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Modula vs Envira Gallery
Envira Gallery and Modula are both well-rated, each on 100,000+ sites. What each one includes, what it costs and who it suits.
Checked on 16 October 2026 against Envira’s own pages.
Modula fits if
- You want hover effects and a grid you draw, without writing CSS.
- You’d like a lifetime licence: Envira sells yearly plans only.
- You want image compression and a CDN in the plan.
Envira Gallery fits if
- You want to sell images with payments built in.
- You pull galleries from Instagram, Google Photos or TikTok.
- You want sixteen preset layouts to choose from.
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Live demo
A Modula gallery, live on this page
Hover the photos: this is the Under Image effect, set in the editor without any code.
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At a glance
Modula
Envira Gallery
One site
$27.30 the first year, then $78 a year
$39.50 the first year, then $79 a year
Lifetime licence
From $269
Not offered
Money-back guarantee
14 days
14 days
Rating and sites
4.7 / 5 from 600+ ratings, 160,000+ sites
4.7 / 5 from 1,596 ratings, 100,000+ sites
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Feature by feature
Modula and Envira Gallery, row by row
For Modula, the plan each feature starts in. For the other plugin, what its own pages say.
Building galleries
| Feature | Modula | Envira Gallery |
|---|---|---|
| Gallery layouts | 15 types, from justified to Polaroid, Story and BnB | 1 free (justified), 15 in paid plans |
| A grid you draw yourself | Every plan | No |
| Visual editor with live preview | Every plan | Preview in the block editor |
| Hover effects | 44 effects and a hover builder | With your own CSS |
| Video galleries | Every plan | Pro (Videos add-on) |
| Gallery filters | Every plan | Plus (Tags add-on) |
| Albums | Trio and up | Pro |
| Gallery slider | Trio and up | Basic (slideshow layouts) |
| Pagination and “load more” | Business | Plus |
| Galleries from posts or Instagram | Trio and up | Plus and Pro |
Lightbox
| Feature | Modula | Envira Gallery |
|---|---|---|
| Lightbox with slideshow | Every plan | Basic lightbox free, slideshow in Basic |
| Fullscreen | Trio and up | Pro |
| Zoom in the lightbox | Business | Plus |
| A link to every image | Business | Pro |
Protection & selling
| Feature | Modula | Envira Gallery |
|---|---|---|
| Password-protected galleries | Trio and up | Plus |
| Right-click protection | Trio and up | Basic |
| Watermarks | Business, text or image | Plus, text or image |
| Visitors can download images | Business | Pro |
| Sell prints or downloads | Not built in | Payments in every paid plan |
| EXIF data | Business | Plus |
Speed & AI
| Feature | Modula | Envira Gallery |
|---|---|---|
| Image compression | Trio and up | Pro |
| Image CDN | Trio and up | Separate product, $100/yr |
| AI alt text, titles and captions | Every plan | Paid plans, with credits |
Teams & clients
| Feature | Modula | Envira Gallery |
|---|---|---|
| Role permissions | Business | Free |
| Client proofing | Business | Pro |
| Comments on photos | Business | Pro |
| White label | Business | Code filter only |
Works with
| Feature | Modula | Envira Gallery |
|---|---|---|
| Page builders | Block editor, Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder | Block editor; Elementor and Beaver in Pro |
| Brings existing galleries over | Free migrators, installed from Modula | Basic: NextGEN, FooGallery, Modula |
Checked on 16 October 2026 against Envira Gallery’s own pages: enviragallery.com/pricing/, enviragallery.com/docs/, wordpress.org/plugins/envira-gallery-lite/.
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Where Modula is different
01
A grid you draw yourself
Modula’s custom grid lets you set the size of every tile by dragging it, on every plan. Envira has preset layouts only.
02
Hover effects without code
Modula has 44 hover effects and a hover builder, all set in the editor. With Envira, hover styling is custom CSS you write yourself.
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A lifetime option
Every Modula plan comes as a yearly or a lifetime licence. Envira’s plans are yearly, with the first-year price doubling at renewal.
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What reviewers wrote
“In general, Modula is the best option for people who want the easiest way to create stylish galleries with images or videos.”
“If you’re looking for the options that let you create a great-looking image gallery in as little time as possible, you’ll probably be happiest with Modula.”
“…the galleries look great (and you get that neat grid customizer feature), and it still has some advanced features such as gallery filters, deep linking, and video support.”
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Questions
Questions, answered
Yes. Modula’s Migrate tab finds your Envira Gallery galleries and installs a free migrator in one click. It copies the galleries and their images, titles, alt text and captions into Modula, and leaves the old Envira Gallery galleries in place unless you choose to delete them.
No. Your galleries stay in the same pages and posts, so their addresses don’t change.
Starter (one site) has video galleries, filters, the lightbox and Modula AI. Trio (three sites) adds albums, sliders, password protection, image compression and the image CDN. Business (five sites) adds watermarks, proofing, comments, role permissions and white label. Compare the plans.
Every plan comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee.
We checked Envira’s pricing page, documentation and WordPress.org listing on 16 October 2026. If something has changed since, write to us and we’ll update the page.