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Easy Image Gallery

by DevriX

4.6
(41 ratings)

This plugin allows you to easily create an image gallery on any post, page or custom post type.
Images are can be added and previewed from the metabox. Images can be re-ordered by drag and drop.

About:

There comes a time when you need more flexibility than the standard WP gallery offers, That’s when this plugin steps in.
This plugin’s goal is to make it easy to create a gallery and place it wherever you need.
A perfect example would be to create a product gallery for an ecommerce website and then
have the flexibility to position it where you wanted to match your theme’s design.

Features:

  1. Added the possibility to add two or more different galleries on one page
  2. Drag and drop re-ordering
  3. Add gallery to any post, page or custom post type
  4. If more than one image is added to the gallery, the images become grouped in the lightbox so you can easily view the next one
  5. CSS and JS are only loaded on pages where needed
  6. Images link to larger versions (can be turned off)
  7. Fully Localized (translation ready) with .mo and .po files
  8. Add multiple images to the gallery at once
  9. Uses the thumbnail size specified in Settings -> Media
  10. Custom webfont icon for hover effect

Whats’ New

  1. Added Gutenberg Support
  2. Added New Gallery – Luminous

Usage

Use the shortcode or the function to show the gallery.

Shortcode Usage

Use the following shortcode anywhere in the content area to display the gallery

[easy_image_gallery gallery="XXX"]

Where “XXX” is the ID of the gallery item.

Template Tag Usage

The following template tag is available to display the gallery

if( function_exists( 'easy_image_gallery' ) ) {
    echo easy_image_gallery( "XXX" );
}

Where “XXX” is the ID of the gallery item.

If you use the template tag above, you will need to remove the default content filter:

Developer Friendly

  1. Modify the gallery HTML using filters
  2. Developed with WP Coding Standards
  3. Easily add your preferred lightbox script via hooks and filters
  4. Easily unhook CSS and add your own styling
  5. Pass in a different image size for the thumbnails via filter
  6. Minimalistic markup and styling

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Screenshots

The plugin's simple configuration screen. Any existing custom post types will appear here

The plugin's simple configuration screen. Any existing custom post types will appear here

The plugin's simple metabox that is added to the publish/edit screens

The plugin's simple metabox that is added to the publish/edit screens

You can select multiple images to insert into the gallery

You can select multiple images to insert into the gallery

The plugin's Image Gallery metabox after images have been inserted and the post has been saved

The plugin's Image Gallery metabox after images have been inserted and the post has been saved

The front-end of the website showing the gallery which has been automatically appended to the content

The front-end of the website showing the gallery which has been automatically appended to the content

Clicking on an image launches the lightbox. Here it's shown with prettyPhoto

Clicking on an image launches the lightbox. Here it's shown with prettyPhoto

Plugin Details

Active Installs
4K+
Total Downloads
224,763
Version
1.5.5
Requires WP
3.5
Requires PHP
7.4.0
Tested Up To
6.9.7
Added
2013-06-28
Last Updated
2026-05-29 10:40am GMT

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