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FotoGrids vs Slider Revolution

FotoGrids has a slider in the free plugin, and a gallery library around it. Slider Revolution is a premium plugin with no free tier and no trial — and the copy bundled inside your theme is what the vendor calls non-activated core: no premium templates, no add-ons, no automatic updates.
FotoGrids
0
Free versions of Slider Revolution — it is a premium plugin
3
Module types in Slider Revolution: Hero, Slider and Carousel
8
Content sources a module can draw from, chosen when you build it
0
Automatic updates on a theme-bundled copy, per their own licence
11
11

11 features Slider Revolution doesn’t document at any tier are free in FotoGrids.

Why FotoGrids

Four reasons to pick FotoGrids over Slider Revolution

FotoGrids
Slider Revolution
Trying it first
FotoGrids
Free is a full plugin, on unlimited sites
Slider Revolution
Premium only — there is no free version or trial
Choosing a layout
FotoGrids
Slider, grid, masonry and justified — eight layouts in Free
Slider Revolution
Three module types: Hero, Slider and Carousel
Getting your images in
FotoGrids
Media library, albums and bulk import in Free
Slider Revolution
Every slide is placed by hand, from eight sources
The copy that came with your theme
FotoGrids
One plugin, updates included, nothing to activate
Slider Revolution
Non-activated core: no templates, add-ons or updates
Getting started

There is no free version to try

Every other plugin in this comparison lets you install it and find out. This one asks first.

Slider Revolution — “Slider Revolution is a premium plugin”

It is not on wordpress.org, there is no free tier and no trial on any of their plans. Their own FAQ answers the question directly: “Is there a free version? Slider Revolution is a premium plugin.” A 14-day money-back guarantee is the closest thing to a trial.

FotoGrids — Free is the whole plugin

Install it, build galleries, publish them, on as many sites as you like, without a licence key or an expiry. Pro adds to it; it doesn’t switch it on.

The theme-bundled copy

Bundled with your theme means non-activated core

A great many people already have Slider Revolution without buying it, and it is worth knowing exactly what that copy is.

Slider Revolution — No templates, add-ons or auto updates

Their licence is explicit that a bundled copy “will not have access to direct support from us, premium templates, objects, and AddOns, or automatic updates”, and their pricing page adds that bundled installations get no AI features either.

FotoGrids — Updates in the free plugin

Free receives every update through WordPress like any other plugin, with no key to register and nothing that lapses. Templates and layouts are part of it, not an entitlement attached to it.

Building a gallery

Three module types, and a slide at a time

Slider Revolution builds motion. A gallery is a different shape of thing, and it is assembled differently.

Slider Revolution — Hero, Slider or Carousel

Their docs enumerate the three module types exactly: Hero for a single slide, Slider for one visible at a time, Carousel for several. Content comes from eight named sources, and the default is a Custom Gallery you build slide by slide in the editor.

FotoGrids — Eight layouts in Free

Grid, masonry, justified, slider, image viewer and single item, all in Free, built from your media library with albums, tags and bulk import around them.

In fairness

A serious tool, and better than us at motion

Slider Revolution is one of the most capable visual builders on WordPress, and pretending otherwise would be silly.

Slider Revolution — Every plan includes every feature

There is no feature laddering: their plans differ by site count, not capability. The product itself is deep — motion design, an image editor, a large template and object library, and a long list of documented hooks for developers.

FotoGrids — A slider too, without the licence key

We ship a slider in Free — swipe, autoplay, transitions — and then the gallery around it: layouts, albums, tags, filtering, lightbox, watermarking, passwords and an analytics dashboard. Motion design is where they stay ahead.

Feature by feature

What Slider Revolution doesn’t document

Slider Revolution has no free build to read, so every row here comes from their own documentation. Anything they don’t document is recorded as not documented, never as missing.
Feature
FotoGrids
Slider Revolution
Flexible Gallery Layouts
Free
3 module types — Hero, Slider, Carousel
Albums & Collections
Free
Not documented at any tier
Tags, People & Locations
Free
Not documented at any tier
Templates Library
Free
Licence required
Migration from Other Plugins
Free
Not documented at any tier
EXIF Data
Free
Not documented at any tier
Watermarking
Free
Not documented at any tier
Password Protect Gallery
Free
Not documented at any tier
Social Sharing
Free
Not documented at any tier
Analytics Dashboard
Free
Not documented at any tier
Views Tracking
Free
Not documented at any tier
Top Performing Content
Free
Not documented at any tier
Migration

Move from Slider Revolution in an afternoon

Step 1
Bring the galleries across
Your slider comes across too — FotoGrids has a slider layout in Free, so the module has somewhere to land.
Step 2
Keep the URLs
Galleries get their own addresses, and the permalink settings let you keep the URLs you already have indexed.
Step 3
Try it alongside
Free is a full plugin, not a trial, so you can build one gallery in FotoGrids before deciding anything.
Step 4
Make it yours
Add the albums, the tags and the watermark, then save the arrangement as a default for the next gallery.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, and you keep a slider. FotoGrids has a slider layout in the free plugin, plus grid, masonry, albums, tags and a lightbox, with no licence to activate. For animated heroes with layered motion design, Slider Revolution is still the deeper tool.
It depends what you need. Their licence says a theme-bundled copy has no access to premium templates, objects, add-ons, direct support or automatic updates. If that copy is your only one, the missing automatic updates are worth thinking about.
Eight layouts, 30+ templates, albums and collections, tags with filtering, an advanced lightbox, twelve hover effects, textual watermarking, password-protected galleries, EXIF viewing and an analytics dashboard — on unlimited sites, with no key to register.
The same as this year. Pro Starter, Pro Plus and Pro Agency are $39, $79 and $129, and those are renewal prices as well as joining prices. Free stays free. The tiers are on the pricing page.
We read each plugin’s own source where a free build exists, then run a second pass whose only job is to disprove what the first one found. Slider Revolution has no free build, so this page is sourced entirely from their own documentation. The method is in the methodology section.
A slider and a gallery, no licence key. Free, on unlimited sites

Install the free plugin, apply a template, and change the parts that are not yours yet. Customize every detail from your very first gallery.

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