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Easy Image Gallery

Easily create an image gallery on your posts, pages or any custom post type

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.5.7
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.7 · PHP 7.4.0
Directory statusactive
Last directory update25 Oct 20268d ago
Active installations4K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.6 / 5 from 41 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Easy Image Gallery version 1.5.7 as active, updated 8d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

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:

  • Added the possibility to add two or more different galleries on one page
  • Drag and drop re-ordering
  • Add gallery to any post, page or custom post type
  • 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
  • CSS and JS are only loaded on pages where needed
  • Images link to larger versions (can be turned off)
  • Fully Localized (translation ready) with.mo and.po files
  • Add multiple images to the gallery at once
  • Uses the thumbnail size specified in Settings -> Media
  • Custom webfont icon for hover effect

Whats’ New

  • Added Gutenberg Support
  • 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

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

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WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • image gallery
  • photo gallery
  • images
  • lightbox
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.7 · PHP 7.4.0
Update activity25 Oct 20268d ago

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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version1.5.61.5.7
Version1.5.51.5.6
WordPress compatibility6.9.77.1.3
WordPress requirement3.55.7
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