YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom

78 Quality Score

Active Installs

19/30

With 20,000 active installs, it sits in a modest middle ground, well behind category leaders like Smart Slider 3 at 800,000 installs but far from obscure.

Update Freshness

25/25

Updated on 2026-06-22 and tested against WordPress 7.0, signalling that the developer is actively keeping pace with core releases.

User Rating

11/15

A 72 out of 100 from 71 reviewers is a decent but not outstanding score, suggesting most users are satisfied but a meaningful share ran into issues.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened and zero resolved is a red flag: either the user base is silent or, more likely, support is not visibly active on the wordpress.org forum.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested with WordPress 7.0 and requiring PHP 7.4, it meets current minimums and should run cleanly on modern WooCommerce stacks.

Scores higher than 61% of indexed plugins

About

YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom add zoom effect to product images and a customizable image slider.

Active Installs 20k+

Rating ★★★½ 3.6/5

Last Updated 2026-08-20 1:18pm GMT

Requires WordPress 6.9+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 8.0+

Security History

4 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 3 Medium

Most recent: August 5, 2026

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What It Does

Adds a magnifier zoom effect and a customizable image slider/gallery to WooCommerce product pages, letting shoppers inspect product photos more closely. It replaces or extends the default WooCommerce gallery with features such as hover zoom, lens zoom, and a thumbnail carousel for multiple product images.

Who It's For

Best for WooCommerce store owners selling products where visual detail matters: jewellery, fashion, furniture, electronics, handmade crafts, and other visually-driven retail niches. Stores with multiple product images per listing will benefit most from the built-in slider and gallery controls.

Who Should Skip It

If your shop sells simple, low-stakes products with one generic image each, the zoom and slider features will add little value and the default WooCommerce gallery is enough. Sites not running WooCommerce or still on PHP versions older than 7.4 should look elsewhere, since the plugin will not function.

The Bottom Line

A focused, well-maintained WooCommerce gallery and zoom plugin that does its core job competently, scoring 77.56 out of 100. The main concern is the lack of visible support activity on wordpress.org, so buyers should rely on the paid YITH support channel for issues. It is a solid pick for image-heavy stores but not the strongest choice for shops that need a multipurpose slider.

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