Title: Avoid!
Last modified: January 17, 2026

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# Avoid!

 *  [macsuibhne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macsuibhne/)
 * (@macsuibhne)
 * [4 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoid-94/)
 * Despite some flaws this used to be a good plugin. However, since the 4.0 update
   it’s pretty much unusable. Just have a look through the support pages and you’ll
   see absolutely no response from the developers and anything critical is being
   deleted completely.
 * The plugin is hugely buggy now. Some of the most basic things you’d expect to
   find in a gallery plugin are missing, like being able to set maximum dimensions
   and quality. Any photo you upload to the free version now are saved and displayed
   at their original resolution. And that’s just one example!
 * I’ve been using NextGen for close to a decade and I’ve even bought the pro version
   multiple times but now it’s time to move on. About 5 years ago I contacted support
   about a problem with displaying galleries. The reply was that it was a known 
   issue and was to be fixed in the near future. 5 years later and it still hasn’t
   been fixed. So do I expect the absolute catastrophe of the 4.0 update to be fixed?
   Not a chance!

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 *  [brjmac01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brjmac01/)
 * (@brjmac01)
 * [2 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoid-94/#post-18847291)
 * Curious – what have you moved to? Looking for a gallery plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [macsuibhne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macsuibhne/)
 * (@macsuibhne)
 * [2 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoid-94/#post-18848049)
 * Well the first thing I did was roll back to the last version before 4.0 and stopped
   all updates. I also went into the plugin code and edited the version number so
   that I don’t see the update warning.
 * I’m currently testing Modula and FooGallery. FooGallery seems to suit my needs.
   I would recommend you test a few though because they all do things differently
   and can focus on a particular feature more than another might. Some really lean
   into connecting with your social media while others don’t. If you’re only going
   to use a plugin’s free version then testing multiple plugins is essential.

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