Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery vs Portfolio Block – show off your work with stunning 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.

Showcase your projects like a pro – build clean, modern, filterable portfolios right inside the WordPress block editor, no page builder required. Portfolio Block | Documentation | Pricing | Support | Demo Why Portfolio Block? Portfolio Block makes it easy to create a clean, modern portfolio directly inside the WordPress block editor. It includes multiple layouts, category filters, responsive controls, and full design flexibility – ideal for freelancers, designers, photographers, agencies, or anyone who wants to showcase projects in a professional way. Build a portfolio with the Gutenberg block, or generate a shortcode and display it anywhere on your site – pages, posts, widgets, footers, or page builders. Native Gutenberg, fast loading, lightweight, SEO friendly, and fully responsive, with unlimited projects and categories. Free Features Multiple Layouts: Grid, Masonry, and Card Hover layouts for flexible portfolio design. Unlimited Categories: Organize projects with as many categories as you need and let visitors filter by category. Portfolio Items: Add images, titles, descriptions, and external or internal links. Assign multiple categories per item. Item Management: Duplicate, delete, or reorder items with simple controls. Responsive Controls: Adjust columns, spacing, and layout settings for desktop, tablet, and mobile. Styling Options: Customize colors, borders, shadows, spacing, and overlay settings to match your theme. View All Button: Add a customizable button linking to your full portfolio archive or a separate page. Shortcode Support: Use your portfolio anywhere with the shortcode format [pfb id=”123″]. Pro Version – Unlock Advanced Features Upgrade to Portfolio Block Pro for: Advanced Layouts: Split Screen, Slider, Minimal List, and Stacked Cards for more dynamic presentation styles. Typography Controls: Adjust fonts, sizes, colors, weight, and alignment for titles, categories, and descriptions. Hover & Animation Effects: Premium hover transitions and animations for a more interactive experience. Slider Options: Autoplay, loop, pause on hover, navigation controls, and speed settings for slider-based portfolios. Advanced Styling: More control over buttons, badges, icons, overlays, and spacing. Specialized Portfolio Blocks: Niche-specific, professionally designed blocks: Developer Portfolio – showcase projects and technical work directly inside Gutenberg. Fashion Portfolio – display fashion collections, lookbooks, and brand campaigns. Marketing Portfolio – present case studies, campaign results, and marketing projects. Photography Portfolio – highlight photography collections with visual-focused layouts. Resume Builder – create a professional resume or CV portfolio page inside Gutenberg. Priority Support: Faster support and ongoing updates with the Pro upgrade. Common Use Cases Portfolio Block can be used for many types of WordPress websites. Personal Portfolio: Showcase your skills, experience, and creative work. Freelancer Portfolio: Present client projects and attract new customers. Developer Portfolio: Display websites, apps, plugins, and software projects. Photography Portfolio: Create a visual photography gallery with lightbox support. Agency Portfolio: Showcase services, client work, and successful projects. Design Portfolio: Present graphic design, UI/UX, branding, and creative projects. Marketing Portfolio: Display campaigns, case studies, and marketing projects. Product Showcase: Present products, product designs, and featured work. Creative Portfolio: Build a visually engaging portfolio for creative professionals. Resume Portfolio: Combine professional experience, projects, and skills into a portfolio page. Specialized Portfolio Blocks Portfolio Block Pro includes professionally designed portfolio layouts for different professional needs. Developer Portfolio Showcase websites, applications, plugins, software projects, GitHub projects, and technical work. Fashion Portfolio Display fashion collections, campaigns, and creative fashion projects. Marketing Portfolio Present marketing campaigns, case studies, client results, and creative marketing work. Photography Portfolio Create an image-focused photography portfolio for photographers, studios, and creative professionals. Resume Builder Create a professional resume or CV portfolio page containing experience, projects, skills, and professional information. Why Use Portfolio Block? A good portfolio should make your work easy to discover, understand, and explore. Portfolio Block gives you the tools to organize projects into professional portfolio layouts while keeping the editing experience inside WordPress Gutenberg. You can: Showcase projects in modern layouts. Organize projects into unlimited categories. Let visitors filter projects by category. Display images, titles, descriptions, and links. Create responsive layouts for desktop, tablet, and mobile. Open portfolio items in an image lightbox, gallery lightbox, or custom URL. Reuse portfolios across your website. Generate a shortcode when you need to display a portfolio outside the block editor. How to Use – Quick Start With the block editor: Install and activate Portfolio Block. Open the Block Editor and click the + icon. Search for Portfolio (by bPlugins) and insert the block. Add your portfolio items and customize your layout. Publish your page. With the shortcode: Go to Portfolio Block → Add New Portfolio in the dashboard. Create your portfolio using the block editor and publish it. Copy the shortcode that appears after publishing. Paste it anywhere on your site where you want the portfolio to appear. Have a suggestion or question? 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