Dougal Campbell

<p>FancyBox Gallery integrates the FancyBox jQuery plugin into the WordPress<br />
gallery functionality. Simply use the gallery shortcode to display<br />
thumbnails in your posts with the option to link directly to the images (not<br />
the attachment template), and the plugin handles the rest. You get nice<br />
popups for the larger sized images, scaled to fit in the browser window,<br />
with a nice overlay effect.</p>
<h4>Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatically scales large images to fit in window</li>
<li>Adds a nice drop shadow under the zoomed item</li>
<li>Groups related items and adds navigation through them (uses preloading)</li>
</ul>
<p>FancyBox jQuery features, not yet implemented in the WordPress plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li>Can display images, inline and iframed content</li>
<li>Customizable through settings and CSS</li>
</ul>
<h3>ToDo</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add a settings screen. Allow control of FancyBox display options.</li>
<li>Let user set their own CSS selector, instead of assuming the standard<br />
WordPress shortcode.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>The FancyBox jQuery plugin is by Janis Skarnelis, and can be found here:</p>
<p>http://fancy.klade.lv/</p>


FancyBox Gallery

Integrates the FancyBox jQuery plugin to generate dynamic pop-up image overlays for WordPress galleries.

redpixelstudios

<p>RPS Image Gallery enhances the core WordPress gallery function by dynamically adjusting the column count based on viewport width and enabling an image in the gallery to either invoke a slideshow or link to another page, post or any URL. The link and link target are specified in the image’s Edit Media screen using the Gallery Link URL and Gallery Link Target fields. When an image having a Gallery Link URL is clicked, the user will be directed to that location. Images linking elsewhere are automatically excluded from the slideshow – clicking the image will not invoke the slideshow but will call the specified Gallery Link URL.</p>
<p>In addition, RPS Image Gallery combines attachments from multiple posts or pages into a single gallery, enables the use of paging – useful for galleries with a large number of images, and provides the ability to link a gallery image to the post to which it is attached.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><em>Uses Masonry script for galleries displaying images with various aspect ratios.</em></li>
<li><em>Ability to use installed theme gallery styles while leveraging slideshow capabilities.</em></li>
<li><em>Option to dynamically adjust the number of gallery columns based on viewport width.</em></li>
<li><em>Uses fancyBox or fancyBox2 for slideshow display.</em></li>
<li><em>Autoplays fancyBox or fancyBox2 slideshows.</em></li>
<li><em>Uses thumbnail helpers for fancyBox2 slideshows.</em></li>
<li><em>Uses paging for galleries and ability to specify the number of images per page.</em></li>
<li><em>Uses HTML5 or legacy output for the gallery.</em></li>
<li><em>Supports HTML in the slideshow caption.</em></li>
<li><em>Add Facebook and Pinterest buttons to the gallery view.</em></li>
<li><em>Compatibility settings allowing bundled scripts and styles to be disabled, and unique ‘rps-gallery’ shortcode to be used.</em></li>
<li>Clicking gallery images will invoke a slideshow or link to a specified URL, file or <strong>parent post</strong>.</li>
<li>Set the target for the image link.</li>
<li>Supports gallery shortcode defaults which can be overridden for each shortcode instance.</li>
<li>Combines and sorts attachments from multiple posts into a single gallery.</li>
<li>Supports multiple galleries appearing on a single page.</li>
<li>Displays a “download” link/button on the slideshow. (fancyBox2)</li>
<li>Displays the image title and caption/description in the gallery view.</li>
<li>Leverages the standard gallery editor interface to specify custom sort order.</li>
<li><strong>Displays EXIF data in the gallery and/or slideshow.</strong></li>
<li>Displays gallery thumbnails as background images (legacy format only) or standard images.</li>
<li>Hides attachments of trashed or future posts in galleries combined using post ids.</li>
<li>Overrides the default <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Gallery_Shortcode" title="Gallery Shortcode" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Gallery</a> shortcode or uses the one provided with the plugin.</li>
<li>Offers compatibility settings to ensure excellent coexistence with a wide variety of themes and plugins.</li>
<li>Loads required scripts only when the shortcode is invoked.<br />
What follows is a comprehensive list of attributes for the gallery shortcode when RPS Image Gallery is active.</li>
</ul>
<h4>id</h4>
<p>The post IDs containing a gallery to include.</p>
<ul>
<li>” – single post ID or comma separated list of post IDs (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>ids</h4>
<p>The image IDs to display in the gallery.</p>
<ul>
<li>” – single image ID or comma separated list of image IDs (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>container</h4>
<p>The container for the gallery.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘div’ (default)</li>
<li>‘span’</li>
</ul>
<h4>columns</h4>
<p>How many columns to use for the gallery view.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘3’ – range is 1 to 9 (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>responsive_columns</h4>
<p>Determines whether the number of columns should respond to the viewport width.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’</li>
<li>‘false’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>page_size</h4>
<p>Determines how many images show at a time. Includes paging navigation. Not compatible with Masonry.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘0’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>align</h4>
<p>Affects the heading(title), caption and the last row of images when there are fewer images in the row than number of columns.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘left’ (default)</li>
<li>‘center’</li>
<li>‘right’</li>
</ul>
<h4>size</h4>
<p>The size of the image that should be displayed in the gallery view. It can be any of the standard image sizes including any registered by the theme.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘thumbnail’ (default)</li>
<li>‘medium’</li>
<li>‘large’</li>
<li>‘full’</li>
</ul>
<h4>constrain</h4>
<p>Specify if the image dimensions should be constrained by width only or both width and height. Only available with specific themes or when the theme is set to “none”.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘none’ (default)</li>
<li>‘media’</li>
<li>‘plugin’</li>
</ul>
<h4>constrain_size</h4>
<p>Only available if the constrain value is set to ‘media’. Allows the use of the Thumbnail, Medium or Large image dimensions as specified in Media Settings.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘thumbnail’ (default)</li>
<li>‘medium’</li>
<li>‘large’</li>
</ul>
<h4>constrain_width</h4>
<p>Only available if the constrain value is set to ‘plugin’. Allows the constrain width to be specified by the plugin.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘150’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>constrain_height</h4>
<p>Only available if the constrain value is set to ‘plugin’. Allows the constrain height to be specified by the plugin.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘150’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>size_large</h4>
<p>The size of the image that should be displayed in the slideshow view. It can be any of the standard image sizes including any registered by the theme.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘thumbnail’</li>
<li>‘medium’</li>
<li>‘large’ (default)</li>
<li>‘full’</li>
<li>‘custom-size’ (registered image sizes)</li>
</ul>
<h4>orderby</h4>
<p>How to sort the images. It is ignored if a list of image IDs is included in the shortcode.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘menu_order’ (default)</li>
<li>‘title’</li>
<li>‘post_date’</li>
<li>‘rand’</li>
<li>‘ID’</li>
<li>‘post__in’</li>
</ul>
<h4>order</h4>
<p>How to order the images. It is ignored if a list of image IDs is included in the shortcode.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘ASC’ (default)</li>
<li>‘DESC’</li>
</ul>
<h4>heading</h4>
<p>Display the image title in the gallery and slideshow views.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’</li>
<li>‘false’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>headingtag</h4>
<p>The tag that should be used to wrap the image heading (title).</p>
<ul>
<li>‘h1’</li>
<li>‘h2’ (default)</li>
<li>‘h3’</li>
<li>‘h4’</li>
<li>‘h5’</li>
<li>‘h6’</li>
</ul>
<h4>heading_align</h4>
<p>Specify alignment of the heading text presented in the gallery grid.</p>
<h4>caption</h4>
<p>Display the image caption or description under the images in the gallery grid view.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’</li>
<li>‘false’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>caption_auto_format</h4>
<p>Automatically insert break and paragraph tags into caption.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’</li>
<li>‘false’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>caption_source</h4>
<p>Define where the text presented as the caption should be sourced.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘caption’ (default)</li>
<li>‘description’</li>
</ul>
<h4>caption_align</h4>
<p>Specify alignment of the caption text presented in the gallery grid.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘left’ (default)</li>
<li>‘center’</li>
<li>‘right’</li>
</ul>
<h4>link</h4>
<p>Where to get the URL to direct a user when clicking/tapping an image. Only has an effect if Slideshow is set to false and the Gallery Link URL is empty.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘permalink’ (default)</li>
<li>‘file’</li>
<li>‘parent_post’</li>
<li>‘none’</li>
</ul>
<h4>html_format</h4>
<p>Which HTML structure to use to output the gallery.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘default’ (default)</li>
<li>‘html5’</li>
</ul>
<h4>theme</h4>
<p>Which theme to use to style the HTML output.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘default’ (default)</li>
<li>‘none’</li>
</ul>
<h4>masonry</h4>
<p>Whether to use the Masonry script cascading grid layout library for the gallery.</p>
<ul>
<li>true</li>
<li>false (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>slideshow</h4>
<p>Invoke the slideshow (fancyBox) viewer when an image without a Gallery Link URL value is clicked.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’ (default)</li>
<li>‘false’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_version</h4>
<p>Which version of fancyBox to use.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘1’ (default)</li>
<li>‘2’</li>
</ul>
<h4>autoplay</h4>
<p>Specify whether the slideshow should automatically cycle through the images or not.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’ (default)</li>
<li>‘false’</li>
</ul>
<h4>background_thumbnails</h4>
<p>Display the gallery thumbnail images as backgrounds or standard images.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’</li>
<li>‘false’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>exif</h4>
<p>(since 1.2.24)<br />
Show the EXIF image data.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’</li>
<li>‘false’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>exif_locations</h4>
<p>Where to show the EXIF data associated with the image.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘gallery’</li>
<li>‘slideshow’ (default)</li>
<li>‘both’</li>
</ul>
<h4>exif_fields</h4>
<p>What EXIF fields to display and in what order.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘camera,aperture,focal_length,iso,shutter_speed,title,caption,credit,copyright,created_timestamp’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>include</h4>
<p>Comma separated attachment IDs to display. Cannot be used with exclude.</p>
<ul>
<li>” (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>exclude</h4>
<p>Comma separated attachment IDs to display. Cannot be used with include.</p>
<ul>
<li>” (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>group_name</h4>
<p>The class of the gallery group which determines what images belong to the gallery slideshow.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘rps-image-group’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>alt_caption_fallback</h4>
<p>Use the ALT value as a fallback in case the Caption field is empty.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’ (default)</li>
<li>‘false’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_title_show</h4>
<p>Show the title area in the slideshow view including the image heading, caption or description, and EXIF data.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’ (default)</li>
<li>‘false’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_heading</h4>
<p>Show the image heading within the title area of the slideshow.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’ (default)</li>
<li>‘false’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_caption</h4>
<p>Show the image caption within the title area of the slideshow.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’ (default)</li>
<li>‘false’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_title_position</h4>
<p>The position of the title area in relation to the image in the slideshow.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘over’ (default)</li>
<li>‘outside’</li>
<li>‘inside’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_title_align</h4>
<p>The alignment of the text in the slideshow title.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘none’ (default)</li>
<li>‘left’</li>
<li>‘center’</li>
<li>‘right’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_show_close_button</h4>
<p>Show the close button in the upper-right corner of the slideshow (clicking outside the slideshow always closes it).</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’ (default)</li>
<li>‘false’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_transition_in</h4>
<p>The effect that should be used when the slideshow is opened.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘none’ (default)</li>
<li>‘elastic’</li>
<li>‘fade’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_transition_out</h4>
<p>The effect that should be used when the slideshow is closed.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘none’ (default)</li>
<li>‘elastic’</li>
<li>‘fade’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_speed_in</h4>
<p>Time in milliseconds of the fade and transition when the slideshow is opened.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘300’ – minimum of 100 and maximum of 1000 (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_speed_out</h4>
<p>Time in milliseconds of the fade and transition when the slideshow is closed.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘300’ – minimum of 100 and maximum of 1000 (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_title_counter_show</h4>
<p>Display the image counter in the slideshow (i.e. “Image 1/10).</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’ (default)</li>
<li>‘false’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_cyclic</h4>
<p>Make the slideshow start from the beginning once the end is reached.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’ (default)</li>
<li>‘false’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_center_on_scroll</h4>
<p>Center the image on the screen while scrolling the page.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’ (default)</li>
<li>‘false’</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_padding</h4>
<p>Space between FancyBox wrapper and content.</p>
<ul>
<li>’10’ – minimum of 0px and maximum of 100px (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_margin</h4>
<p>Space between viewport and FancyBox wrapper.</p>
<ul>
<li>’20’ – minimum of 0px and maximum of 100px (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_overlay_opacity</h4>
<p>Opacity of the overlay appearing behind the slideshow and on top of the page.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘0.3’ – minimum of 0 and maximum of 1 (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_overlay_color</h4>
<p>Color of the overlay appearing behind the slideshow and on top of the page.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘#666’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_helper_thumbs</h4>
<p>Display helper thumbnails appearing below the slideshow in fancyBox2.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’</li>
<li>‘false’ (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_helper_thumbs_width</h4>
<p>The width of the helper thumbnails appearing below the slideshow in fancyBox2.</p>
<ul>
<li>50 (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>fb_helper_thumbs_height</h4>
<p>The height of the helper thumbnails appearing below the slideshow in fancyBox2.</p>
<ul>
<li>50 (default)</li>
</ul>
<h4>native</h4>
<p>Set to true if it is preferred the native WordPress gallery output is used.</p>
<ul>
<li>‘true’</li>
<li>‘false’ (default)</li>
</ul>


RPS Image Gallery

RPS Image Gallery takes over where the WordPress gallery leaves off by adding responsive galleries, slideshow and advanced linking capabilities.

FancyBox Gallery vs RPS Image Gallery