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GALLERY LAYOUTS FOR WORDPRESS

The Ultimate Gallery Layouts to Showcase Your Work

Choose from 20+ gallery and album layouts, from Mosaic and Masonry to Slideshow and Filmstrip. Customize each one to match your style, with no coding needed.

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Over 20 Layouts

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Advanced Lightbox

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Mobile Friendly

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eCommerce

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Social Sharing

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Albums

Finally, Gallery Layouts for WordPress That Are Both Easy and Powerful

Imagely makes it simple to show your photos like a pro. Here's what makes it the best plugin for beautiful, fast galleries.

Masonry Gallery

Show every photo at its original proportions in a Pinterest-style layout, perfect for portfolios that mix portrait and landscape shots.

Thumbnail Grid

A clean grid with full control over the columns, spacing, borders and thumbnail size.

ImageBrowser Gallery

Show one large image at a time, with simple back and next navigation that works on any device.

Slideshow and Filmstrip

Play your photos as a slideshow or a filmstrip, with your choice of transition, speed and playback controls.

Albums

Group galleries into albums with cover photos and breadcrumbs, so visitors can explore your collections by theme.

Frontend Search

Let visitors search your images and narrow the results with tag filters, perfect for large photo libraries.

Flexible Upload Options

Upload images one by one, in bulk, as ZIP files or whole folders, or pull them from your WordPress Media Library.

Lazy Loading

Turn on lazy loading in Mosaic galleries and photos load as visitors scroll, so long galleries open fast.

Hover Captions

Show titles, descriptions and share buttons when visitors hover over a photo, with a smooth slide-up effect.

Top 5 Reasons Why 400K+ Users Love Imagely for Gallery Layouts

Here are just a few reasons why photographers, artists and creators trust Imagely to show their work.

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20+ Gallery Layouts to Highlight Your Work

Your photos deserve a gallery that fits them. Pick from 20+ gallery and album layouts, including Mosaic, Masonry, Tile, Thumbnail Grid, Slideshow and Sidescroll.

Whether you like a classic, clean grid or something more dynamic, you'll find the right fit, with no coding needed.

Customize Every Detail to Match Your Style

Set the columns, spacing, borders and thumbnail size, add captions that appear on hover, and choose how your slideshows move and how fast.

Each gallery you add to a page can have its own layout and settings, so a wedding and a landscape series never have to look the same.

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Organize Your Work Into Beautiful Albums

Managing a growing portfolio? Group galleries into albums with the Compact, Extended, Grid or List Album layouts, each with cover photos and breadcrumbs.

Perfect for wedding photographers, event pros or anyone with lots of shoots. Add frontend search and visitors can find any photo in seconds.

The Right Layout for Every Shoot

Masonry keeps every portrait and landscape uncropped, Mosaic fills each row edge to edge for a wedding story, and Slideshow or Filmstrip turns a series into something to sit back and watch.

Need detail? ImageBrowser shows one large photo at a time. Mix them across your site, so every gallery looks like it was designed for that shoot.

Three galleries matched to their shoot: portraits in a Masonry layout, a wedding in a Mosaic layout and a travel series as a Slideshow
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Fully Responsive Layouts for Any Device

Your visitors browse on phones, tablets and desktops, and your galleries adapt to every screen size, so your photos always fit and are easy to navigate.

In the lightbox, visitors on touch screens just swipe from one photo to the next.

Gallery Layouts for WordPress: Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have questions about Imagely? See the list below for our most frequently asked questions. If your question is not listed here, please contact us.

Is WordPress good for photographers?

Yes. WordPress is one of the best platforms for photographers. It's flexible, easy to use and works with plugins like Imagely, built for showing photography, with layouts, eCommerce and mobile-ready galleries.


How do I make a photo gallery in WordPress?

The easiest way is with a plugin like Imagely. Install it, upload your images, pick one of the 20+ layouts and add the gallery to any post or page, with no coding needed.


How do I make a photography portfolio in WordPress?

Use Imagely to organize your images into galleries and albums, then show them in clean, modern layouts. You can create a separate gallery for each shoot or client, no developer required.


Can I customize my gallery layout in WordPress?

Yes. Pick a layout like Masonry, Mosaic, Filmstrip or Blog Style, then adjust the spacing, image sizes, captions and slideshow transitions, all without touching a line of code.


Can I add a search bar to help visitors find specific images?

Yes. Imagely's frontend search finds images by their alt text, descriptions and tags, and tag filters narrow the results, which is perfect for large galleries and portfolios.


What is the best photo gallery plugin for WordPress?

Imagely is one of the top-rated gallery plugins for WordPress. It offers 20+ layouts, full customization and mobile-friendly galleries, plus eCommerce, client proofing, watermarks and a fullscreen lightbox.


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