NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget is the #109 ranked gallery app on WordPress, with a 5.0 average rating from 2 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by maff. With a rating of 5.0★ from 2 reviews, it currently ranks #109 in the Gallery category.
AppRanks data: NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget ranks #109 in Gallery on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 19% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Gallery category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 2 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by maff — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (2) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget works
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The NextGEN widgets only allow showing of single images, I needed a solution to show links to galleries, so I wrote this widget. You can specify the following parameters:
Maximum Galleries: the number of galleries you want to show
Gallery Order: you can select random, date added ascending or date added descending
Gallery Thumbnail: which image should be taken as thumbail in the sidebar (preview set in NGG, first or random image)
AutoThumb parameters: if you got AutoThumb installed, the widget will use its functions to resize the image to your needs. Use a string like w=80&h=80&zc=1 here to show 80×80 square thumbnails.
Output width/height: if you don’t use AutoThumb, the plugin will set the HTML attributes width & height.
Default Link Id: the widget assumes that you set up pages for each gallery and link the gallery to that page (you can use the NGG Gallery Editor to do this). If a gallery has no link set, it will use the default link (id of a page or post).
Exclude galleries: exclude galleries by specifying their ID as comma separated list
All development is done on GitHub. If you have ideas, enhancements, etc. feel free to fork the project and send a pull request.
For any issues please use the Issue Tracker.
Templating:
Beginning with version 0.3, you have full control over the widget’s output as it is controlled with templates. As the built-in templates would get overwritten on every plugin update, create a new directory called “ngg-sidebar-widget” in your theme’s directory and copy the two template files “tpl.outer.html” and “tpl.inner.html” over there to edit them. The outer template is just a wrapper template (useful when you need some additional markup, e.g. when creating a list), the inner template has access to all the values from the gallery and image object (written in a simple templating syntax: {=object.member}). For the most use cases you should only need “gallery.title”, “gallery.link” and “image.url”.
You will have access to the following variables:
gallery
gid
name
path
title
galdesc
pageid
previewpic
author
link
image
errmsg
error
imageURL
thumbURL
imagePath
thumbPath
href
thumbPrefix
thumbFolder
galleryid
pid
filename
description
alttext
imagedate
exclude
thumbcode
name
path
title
pageid
previewpic
permalink
post_id
sortorder
meta_data
gid
galdesc
author
imageHTML
thumbHTML
url
output_width
output_height
output_width_tag
output_height_tag
Category rankings
As of Sep 8, 2026- Gallery#109of 595Top 19%
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Where NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget stands in the Gallery category
NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget ranks #109 of 595 apps in the Gallery category, placing it in the top 19% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget?
NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 2 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Gallery category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by maff.
Who uses NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget?
Currently around 500 active stores have installed NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Gallery category on WordPress.
Where does NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget rank on WordPress?
NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget currently sits at position #109 in the Gallery category on WordPress. That places it in the top 18% of 595 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.