Portfolio Filter Gallery – Photo Gallery vs Simple Lightbox for WordPress

Portfolio Filter Gallery is a powerful and easy-to-use photo gallery plugin. It lets you sort images and videos into categories. Users can click buttons to filter and find what they need. Designed for photographers, designers, agencies, and anyone who needs to display their work in an organized, professional way. Whether you are building a photography portfolio, a design showcase, or a simple image gallery, this plugin gives you the tools to present your content beautifully. Live Demos Video Gallery Plugin Features Gallery Demo Buy Portfolio Filter Gallery Pro Documentation and Support Getting Started Guide Community Support Forum Video Tutorials What This Plugin Does The core function of Portfolio Filter Gallery is to let you build galleries where users can click filter buttons to view specific categories of work. Instead of scrolling through an entire page of images, a visitor can select “Web Design” or “Photography” and see only those items. The plugin includes a dedicated page for managing filter categories. You create your filters once, then assign them to individual images or videos as you build your gallery. This separation keeps your workflow clean and organized. Elementor or Gutenberg Includes a dedicated Gutenberg block and Elementor widget with live canvas previews—select your gallery directly from the editor without copying shortcodes. Who This Plugin Is For Photographers who want to display work by genre such as portraits, landscapes, or events Web designers and developers building project showcases for clients Creative agencies presenting work across multiple industries Architects organizing projects by type such as residential, commercial, or renovations Artists grouping pieces by medium, theme, or collection Freelancers who need a professional portfolio on their website Bloggers and businesses that want a simple, clean image gallery Core Features (Free Version) Filterable Gallery Create filter categories through a dedicated management page Assign one or more filters to each image or video Smooth CSS3 filter transitions with no page reloads “All” button to reset and show every item Gallery Layouts Masonry layout that arranges images in a Pinterest-style grid based on their natural dimensions Standard grid layout for a clean, uniform look Choose between 2, 3, or 4 columns Adjustable spacing between gallery items Video Support Embed YouTube videos Embed Vimeo videos Watch videos in Lightbox Customization Show or hide image titles on hover or below the image Image numbering badges to display item order Grayscale hover effect for a polished visual style Custom filter button colors for background, text, and active states Configurable image border width and color Page Builder Integration Native Gutenberg block with live server-side preview Native Elementor widget with real-time rendering in the builder Shortcode support for WPBakery, Divi, Beaver Builder, and any theme Works in widgets and custom HTML blocks Gallery Management Drag-and-drop image reordering Bulk image selection with Shift+Click Individual image editor for titles, descriptions, links, and filters Optimized saving for galleries with hundreds of images Premium Features The premium version adds advanced gallery tools for professional use: Advanced Features URL-based filtering to link directly to a specific category view Set a default filter so the gallery opens with a pre-selected category Multi-select filtering with AND/OR logic for complex category combinations Hierarchical parent-child filter structures Dropdown-style filter menus as an alternative to buttons Live search bar within galleries Layout and Design Six filter button styles: Buttons, Pills, Minimal, Outline, Underline, and Flat Multiple hover effects including Zoom, Fade, Slide Up, and Blur Sidebar layout with filters displayed in a vertical panel Responsive column control with separate settings for desktop, tablet, and mobile Custom thumbnail dimensions Unlimited color schemes for filter buttons Card layout with title below the image Content Features Ascending and descending sort controls Shuffle button for randomized display order Image watermark overlay for copyright protection Pagination and load more for large galleries Lightbox with navigation, captions, and deep linking How to Set Up Your Gallery Go to Portfolio Gallery in your WordPress admin menu and click Filters Add the filter categories you need, such as “Web Design”, “Photography”, or “Branding” Click Add New under Portfolio Gallery to create a new gallery Upload your images, enter titles and descriptions, and assign filters to each item Configure your layout, column count, hover effects, and colors in the gallery settings Publish the gallery and add it to any page using the Gutenberg block, Elementor widget, or shortcode The shortcode format is: [Portfolio_Gallery id=”123″] Replace 123 with the ID shown in your gallery editor. Browser Support Portfolio Filter Gallery is tested and works on all modern browsers: * Google Chrome * Mozilla Firefox * Apple Safari * Microsoft Edge * Opera * Mobile Safari on iOS * Chrome and other browsers on Android Privacy and Security Fully GDPR compliant with no data collection or external requests All assets are served locally from your WordPress installation Code follows WordPress coding standards with proper sanitization and escaping Regular security updates and compatibility testing with new WordPress releases Getting Help WordPress Support Forum Premium Support and Documentation Video Tutorials on YouTube Third-Party Libraries This plugin uses standard WordPress libraries. No external third-party libraries are bundled.

** !!! Upgrade only if your server uses PHP 8.0++. Do NOT upgrade if it still uses PHP 7.4. !!! ** Provides an easy was to add a Lightbox to Images in Gutenberg image, gallery and Media-with-Text-Blocks. Additionally to Youtube and HTML5 Videos but no other videos. Other video types like VideoPress, Vimeo etc. are currently NOT supported. The Javascript library fslightbox.js is used for that. You even may use the paid version of fslightbox.js. Plugin settings are provided by a JSON-file that may be easily changed and backed-up manually (automatically after V2.0.0). NEW: Added support for the complete HTML-code to the post, page etc. in-between body tags and not only the content. This is an Opt-in. See example settings file in ./settings/plugin-settings-body.json. The support for HTML5-Videos and Youtube-Videos will add a small red button on the top left of the embedded Youtube-Video which opens the lightbox with that video. YT-Videos could be disabled by deleting the line "wp-block-embed-youtube" in the file plugin-settings.json. If you do so please delete the comma at the end of the line before, too! See live example here: https://www.berg-reise-foto.de/software-wordpress-lightroom-plugins/wordpress-plugins-fotos-und-karten/ The support for Youtube-Videos is working with the given functionality and extended to stop running videos onOpen and for the paid version to stop running videos on slideChange. Plugin uses Following libraries and WP-Plugins were used to create this plugin: fslightbox.js HTML5DOMDocument by ivopetkov Lightbox Gallery by Kodefix