

Meow Gallery (+ Gallery Block) <= 4.1.9 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update High

September 2, 2021 Patched in ["4.2.0"]

What It Does

Meow Gallery is a block-editor gallery plugin that replaces WordPress's default gallery with faster, more polished layouts, including masonry and other modern presentations. It supports Lightroom workflows and image-heavy use cases where load speed matters. In practical terms, you drop a block, upload or pull in images, and get a clean, performant gallery without the bloat of larger gallery suites.

Who It's For

This plugin is best for photographers, designers, and creative professionals who run image-first sites and care about page speed and visual polish. It suits wedding photographers, travel bloggers, real estate agents, and artists who need a focused gallery tool rather than a full page-builder suite. It is also a strong fit for users who already use the block editor and want a lightweight, native-feeling addition.

Who Should Skip It

If you need a full-featured gallery suite with albums, tagging, ecommerce integration, or advanced lightbox customization, Meow Gallery will feel limited and you should look at FooGallery or Modula. Site owners on older PHP versions below 7.4 or WordPress versions below 6.0 should skip it as well, since it will not run.

The Bottom Line

Meow Gallery is a focused, well-maintained, and highly rated plugin that delivers exactly what it promises: fast, clean galleries inside the block editor. Its small install base and limited support history mean it carries some long-term risk for mission-critical sites, so large agencies may prefer FooGallery. For individual creators who want a lightweight solution and value speed over feature count, it is an easy recommendation.

Pick Spectra when you need galleries as one feature among many block-editor additions and want a million-install ecosystem behind it.

Photo Gallery by FooGallery 89/100

Choose FooGallery when you need a more mature gallery system with albums, multiple lightbox engines, and a larger user community.

Smart Slider 3 89/100

Pick Smart Slider 3 when your priority is sliders and carousels more than image grids, and you want proven performance at scale.

Breadcrumb NavXT 88/100

Breadcrumb NavXT is unrelated to galleries and only appears here as a same-niche comparison data point rather than a real alternative.

Robo Gallery 87/100

Choose Robo Gallery when you want a similar niche gallery plugin with a slightly larger user base and built-in slider templates.