Edel Hearts

Edel Photo Gallery is a simple yet powerful photo gallery plugin tailored for creating stunning visual presentations on your WordPress site. 
It features a full-screen lightbox, responsive grid layouts, and an intuitive admin interface to manage multiple gallery groups easily.
<h3>Features</h3>
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<li>Responsive CSS Grid layouts: Beautiful image grids from 1 to 6 columns.</li>
<li>Flexible image aspect ratios: Choose between Square, Landscape, Portrait, and Widescreen layouts.</li>
<li>Full-screen Lightbox: Click any image to view it in full screen, complete with smooth mouse-scroll zoom and keyboard navigation.</li>
<li>Global settings: Configure visual styles (gaps, frames, shadows) and titles across all galleries.</li>
<li>Individual gallery overrides: Easily override global settings for specific blocks by using shortcode attributes.</li>
<li>Internationalization (i18n): Fully translatable with native .po/.mo support.</li>
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Edel Photo Gallery

Responsive photo gallery plugin with a full-screen zooming lightbox. Easily manage image groups and customize layouts with shortcodes.

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FolioBlocks

Michael

FolioBlocks is a modern gallery and portfolio plugin built specifically for the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) and Full Site Editor. Designed for photographers, designers, artists, and creative professionals, FolioBlocks makes it easy to create beautiful, fully responsive image galleries, video galleries, and before-and-after comparison blocks—all without shortcodes or external gallery systems.
Build professional galleries directly inside Gutenberg using flexible layouts including Grid, Justified, Masonry, Modular, Carousel, and Video Gallery blocks. Every block is performance-focused, mobile-friendly, and optimized for real portfolio use cases. FolioBlocks brings powerful visual tools into the native editor so you can work quickly and maintain full creative control.
Included blocks: 
* Background Video Block – Add an autoplaying, responsive background video with overlay content on top 
* Before & After Block – Compare two images with an interactive slider 
* Loupe Block – Highlight fine details with an elegant magnifying zoom effect 
* Carousel Gallery Block – Smooth, swipe-friendly horizontal image slider 
* Filmstrip Gallery Block – Scroll through large images with thumbnail navigation below 
* Grid Gallery Block – Classic evenly-spaced grid layout 
* Image Block – Display a single image with lightbox, hover overlay, optional downloads, and WooCommerce linking 
* Justified Gallery Block – Professional row-based gallery with balanced heights 
* Masonry Gallery Block – Pinterest-style vertical gallery layout 
* Modular Gallery Block (Pro Only) – Build custom, magazine-style image layouts 
* Video Block – Display a single video with custom thumbnail, lightbox playback, captions, and optional WooCommerce linking 
* Video Gallery Block – Showcase YouTube, Vimeo, or self-hosted videos
Gallery Features – All gallery blocks include: 
* Fully responsive layouts for desktop, tablet, and mobile 
* Built-in Lightbox 
* Caption support and accessibility-friendly interactions 
* Drag-and-drop image ordering 
* 100% native Gutenberg block editing (no shortcodes, no separate gallery manager) 
* Block Transforms covert galleires in one click (Grid, Justified, or Masonry and Carousel or Filmstrip)
Advanced Features (Pro) – Unlock advanced tools designed for photography websites, creative portfolios, and WooCommerce-powered shops: 
* Block Transforms convert galleries in one click 
* Gallery Image Filtering 
* WooCommerce Product Integration 
* Download Full-Resolution Images 
* Randomize Image Order 
* Disable Right-Click / Content Protection 
* Lazy Load Images for faster performance 
* Hover Effects and Image Overlays 
* Advanced Gallery Styling Controls (borders, shadows, radius, etc.)
Why FolioBlocks?
FolioBlocks is built for users who want fast, native, block-based galleries without the complexity of third-party gallery builders or shortcode-based plugins. If you want a clean, modern way to display photography, client work, products, portfolios, or case studies—FolioBlocks gives you those tools directly inside the editor.
<h3>Source Code</h3>
Public repository: 
https://github.com/folioblocks/folioblocks


Gallery plugins historically have been annoying for me to use, and block-based ones, especially so. But FolioBlocks was fun to use. I love that so many different types of galleries can be chosen (masonry, grid, etc), it has the option to use its built-in lightbox, and just the simplicity of it all was sweet. And responsive on top of it! I'm definitely a fan now.


Easy to use with good number of features

Create fast, responsive photo and video galleries with grid, masonry, justified, modular, and carousel layouts—ideal for photographers and creatives.

Edel Photo Gallery vs FolioBlocks