FolioBlocks vs WP Popup

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

WP Popup is a plugin for implementing whatever you want to call them — modals, lightboxes, overlays or popups — on your site. While it offers fine-tuned control over where and when the lightboxes display, it was developed with the goal of being simple and lightweight: WP Popup won’t cause your site to take a big performance hit by loading lots of complicated and extraneous CSS and JavaScript. WP Popup lets you use the standard WordPress post editor to build and configure your popups. In addition to full WYSIWYG editing of popup content, WP Popup gives you powerful control over what triggers the appearance of your lightbox. Triggers can be set so popups show: Immediately on page load After a configurable number of seconds After the page is scrolled a configurable number of pixels After the page is scrolled halfway or to the bottom After the user has spent a configurable number of minutes on the site After the user has visited a configurable number of pages over the past 90 days On page exit (Exit intent) In addition to those sophisticated trigger controls, you also get options on each popup for: Mask background color: Choose an appropriate color and opacity to set as the background of the mask that covers your site. Background image: Make a richer, more visually engaging popup by using a photo or illustration that fills the inside of the popup. Background color: Choose an appropriate color and opacity to set as the background of the popup. Width control: Set a minimum and maximum width. Height control: Set minimum and maximum values along with pixels or percentages. Padding: Control the padding within your popup. Border: Add a border of any color, width and radius. Opacity: Adjust the opacity of the popup. Where to display: Choose whether to display on your site’s homepage, on all pages, on all pages except the homepage, or specific pages. Scheduling: Configure whether users should see the popup just once, all the time, or periodically based on a schedule. Mobile control: Avoid hits to your SEO by suppressing your popups from appearing on mobile devices! Cookie identifier: Easily change how browsers know about this popup so you don’t have to save a whole new popup after fixing a typo if you want your updated popup to appear again. Note: This plugin uses cookies, so if you’re bound by the EU or other regulations requiring you notify users of such, be sure to do so if you’ve got WP Popup enabled. Interested in other plugins from Cornershop Creative? We’ve made these things.