Meow Gallery
The Meow Gallery.
Since there were a few things about the Nextgen Gallery that I was no longer happy with, I came across the Meow Gallery.
But first, here are the issues I had with the Nextgen Gallery:
- Speed, especially for large galleries
- Memory Requirements
- At least in the Plus version (as of October 2022), Google Fonts are still loaded from the web. Strangely enough, this has already been changed in the Pro version, and the fonts are now loaded locally.
- In the Pro version, some scripts are also loaded outside of the galleries—at least if you enable “Shopping Cart Cookie” in the backend. The same applies to protecting images from right-clicking. Of course, you can disable all of this or “control” it accordingly with another plugin.
I could have lived with all of that, if only I hadn't installed the free version of the Meow Gallery along with Lightbox on my test site. Compared to the Nextgen Gallery, the Meow Gallery is much, much faster.
Options
The options in the backend are limited to the essentials, and personally, I don't find myself missing anything. Quite the contrary:
Compared to the countless—and not always logically organized—options in other WordPress galleries, the backend is a real breath of fresh air. The same applies to the lightbox configuration.
Let's Go to Pro
Since I’ve rarely been this impressed by a WordPress plugin, I decided to “cut to the chase” and invest in the Pro version. Because I’m not a fan of subscription models, I opted for the so-called lifetime license for both the gallery and the lightbox. It can also be installed on up to 5 different websites.
And from there on
And so it came to pass—which was the logical outcome:
The Nextgen Galleries have been replaced by the Meow Galleries over the past few days. As of today (Nov. 5, 2022), the transition is now complete.
I hope you enjoy browsing the galleries—feel free to leave a comment or some feedback.
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