FolioBlocks vs NextGEN Download Gallery

Native Gallery Blocks for WordPress FolioBlocks is a native WordPress gallery plugin for photographers, creatives, agencies, and visual businesses who want polished image and video galleries directly inside the Block Editor. Create Grid, Masonry, Justified, Carousel, Filmstrip, Modular, Video, and Proofing galleries using familiar Gutenberg controls. Add lightboxes, hover effects & overlays, private client proofing, watermark protection, filtering, downloads, WooCommerce product links, EXIF data, and social sharing without shortcodes or a separate gallery manager. The free version includes the core gallery and media blocks. FolioBlocks Pro unlocks advanced creative, client, and commerce features, including Modular Gallery, private Proofing galleries, gallery filtering, WooCommerce integration, image downloads, lazy loading, watermark overlays, List View thumbnails, and more. Included Blocks Background Video Block – Add an autoplaying, responsive background video with overlay content on top Before & After Block – Compare two images with an interactive slider Loupe Block – Highlight fine details with an elegant magnifying zoom effect Carousel Gallery Block – Smooth, swipe-friendly horizontal image slider Filmstrip Gallery Block – Scroll through large images with thumbnail navigation below Grid Gallery Block – Classic evenly-spaced grid layout Image Block – Display a single image with lightbox, hover overlay, optional downloads, and WooCommerce linking Justified Gallery Block – Professional row-based gallery with balanced heights Masonry Gallery Block – Pinterest-style vertical gallery layout Modular Gallery Block (Pro Only) – Build custom, magazine-style image layouts with support for nested rows and image stacks Proofing Gallery Block (Business & Agency Plans Only) – Let clients review private galleries, save progress, submit selections, flag favorites, and leave comments Video Block – Display a single video with custom thumbnail, lightbox playback, captions, and optional WooCommerce linking Video Gallery Block – Showcase YouTube, Vimeo, or self-hosted videos, with Pro support for Bunny.net Stream, Cloudflare Stream, DailyMotion, Loom, VideoPress, and Wistia Core Gallery Features Fully responsive layouts for desktop, tablet, and mobile Built-in lightbox support Caption support and accessibility-friendly interactions Drag-and-drop image ordering 100% native Gutenberg block editing with no shortcodes and no separate gallery manager Pro Features Private client proofing galleries with password protection, Grid, Justified, and Masonry layouts, Save & Continue, final submission, and admin session reports Watermark overlays for gallery images and lightbox views Social sharing controls for lightboxes and hover overlays Lightbox image counters and zoom controls with cursor or trackpad panning Advanced Pro video provider support for Bunny.net Stream, Cloudflare Stream, DailyMotion, Loom, VideoPress, and Wistia Block transforms to convert galleries and supported media blocks in one click Custom image click actions for media files, custom URLs, Page/Post links, downloads, lightbox, and WooCommerce products Per-image click and hover overrides inside galleries Gallery image filtering with per-image category assignment WooCommerce product integration for images and videos Download full-resolution images Randomize image order Seamless looping for Carousel Gallery Disable right-click & image dragging content protection Lazy load images for faster performance Hover effects, gradient overlays, overlay entrances, and typography controls EXIF metadata display in lightboxes and hover overlays Light and Dark lightbox appearances, fullscreen viewing, swipe navigation, image counters, zoom, and combined title, caption, and EXIF layouts Proofing workflow tools including hearts, color flags, comments, proofing filters, admin status badges, PDF-friendly reports, and optional admin email notifications Password protection controls for Posts and Pages Responsive desktop, tablet, and mobile gallery gaps List View thumbnails for easier gallery reordering Advanced gallery styling controls for borders, shadows, radius, filter bars, icons, and overlays Why FolioBlocks? FolioBlocks is built for users who want fast, native, block-based galleries without the complexity of third-party gallery builders or shortcode-based plugins. If you want a clean way to display photography, client work, products, portfolios, or case studies, FolioBlocks gives you those tools directly inside the editor. Source Code Public repository: https://github.com/folioblocks/folioblocks

Add a template to NextGEN Gallery that provides multiple-file downloads for trade/media galleries. NextGEN Gallery is one of the best gallery plugins for WordPress because it is very flexible and has a nice, simple admin. This plugin adds a new gallery template that lets you select multiple images from the gallery to be downloaded as a ZIP archive. NB: the Photocrati version of NextGEN Gallery can impact the performance of your server, and not all of the old plugin’s functionality works. You might want to consider using NextCellent Gallery instead — it’s a fork of the original NextGEN Gallery with continued support and compatibility, without the performance impacts. NextGEN Download Gallery is targetted at creating “Trade/Media” areas on websites, allowing journalists to easily download multiple product images. It’s apparently very popular with photographers too. Translations Many thanks to the generous efforts of our translators: Czech (cs_CZ) — Rudolf Klusal Danish (da_DK) — Ligefrem Dutch (nl_NL) — the Dutch translation team English (en_CA) — the English (Canadian) translation team English (en_GB) — the English (British) translation team English (en_ZA) — the English (South African) translation team French (fr_FR) — Nicolas Sizun Korean (ko_KR) — the Korean translation team Portuguese (pt_BR) — Juliano Arantes Polish (pl_PL) — Jakub Molek and the Polish translation team Russian (sv_SE) — the Russian translation team Swedish (sv_SE) — the Swedish translation team Turkish (tr_TR) — the Turkish translation team If you’d like to help out by translating this plugin, please sign up for an account and dig in. Credits This program incorporates a little code that is copyright by Photocrati Media 2012 under the GPLv2. Some PHP code was copied from NextGEN Gallery and altered, so that the nggtags shortcode could be extended as nggtags_ext and specify a gallery template.