Featured Galleries vs Rocket Galleries — WordPress

Featured Galleries vs Rocket Galleries

Name: Featured Galleries
Rating: 4.7 (20 reviews)

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Featured Galleries

4.7·20reviews·3,000+installs

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1. Listing metadata

Field-level data

	Featured Galleries	Rocket Galleries
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Description	2320 / 5000 chars46% used	1567 / 5000 chars31% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Andy Mercer	MatthewRuddy
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2. Categories & rankings

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At a glance

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Feature comparison between Featured Galleries and Rocket Galleries
Metric	Featured Galleries	Rocket Galleries
Rating	★ 4.7 ★	4.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 20	3
Active installs	3,000+	10+
Free plan	—	—

3. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Featured Galleries

Hello Theme Developers! Have you ever added a Featured Image to a post and thought to yourself, “I wish I could add more than one image this way”? Well, now you can. Featured Galleries mirrors the Featured Images functionality of WordPress. The only difference is that posts get an entire gallery rather than just a single image. These galleries behave almost exactly like Featured Images, and make use of WordPress’s built in Media Manager. Users can select images, define the order, and save the gallery, all through a simple drag-n-drop interface. Note: This plugin DOES NOT HANDLE THE FRONTEND HTML CREATION. That is left for themes to handle, to allow for maximum flexibility. Featured Galleries just handles the backend/admin interface for creating featured galleries and storing them as metadata. You will need to integrate this into your theme, or use a theme with prebuilt integration. Quick Start Guide to Integrate Into Themes For more information, see GitHub Wiki. I’ve tried to make this as intuitive as possible. Themes can integrate Featured Galleries in the same way they integrate Featured Images. Inside any template file where the gallery should appear, the theme will call the get_post_gallery_ids() function. As long as it is used inside the loop, the function doesn’t need any parameters. By default, it will return an array of image IDs. Example Set inside the Loop. This returns all images in the Featured Gallery, as an array, then loops through to display each using an HTML tag. $galleryArray = get_post_gallery_ids(); foreach ( $galleryArray as $id ) { echo ' '; } You can also customize the returned value from the function to suit your needs. See the full function documentation page for details. Custom Post Types The plugin comes with a filter to easily add Featured Galleries to custom post types. See the fg_post_types documentation page for details. Customizing the Media Manager The media manager can be customized in sevearl ways. See the fg_show_sidebar and fg_use_legacy_selection filter documentation pages for details. Want to Help? I’d love some help with internationalization. It was working at one point, but drivingralle did that code because I don’t really understand it, and I’m not sure it’s still working.

Top keywords

featured10×2.63%
galleries6×1.58%
gallery6×1.58%
post6×1.58%
featured galleries5×1.32%
images5×1.32%
function4×1.05%
image4×1.05%
integrate4×1.05%
see4×1.05%
theme4×1.05%
details3×0.79%

Rocket Galleries

Rocket Galleries is the gallery manager WordPress never had. Easily create and manage galleries from one intuitive panel within WordPress. Simple, easy to use, and lightweight. Some of the features include: Lightweight, with no Javascript needed and minimal CSS at less than 0.3kb! Bulk image uploading, integrated with new WordPress Media Library A built in template loader, allowing you to create your own gallery templates for your theme Developer friendly, with huge scope for customization using built-in actions & filters Follow & contribute to this plugin on Github. The modern, straight forward interface is built to fit right into the WordPress admin area. It’s built to feel like native WordPress functionality, not a plugin, which is great for impressing clients and instantly feeling familiar with the plugin’s admin area. Simple, just the way we like it. Rocket Galleries is also developer friendly. We’ve made it easy to integrate the plugin with your theme by including a template loader. This allows you to create your own gallery templates and use your own HTML, CSS and Javascript easily. We’ve also included dozens of filters and actions within the plugin’s code, allowing you to hook into the core and create your own Rocket Galleries extensions. The possibilities are limitless! Last but not least, Rocket Galleries is a very new plugin, so we look forward to your feedback. Over the next couple of months we’re hoping to rapidly develop it’s functionality, so feel free to use the Support Forums to make feature suggestions and feedback.

Top keywords

galleries5×1.95%
wordpress5×1.95%
own4×1.56%
rocket4×1.56%
rocket galleries4×1.56%
gallery3×1.17%
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Frequently asked

Common questions about this comparison

Which has better reviews, Featured Galleries or Rocket Galleries?

Featured Galleries has the higher average rating (4.7★ from 20 reviews) compared to Rocket Galleries (4.0★ from 3 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Featured Galleries or Rocket Galleries?

Featured Galleries holds the higher average rating (4.7★ vs 4.0★). 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, Featured Galleries or Rocket Galleries?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Featured Galleries has the deeper published review base (20 vs 3), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

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

Featured Galleries typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (20 reviews). Rocket Galleries typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (3 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Featured Galleries and Rocket Galleries?

Migration support varies by app and category. Featured Galleries and Rocket Galleries 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 Rocket Galleries" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

Featured Galleries vs Rocket Galleries

Featured Galleries

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Should I choose Featured Galleries or Rocket Galleries?

Which is faster to set up, Featured Galleries or Rocket Galleries?

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

Can I migrate data between Featured Galleries and Rocket Galleries?

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