For this post, which follows on from my previous blog post “Building My “Boxed” Demo Site – Part 1“, I experimented with a few different gallery and slideshow plugins:
- FooGallery
- GT3 Photo Gallery
- Smart Slider 3
- The Advanced Gallery block from the Kadence Blocks plugin.
FooGallery has been a favourite of mine for some time and, when I started this exercise, I expected to find that it was the plugin I would be most likely to recommend. However, having played with the alternatives listed above, I feel that if you just need a simple gallery, then you may prefer GT3 or Kadence Blocks.
Adding Image Galleries with the FooGallery Plugin
I wanted the homepage of my “Boxed” demo website to consist of a grid of images, each of which was linked to one of the gallery pages that I had created earlier. I used the free FooGallery plugin to make a gallery containing these images, and chose to use a Masonry Image Gallery with the following settings:
- Thumb width = 200
- Masonry Layout = 3 columns
- Gutter Size = Normal
- Thumbnail Link = Custom URL
Read moreBuilding My “Boxed” Demo Site – Part 2 Photo Galleries and Slideshow