Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery vs Media Slider for Photos Images Videos

Create a responsive image slider to display photos, picture galleries, and play video slides on your WordPress website. Media Slider Description for Photos and Videos Media Slider helps you create beautiful slideshows for your site. You can showcase photo galleries, list portfolio items, or embed videos. This easy-to-use plugin organizes all media files in one dashboard. View Free Demo: Media Slider | View Pro Demo: Media Slider Pro Learn More About Pro: Media Slider Pro | Purchase Pro: Buy Media Slider Pro You can upload photos from your library. The plugin also supports YouTube videos. Add as many slides as you want. You can display the slider anywhere using a simple shortcode. Each slide allows custom titles, text descriptions, and links. Key Uses: * Make photo slideshows with smooth fade effects. * Display YouTube videos on your site. * Build mixed galleries with images and videos. * Show multiple slides at once in a carousel. * Enable responsive thumbnail navigation. * Select full-width or boxed layouts. Free Version Key Features: * Fully responsive layout fits any screen size. * Transition styles like slide and fade. * Classic previous and next arrow buttons. * Option to display navigation thumbnails below. * Custom width and height control fields. * Autoplay slide mode with speed settings. * Full-screen viewing button. * Simple sidebar widget support. * Compatible with standard WordPress themes. * No coding experience needed. Premium Version Features: * 4+ unique styles for navigation arrows. * 3+ navigation thumbnail layouts. * 9+ caption positions for texts. * Display image, YouTube and Vimeo videos on your site. * Advanced controls to autoplay, loop, or mute videos. * Custom breakpoint options for different screens. * 3+ image fitting and scaling methods. * Force size settings to lock slider dimensions. * Fast priority email support. Free vs Pro Version Comparison: Free Version: * Create unlimited slideshow panels. * Upload photos and insert video links. * Use basic arrows or thumbnails. * Apply classic fade slide transitions. * Mobile friendly and responsive. * Embed via widget. * Embed via shortcode. Pro Version: * Insert YouTube and Vimeo videos. * Multiple navigation designs. * Richer thumbnail templates. * Custom position options for captions. * Video autoplay and mute tools. * Advanced mobile breakpoints. * Smart image crop layouts. * Dedicated developer support. Quick Setup Guide: 1. Open the Media Slider menu in your dashboard. 2. Click “Add Media Slider” to create a new post. 3. Select your photos or add video links. 4. Save settings and publish the post. 5. Copy the shortcode and paste it on any page. Getting Support: If you have questions, please visit our support forum. We reply to all support tickets within 24 to 48 hours. Installing the Photo and Video Slider Upload the plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory. Or use the WordPress admin installer. Activate the plugin on the plugins page. Click “Media Slider” in the sidebar menu. Click “Add Media Slider” to create a post. Add photos and adjust settings. Publish the post to generate the shortcode. Paste the shortcode into any page or post. Photo and Video Slider FAQ How do I create a new photo and video slider? Go to the Media Slider menu. Click “Add Media Slider” in your dashboard. Upload photos or add video URLs. Set options and publish. Paste the shortcode on your page. Can I mix photos and videos in the same image slider? Yes. Media Slider supports mixed layouts. You can combine library photos with YouTube and Vimeo links in one slider. Is this photo and video slider mobile responsive? Yes. The layouts adjust automatically. Your slideshows look clean on desktops, tablets, and phones. How do I embed the slider shortcode on my page? Copy the shortcode from the slider editor. Paste it into the editor of any page, post, or widget. Can I change navigation arrows in the image slider? The free version has standard arrows. The premium version includes 4+ different arrow designs. What video slide platforms does the slider support? The plugin supports YouTube and Vimeo videos. Paste the link into the slide URL field. How many photo and video sliders can I build? You can create as many sliders as you want. Each slider can have unlimited slides. Can I add descriptions to photos in the slider? Yes. Every slide supports a title, description, and link. The Pro version offers 9+ text alignment layouts. Does the shortcode work with Elementor and other page builders? Yes. The shortcode works in Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, and other site builders. How do I enable autoplay for photos and video slides? Check the autoplay settings in the options panel. Set the duration timer between slides. Can I show thumbnails below the photo slider? Yes. Turn on the thumbnails option in your settings. This navigation works in both versions. What is the difference between the free and premium image slider? The free version has core features. The Pro version adds premium navigation arrows, advanced thumbnails, captions, video controls, and support.

WordPress Gallery Plugin NextGEN Gallery has been the industry’s standard WordPress gallery plugin since 2007 and continues to receive over 1.5 million new downloads per year. It’s easy to use for simple photo galleries, but powerful enough for the most demanding photographers, visual artists, and imaging professionals who need a comprehensive photo gallery solution. NextGEN Gallery offers complete WordPress gallery management with the ability to batch upload photos, import metadata, easily add, delete, rearrange photos and create an unlimited number of galleries. You can even simply provide a zip file or choose a folder to upload photos. But our photo gallery plugin doesn’t stop there! NextGEN Pro This plugin is the lite version of the NextGEN Gallery plugin, which offers all the gallery features you’ll need like photo albums, lightboxes, backups, search, sharing, filtering, print fulfillment, eCommerce, animations, and tons more. Click here to purchase the best photo gallery plugin for WordPress now! The free version of NextGEN gallery provides three main gallery styles (slideshow, thumbnail, and imagebrowser galleries) and two album styles (compact and extended), all of which come with a wide array of options for controlling size, style, timing, transitions, controls, lightbox effects, and more. Learn more about NextGEN WordPress Gallery Plugin features. The best gets better with full support for the Gutenberg block editor. Now you can add a photo gallery or album anywhere on your site, with a page builder type feel directly in the WordPress editor. We truly make creating, building, and editing galleries easy. Feature List We’ve built NextGEN Gallery to be extremely powerful and full of features. Albums Organize multiple photo galleries into albums for easy sorting and viewing Tags Group multiple images together with tags, with easy-to-update renaming and management eCommerce Sell images from your photo gallery, or sell entire galleries with our built in payment processing. Works with Stripe and PayPal. Slideshows Make your galleries automatically rotate through a series of images Themes Access 84+ different types of themes to showcase your galleries Animations Create visual interest with 25+ different types of animations for each gallery Watermarks Protect your work with image and text-based watermarks. Capabilities Customize who can read, edit, and publish galleries with refined permsisions controls Image Proofing Let your customers choose which photos to purchase and improve your workflow. Print Fulfillment Sell your photos and ship prints directly to customers with automated print lab fulfillment and zero commissions Auto Tax calculations Automatically calculate sales tax when required for your customers. Coupons Offer discounts and incentives to increase your gallery sales Lightroom Integration Automatically sync and create photo galleries from Adobe Lightroom into NextGEN Gallery without any need to update your website. Social Sharing Create viral social media opportunities when your images are optimized for Open Graph and X Image Commenting * Add deep engagement to your images within the lightbox to increase gallery engagement Deep Linking Link directly to a specific image from one of your galleries Frontend Search * Add powerful filtering for your gallery based on tags Hover Captions * Add social sharing, tiles, and descriptions for each image Digital Downloads Offer digital downloads of your images for free, or chage for them with our eCommerce gallery plugin Right Click Disable prevent images in your galleries from being downloaded with easy right click and drag/drop protection. Customization * We’ve built in lots of individual customizations for each of our features so that you can make NextGEN Gallery perfect for you As you can see, we’ve built a photo gallery plugin that is suitable for everyone! Want a specific or missing feature? Just let us know. NEXTGEN GALLERY DEMOS *Basic Thumbnail Gallery *Basic Slideshow Gallery *Basic Imagebrowser Gallery *Basic Compact Album *Basic List Album NEXTGEN PRO DEMOS *Photo Print Sales *Photo Proofing *Digital Downloads *Pro Mosaic Gallery *Pro Masonry Gallery *Pro Tile Gallery *Pro Filmstrip Gallery *Pro Lightbox About Imagely NextGEN Gallery is a WordPress gallery plugin maintained by Imagely. We’re the WordPress photography experts. In addition to NextGEN Gallery, NextGEN Plus, and NextGEN Pro, we also make WordPress themes for photographers, providing beautiful turnkey websites for photographers. Learn more or connect with us: *Imagely Website *WordPress Themes for Photographers *Turnkey Photography Sites *NextGEN Gallery Documentation Credits Copyright: Imagely 2016-2024 Shortcodes NextGEN Gallery offers an easy-to-use Insert Gallery Window, which means you never need to work with shortcodes again when inserting and manageing galleries – if you would prefer not too. If you do want to work with shortcodes, there is a powerful shortcode system as you’d expect of a popular WordPress gallery plugin. Learn About NextGEN Gallery Shortcodes. For more information, feel free to visit the official website for the NextGEN Gallery WordPress Gallery Plugin.