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AT Gallery is a simple and easy-to-use gallery plugin for WordPress that allows you to add bulk images to a gallery, display galleries with a shortcode, and show images in a lightbox on the frontend.
Key Features: 
– Create galleries using a custom post type. 
– Bulk image upload support. 
– Manage gallery images in the admin panel with options to remove individual images. 
– Display galleries using a simple shortcode <code>[atga id="gallery_id"]</code>. 
– Images open in a lightbox for a smooth user experience. 
– Easy to use with a minimal configuration.
<h3>Usage</h3>
Once activated, you can create galleries by going to the AT Galleries menu item in your WordPress admin. Here’s how to use the plugin:
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Add a new gallery:
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<li>Go to AT Galleries > Add New.</li>
<li>Add a title and select the images you want to add to the gallery.</li>
<li>You can add images using the Select Images button, and you will see them listed with a remove button if you wish to delete individual images.</li>
<li>The gallery shortcode will be displayed at the top of the editor. Copy the shortcode and paste it into any page, post, or widget.</li>
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Display the gallery on the frontend:
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<li>Use the shortcode <code>[atga id="gallery_id"]</code> where <code>GALLERY_ID</code> is the ID of the gallery you want to display. You can find the gallery ID in the URL when editing a gallery.</li>
</ul>
Example shortcode: 
 `[atga id=”gallery_id”]“`
This will display the gallery with the specified ID.
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Images open in a lightbox:
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<li>The gallery images will automatically open in a lightbox when clicked, providing a smooth user experience for your visitors.</li>
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<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
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<li>The gallery images are stored as post meta under the key <code>_at_gallery_images</code>.</li>
<li>You can use <code>wp_get_attachment_image()</code> to display images in the gallery or customize the output to fit your theme’s needs.</li>
<li>The plugin is fully extendable. You can modify the display template by overriding the template in your theme if needed.</li>
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<h3>License</h3>
This plugin is licensed under the GPL-2.0-or-later license. You are free to modify and redistribute it as long as you adhere to the terms of the license.

AT Gallery

A flexible WordPress gallery plugin to create galleries, upload bulk images, display them with shortcodes, and view in a lightbox.

ulfben

Erick Danzer

LightPress

LightPress Lightbox is a popular, very lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. It is active 40,000 websites. After activation, settings will appear under ‘Lightbox’ on your website’s main admin menu, and images and galleries will open in a nice lightbox.
To make images open in the lightbox, you need to set images to “Link To:” media file. For image blocks, this setting is on the toolbar at the top of the block. For galleries, this setting is on the sidebar by other block options.
LIGHTBOX DEMOS
<a href="https://lightpress.io/free-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">Free Lightbox Demo</a> 
<a href="https://lightpress.io/pro-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro Lightbox Demo – Light Theme</a> 
<a href="https://lightpress.io/pro-lightbox-dark/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro Lightbox Demo – Dark Theme</a>
FREE LIGHTBOX FEATURES 
– Automatic detection of images and galleries 
– Customize colors of lightbox and navigation 
– Classic and modern navigation styles 
– Option to show info bar 
– Option to show title or alt text 
– Option to show download button 
– Slideshow options 
– Keyboard navigation 
– And more!
Links: 
-> <a href="https://lightpress.io/free-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">Demos</a> 
-> <a href="https://lightpress.io/free-lightbox-documentation/" rel="nofollow ugc">Docs</a> 
-> <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-jquery-lightbox/" rel="ugc">Free Support</a>
PRO LIGHTBOX FEATURES
LightPress Pro is a premium extension for this lightbox plugin that offers: 
– Priority support via email directly from devs 
– Powerful, Modern Pro Lighbox 
– Beautiful, modern full-browser and full-screen ligthbox 
– Dozens of customizations options 
– Thumbnails within the lightbox 
– Toolbar with controls for thumbnails, zoom, slideshow, and more 
– Open videos (Youtube, Vimeo, self-hosted) 
– Opens PDF files 
– Opens content from external web pages 
– Create easy modals and popup boxes 
– Open image maps 
– Flawless on mobile devices 
– Hyper fast performance
-> <a href="https://lightpress.io/pro-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">VIEW PRO LIGHTBOX DEMOS</a> 
-> <a href="https://lightpress.io/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">GET PRO SUPPORT</a>
Background and Thanks
Special thanks to <a href="http://www.ulfbenjaminsson.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Ulf Benjaminsson</a>, who created the original WP JQuery Lightbox plugin and maintained it for many years.
<h3>Additional Info</h3>
Copyright (C) 2010-2023 Ulf Benjaminsson. 
Copyright (C) 2023-Present LightPress LLC.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or 
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

LightPress Lightbox

Simple, lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. Formerly the WP JQuery Lightbox.

AT Gallery vs LightPress Lightbox