Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More vs Simple Photo Album – by Simple Plugins

The Best Photo Gallery Plugin for Beautiful Image Galleries We believe creating a photo gallery should be simple! Envira Gallery makes it easy to create beautiful, responsive image galleries that look great on any device. Drag, drop, publish — and your photo gallery is live in minutes with zero coding required. More importantly, over 150,000 website owners choose Envira Gallery because it is the fastest loading gallery plugin on the market. Your image gallery will never slow down your site. Whether you need a portfolio gallery, a client proofing gallery, or a video gallery for your brand – Envira Gallery does it all. Envira Gallery Pro This plugin is the lite version of Envira Gallery Pro, which comes with albums, video galleries, watermarking, WooCommerce integration, client proofing, social sharing, and tons more. Click here to purchase the best premium photo gallery plugin now! See what WordPress developer Chris Lema has to say about Envira Gallery: I’ve suspended flavor-of-the-week gallery plugins in favor of Envira Gallery. It’s developer-friendly — a photo gallery solution that works great and won’t slow down your site. Chris Lema – WordPress Developer & Blogger Drag & Drop Gallery Builder Create a stunning image gallery in minutes, not hours. Our drag & drop gallery builder lets you upload photos, reorder images, and publish with just a few clicks. No coding. No confusing settings. Just drag, drop, and your photo gallery is live. Envira Gallery works perfectly with the Block Editor, Classic Editor, and shortcodes. Embed your image gallery on any page or post instantly. Lightning-Fast Photo Gallery Performance Speed matters. A slow gallery plugin will hurt your search rankings and frustrate your visitors. That’s why Envira Gallery is built for speed from the ground up. Testing by WPBeginner confirmed Envira Gallery loads faster than any other photo gallery plugin. Your image gallery will load fast on desktop, tablet, and mobile. Responsive Lightbox Display Every photo gallery includes a built-in responsive lightbox that works beautifully on all devices. Visitors browse images in a gorgeous fullscreen overlay without leaving the page. The lightbox includes: Multiple lightbox themes to match your site’s design Touch and swipe support for mobile galleries Keyboard navigation for desktop browsing Fullscreen mode for immersive gallery viewing Zoom capability for full-resolution images Slideshow autoplay with manual controls Photo Albums to Organize Your Galleries Got a lot of images? Use albums to group your photo galleries into organized collections. Choose cover photos for each album and let visitors browse your galleries their way. Albums are perfect for: Wedding and event photographers with multiple shoots Real estate agents with property photo galleries Travel bloggers organizing galleries by destination Businesses showcasing products by category Schools organizing event photo galleries by year Video Gallery Support Go beyond photos. With the Video Gallery addon, embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, DailyMotion, Twitch, and self-hosted video directly in your gallery. Mix photos and videos in the same gallery, or create dedicated video galleries. Every video plays inside the same beautiful lightbox your visitors already love. Sell Your Photos with WooCommerce Turn your photo gallery into a revenue stream. The WooCommerce integration lets you sell prints, digital downloads, and licensed images directly from your image gallery. Visitors browse your gallery, click a photo they love, and purchase — all without leaving your site. Protect Your Images Your photos deserve protection. Envira Gallery gives you the tools to keep your gallery images safe: [Watermarking] — Add text or image watermarks to protect gallery photos (originals are preserved) Right-click protection — Prevent visitors from downloading your images Password protection — Restrict gallery access to authorized users only Gallery permissions — Control who can view each photo gallery by user role Image licensing — Display Creative Commons and custom license info to protect your work Client Proofing for Photographers Running a photography business? The client proofing addon streamlines your workflow. Clients browse their photo gallery, select favorites, add feedback, and submit — all from your site. No more emailing zip files back and forth. Your gallery becomes a professional client experience. Beautiful Gallery Layouts Every photo gallery deserves the right layout. Envira Gallery includes: Masonry — Pinterest-style image gallery layout Grid — Clean, uniform photo gallery grid Justified — Edge-to-edge image gallery rows Square — Uniform square thumbnails Mosaic — Dynamic, eye-catching gallery pattern Blogroll — Full-width image gallery layout for blogs Social Sharing & Engagement Help your gallery go viral. The social sharing addon lets visitors share photos to Facebook, Twitter/X, Pinterest, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and email. Add a Pinterest “Pin It” button to every image in your gallery for maximum exposure. SEO-Friendly Photo Gallery Envira Gallery is built to help your image gallery rank. Every gallery includes: Deeplinking — SEO-friendly URLs for individual gallery images EXIF metadata display — Camera model, aperture, shutter speed with schema markup Alt text and caption support — Properly structured image gallery data Lazy loading — Faster initial page loads for better Core Web Vitals Image compression — Reduce file sizes without losing quality Adobe Lightroom Integration Professional photographers love our Lightroom addon. Create and sync image galleries directly from your Lightroom collections. Edit in Lightroom, and your photo gallery updates automatically. Full Envira Gallery Feature List Drag & drop gallery builder — Create a photo gallery in minutes without code 100% responsive and mobile-friendly image galleries Built-in responsive lightbox with fullscreen mode Albums — Organize galleries into collections with cover photos Video galleries — YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, self-hosted video support Slideshow — Autoplay gallery with manual controls Social sharing— Share gallery images to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest Watermarking — Protect photo gallery images with watermarks WooCommerce /eCommerce Galleries — Sell photos directly from your image gallery Client proofing — Photography business client workflow Deeplinking — SEO-friendly individual image gallery URLs Paginatio — Split large galleries across pages Image tagging — Filterable photo gallery with tag-based navigation Password protection — Restrict gallery access EXIF data display — Show camera details with schema markup Fullscreen mode — Immersive gallery viewing experience Image compression — Optimize gallery performance to load fast on every device Gallery animations — Beautiful transition effects Gallery themes — Professionally designed gallery templates Standalone galleries — Galleries with unique, shareable URLs Downloads — Allow visitors to download gallery images Printing — Add print buttons to gallery images Image / Gallery commenting — Let visitors comment on gallery photos Gallery Zoom — Lightbox zoom for full-resolution viewing Scheduled galleries — Time-based gallery visibility Lazy loading — Faster page loads for large image galleries Block Editor (Gutenberg) support Shortcode embed support Custom CSS support Page Builder Integrations Elementor Gallery— Native image gallery addon for Elementor Beaver Builder Gallery — Native photo gallery addon for Beaver Builder Divi Gallery — Full gallery compatibility Block Editor — Dedicated and easy to use gallery block Import & Migration Adobe Lightroom — Sync image galleries with Lightroom collections Instagram importer — Import Instagram photos into your gallery automatically Dropbox importer — Import photos from Dropbox Zip file importer — Build galleries from zip files NextGEN / Imagely importer — Migrate from NextGEN Gallery After reading this feature list, you can see why over 150,000 websites trust Envira Gallery as their go-to photo gallery plugin. Give Envira Gallery a try. Credits This plugin is created by Syed Balkhi and the Envira Gallery Team. Branding Guidelines Envira Gallery® is a registered trademark of Envira Gallery LLC. When writing about the photo gallery plugin by Envira Gallery, please use the full name “Envira Gallery.” Envira Gallery (correct) Envira gallery (incorrect) envira gallery (incorrect) Envira (incorrect)

Simple Photo Album uses its own image sizes, I you already have images uploaded to media library, we recommend you regenerate thumbnails. Shortcodes [simple_photo_album] Shortcode displays all of the albums on a page or post.