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TOP 3 ALTERNATIVES — RANKED
Three you should evaluate first.
Filtered from 12 candidates by feature similarity, audit score, and review velocity. The hero treatment is editorial — these earned more space because the data did.
Posts Columns Manager
columns#1TOP PICK
5.0013 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're surveying the marketplace
Widely used on this marketplace — not a like-for-like swap. AppRanks found no app sharing Gallery Columns's category, so this is not a replacement for it — it is a widely-used columns option shown for market context. Compare it against your own requirements rather than as a swap.
Block Editor: Reverse Columns on Mobile
columns#2RUNNER-UP
5.005 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're cost-sensitive
Adjacent tool, different job. Different use case from Gallery Columns. Listed because it is among the most-adopted columns apps on this marketplace, not because it covers the same job.
Easy Widget Columns
columns#3VALUE PICK
5.005 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're mapping adjacent tooling
Popular alternative to evaluate on its own merits. Solves a different problem than Gallery Columns. Useful market context; verify the capability overlap yourself before treating it as an option.
SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON
Gallery Columns versus the top 3.
Five rows, all loaded above the fold. Wins are highlighted; nothing's hidden behind a tab.
RANKS #4 THROUGH #12
The next 9, denser.
Lower-ranked but legitimate. Click any row for the full profile — or compare side-by-side with Gallery Columns.
How these alternatives are ranked
Scored daily. Three signals, weighted and blended. No vendor money changes anything.
45%Feature similarity
N-gram match against Gallery Columns's feature signature, weighted by category overlap.
35%Audit + rating
Listing quality (0–100) blended with rolling 90-day rating average. Penalizes thin listings.
20%Review velocity
Reviews added in trailing 30 days, normalized by category baseline. Surfaces rising challengers.
Every WordPress alternative on this page is scraped, normalized, and re-scored every 24 hours. We don't accept paid placement, vendor-funded "best of" content, or sponsored ranking — and we publish the rules so you can audit them yourself. If a vendor disagrees with their position, that's between them and the data.
WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO SWITCH FROM GALLERY COLUMNS?
Four reasons people leave.
Decision triggers, not marketing. If two or more apply, your shortlist starts with the apps named below each card.
Pricing has outgrown your usage
If your usage of Gallery Columns has crossed a pricing-tier breakpoint, per-unit cost is usually where alternatives diverge most clearly. Some apps in the list above carry a free tier; others are paid from day one. Compare the published plans on each alternative's page against your current bill — the gap is the only number worth acting on, and it is specific to your usage.
Block Editor: Reverse Columns on Mobile · Posts Columns ManagerYou need a feature outside the focus
Each WordPress category has a feature spectrum. The "Similar feature set" badge above marks alternatives whose feature signature most overlaps with Gallery Columns. The "Category leader" badge marks apps that may approach the same category from a different feature angle — useful if you want to widen rather than narrow your toolset.
Posts Columns ManagerSupport response has slowed you down
Support quality is the hardest thing to read from a listing, and it is the most common reason a switch gets made. Read the most RECENT reviews on each alternative's profile rather than the lifetime average — recency is what tells you how the app is supported today, and trailing review velocity is the freshest signal AppRanks tracks.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Answers built from the data.
Built from the same scores the ranking uses — so they won't contradict the table.
For most accounts under typical category usage, the answer depends on tier. Posts Columns Manager is in the unknown band (—), while Gallery Columns is unknown (—). At parity scale, the cheaper option can save 30–60% — but feature-for-feature swaps usually narrow the gap above the second tier.
VERDICT · UPDATED TODAY
If you're moving from Gallery Columns, the most common landing spots are Posts Columns Manager (unknown feature match, audit null/100) and Block Editor: Reverse Columns on Mobile (pricing leverage + breadth). Skip WPC Admin Columns unless your use case is unusual.
If feature parity matters most
→ Posts Columns Manager
Unknown feature parity. Audit null, 5.00★.
If pricing matters most
→ Block Editor: Reverse Columns on Mobile
Best for cost-sensitive teams. 5.00★ across 5 reviews.
If you're scaling enterprise
→ Easy Widget Columns
Strongest scale fit when category usage exceeds typical thresholds. Vendor-evaluate before committing.
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