On the measured data here, Firelight Lightbox leads on more dimensions (2 vs 0). Pick Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog if one of the points where it leads is what you need.

Where Firelight Lightbox leads

Higher average rating: 4.8★ vs 4.4★.
Ranks higher in Gallery: #4 vs #43 of 595.

How this is generated

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Read each app's audit: Firelight Lightbox audit • Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio audit

1. Listing metadata

Field-level data

Field	Firelight Lightbox	Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio
Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Firelight	PORTFOLIO GALLERY TEAM

2. Categories & rankings

Shared categories on the same row · in-category position inline

Firelight Lightbox

Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio

Shared

Gallery#4 of 595

Gallery#43 of 595

Keyword	Firelight Lightbox	Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio
custom form	#921	Not ranked

5. App details

Long-form description

Firelight Lightbox

NEWS: Easy Fancybox is now Firelight Lightbox. Read about it here. Firelight Lightbox is the most popular lighbox plugin for WordPress, active on over 200,000 WordPress installations. It adds a lightweight and flexible lightbox for viewing images, video, and other media on your website. After activation, links to images, galleries, videos, pdfs, maps, modals, etc, will open in a lightbox. Settings will be under ‘Lightbox’ on your main admin menu. QUICK LIGHTBOX DEMOS Demos for images, videos, PDFs, maps, and modals/popups: Free Lightbox Demo Pro Lightbox Demo – Light Theme Pro Lightbox Demo – Dark Theme FREE LIGHTBOX FEATURES – Automatic detection of images – Automatic detection of galleries – Customize options for Lightbox appearance, style, and behavior – Opens all common image formats including webp and svg – Opens WordPress core galleries – Opens videos from Youtube, Vimeo, and Dailmotion – Opens PDF files (embed with object tag, iframe, external Google Docs Viewer) – Opens NextGEN galleries (instructions) – Opens content from external web pages (instructions) – Create easy modals and popup boxes (instructions) – Open image maps (instructions) – Open lightbox from WordPress menu items (instructions) – Support for Jetpack Infinite Scroll – Support for WordPress Multsite (see Installation instructions) Links: -> Demos -> Docs -> Free Support PRO LIGHTBOX FEATURES Firelight Lightbox Pro is an extension for this lightbox plugin that offers: – Dozens of Pro features for free lightboxes (Fancybox Legacy, Classic, V2) – Priority support direct from developers – New and Powerful Pro Lighbox based on Fancybox 5, including: – Beautiful, modern full-browser and full-screen ligthbox – 100+ customizations options – Thumbnails within the lightbox – Social sharing for images – Link direct to images in the lightbox – “Download image” button – Toolbar with controls for thumbnails, social sharing, zoom, slideshow, etc – Open videos – Open PDFs – Open popups – Open inline content and iframes – Open Google maps – NextGEN Gallery integration – Elementor integration – Perfect on mobile devices – Optimized lightbox speed -> VIEW PRO LIGHTBOX DEMOS -> GET PRO SUPPORT GDPR / EU Privacy This plugin does not collect any data or set any browser cookies. The PRO version offers an option to disable the automatic popup after the first visit, which needs a browser cookie. This cookie stores the visitors first website visit timestamp and path on the client side. It is not shared nor is any data stored server side or elsewhere. Contribute If you’re happy with this plugin, please consider writing a quick rating, helping others in the forum, or translating. Known conflicts & issues See Firelight Lightbox Troubleshooting.

Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio

GRID KIT PORTFOLIO GALLERY BY WPSOFTS Ultimate solution for building WordPress layouts, e.g. portfolio showcase, video or photo gallery, product catalog, image slider, instagram feed, clients or team members gallery. Grid Kit Portfolio was designed to to build simple portfolio & gallery layouts, but powerful enough to be used for: Showcasing portfolio projects Building multipurpose gallery layouts Grouping galleries into albums Listing product catalog items Building slider presentations Showcasing sponsors or clients logos Making team members presentation FREE BENEFITS RESPONSIVE & MOBILE FRIENDLY Don’t worry about responsiveness anymore! Grid Kit Portfolio will make your gallery presentations compatible in any environment, be it a mobile, tablet or desktop. LAYOUT BUILDERS Embedded layout builder included as a Free feature! Build layout structures such as a portfolio, photo gallery, product catalog, photo gallery slider, clients or sponsors presentation, team members grid. POPUP ADD-ON Embedded popup extension will make your portfolio showcases more attractive and informative, e.g. if you want to showcase grouped items in popup views or want to convey detailed insights about your portfolio projects. SHORT CODE ADD-ON Put your portfolio in your pages, posts, widgets or wherever you need it by using native short-codes. PREMIUM VERSION ADD-ONS 12+ layouts – e.g. masonry, puzzle layout styles 3+ popup styles – e.g. simple, fixed or full screen popups Popup themes – e.g. light or dark popup themes Video support – e.g. embed Youtube, Vimeo, MP4 native videos Instagram feed – e.g. showcase your Instagram photos & videos Advanced add-ons – e.g. embed iFrames or Google Maps 100+ effects – e.g. hover, overlay, caption, buttons animations Filtration – e.g. add categories to your portfolio projects Pagination – e.g. paginate your portfolio gallery to make it load faster Lazy loading – e.g. load your photo gallery in background or reload photo gallery content without refreshing browser Unlimited layouts – e.g. showcase multiple portfolio or gallery layouts on the same page Social media – e.g. enable social sharing and let visitors share your portfolio items SEO – e.g. improve website’s SEO by making your portfolio projects or photo gallery SEO friendly PREMIUM VERSION Checkout Premium version here » http://wpsofts.com SEE IT IN ACTION All » All demos Demo 1 » Portfolio gallery Demo 2 » Product catalog Demo 3 » Grouped photo album Demo 4 » Instagram Feed Demo 5 » Photo gallery slider Demo 6 » Photo gallery carousel Demo 7 » Clients portfolio Demo 8 » Sponsors portfolio Demo 9 » Team members portfolio Demo 10 » YouTube video gallery Demo 11 » Vimeo video gallery Demo 12 » MP4 video gallery Demo 13 » Mixed portfolio content Demo 14 » Gallery layout Demo 15 » Masonry layout Demo 16 » Puzzle layout Demo 17 » Portfolio iFrame add-on Demo 18 » Google maps add-on Demo 19 » Portfolio sharing add-on Demo 20 » Categorized portfolio projects Demo 21 » Gallery layout pagination Demo 22 » Lazy loading add-on Demo 23 » 7+ hover effects Demo 24 » 24+ overlay effects Demo 25 » 25+ details appearance Demo 26 » 14+ hover buttons appearance Demo 27 » 24+ share buttons appearance Demo 28 » 10+ category bar styles Demo 29 » 10+ pagination bar styles Note: Most our demos are predefined templates included in PREMIUM version. You can import and get started in few minutes! Detailed Description GridKit Portfolio is a powerful all-in-one WordPress multipurpose gallery plugin for building almost any kind of layouts. All gallery layouts are 100% mobile friendly. Choose one of supported layout schemes which the best meets your needs ( e.g. grids, masonry, puzzle or slider ) to showcase your portfolio in literally few minutes. It supports popup add-ons for portfolio content, gallery images, iFrame contents, videos or maps. Grid Kit Portfolio Gallery includes 1000+ predefined animations, effects and themes. Premium version also supports predefined templates gallery / library which helps you pick one of supported templates to get started your gallery with few clicks. The portfolio project related captions, descriptions, links, hover buttons are supported. Element categorization, video or photo gallery pagination and content lazy loading features improves your website’s performance. Portfolio or gallery items can be shared with a single click, the social sharing feature is an embedded add-on which you can be turned on from your layout settings. So you’ll let your visitors share your portfolio and gallery elements right from the gallery layout presentation. This is not the all, you can turn your website into an eCommerce platform and showcase products, catalogs on your website. Let customers place online product enquiries, leave product reviews on your catalogs. Customizations are limited in Free version, but with Premium version you’ll be able to customize almost everything in the settings section. And the most important one, no coding knowledge required! And this are just top notch features implemented in the Grid Kit portfolio & gallery builder, there are dozen of supported features you’ll definitely enjoy! WPSofts API Time to time we can send GET request to https://wpsofts.com to retrieve plugin related banners! The banners mainly designed to provide useful hints or promotions ONLY in the plugin section! We don’t send any data from your website to https://wpsofts.com. If you’re using Premium version API could be used for license key validation! Contact us If you have any questions or concerns, simply send us an email support@wpsofts.com or open a support topic in our forum.

Frequently asked

Common questions about this comparison

Which has better reviews, Firelight Lightbox or Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio?

Firelight Lightbox has the higher average rating (4.8★ from 359 reviews) compared to Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio (4.4★ from 300 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Firelight Lightbox or Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio?

Firelight Lightbox holds the higher average rating (4.8★ vs 4.4★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Firelight Lightbox or Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly; Firelight Lightbox has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (359 vs 300).

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

AppRanks cannot say which fits a larger or smaller operation — there is no store-size measurement in the WordPress Plugin Directory data. What it can show: Firelight Lightbox has 359 published reviews; Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio has 300 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.

Can I migrate data between Firelight Lightbox and Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio?

Migration support varies by app and category. Firelight Lightbox and Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

Firelight Lightbox vs Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio