Image Gallery vs Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery

Image Gallery helps you create stunning photo galleries on your WordPress site without any coding. Whether you run a portfolio, photography blog, or business website, this plugin lets you showcase your images in organized, visually appealing layouts. View Free Demo: Image Gallery | View Pro Demo: Image Gallery Premium More About Pro: Image Gallery Premium Details | Where To Buy: Buy Pro Version With grid and masonry options, your galleries adapt to any screen size automatically. The built-in lightbox opens images in a sleek overlay, giving visitors a focused viewing experience. You can add unlimited images to each gallery and create as many galleries as your site needs. How It Works Setting up a gallery takes just a few steps: Go to New Image Gallery menu in your dashboard Click Add Image Gallery Upload or select images from your media library Configure layout settings (grid, masonry, columns) Embed your gallery using Shortcode, Gutenberg Block, or Elementor Widget Display Options Easily display your galleries anywhere on your WordPress site: Shortcode – Copy [IMG-Gal id=X] (where X is your gallery ID) and paste it into any post, page, text widget, or custom template. Gutenberg Block – Add the native “Image Gallery” block directly inside the WordPress Block Editor, select your gallery from the dropdown, and see a live editor preview. Elementor Widget – Drag and drop the “Image Gallery” widget into any Elementor page layout and select your gallery for instant visual editing. Gallery Layouts Grid Gallery – Images display in uniform rows and columns Masonry Gallery – Images stack naturally based on their dimensions Widget Gallery – Show galleries in sidebar areas Lightbox Preview – Opens full-size images in an overlay Column Options Choose from 2 to 6 columns to control how many images appear per row. The layout adjusts automatically on mobile devices for a smooth browsing experience. Free Version Features Unlimited image galleries Grid and masonry layouts LD Lightbox for image preview Responsive design for all devices 2 to 6 column layouts Image title display option Shortcode for posts and pages Widget support for sidebars Drag and drop image ordering Image alt text for accessibility Custom spacing and borders Gutenberg block support Elementor widget support Pro Version Features Upgrade to the Pro version for additional capabilities: All free features included Global Settings Page – Site-wide controls for Lazy Load, WebP conversion, Skeleton Loading, Loading animations, and complete Backup Import/Export Gallery Loading Animations – Shimmering Skeleton placeholders and modern loading icons (Spinner, Pulse, Dots) with color selection Custom Profile Header – Standard, Centered, and Compact mock social branding header layouts Masonry, Grid, and Circle layouts – Uniform grid with multiple aspect ratios (1:1, 4:3, 16:9, etc.) 6 premium lightbox scripts (G Lightbox, PhotoSwipe v4, Modal, Viewer, Blue Imp, and LD Lightbox) Lightbox Image Descriptions – Full support for rendering image content summaries and captions inside the lightbox popup Flexible Title Positioning – Choose to display image titles precisely over the hover overlay or clearly below the image card AJAX Load More Pagination – Smooth infinite loading with Solid, Outline, Glass, Neon, and Gradient button styles Advanced Border & Spacing – Adjust corner radius (0-100px), border thickness, border opacity, and card colors Custom Redirection Links – Add custom redirect URLs to individual slides with same/new tab targets Up to 16 columns layout support on high-resolution widescreen screens Duplicate/Clone Gallery – Copy any gallery settings and slides instantly with one click Custom CSS editor – Override frontend stylesheet properties directly in the admin dashboard Priority email support More Pro Version Demos Masonry Layout Same Grid Layout Circle Layout Load More Custom Profile Header GlightBox PhotoSwipe Border Layouts Title Positions BlueImp Lightbox PopTrox Lightbox Viewer Lightbox Spacing Layouts

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.