vjalby

This plugin creates picture galleries from a folder. 
The pictures folder must be uploaded (using FTP) somewhere on the server (e.g. wp-content/upload). It must be writable (chmod 777).
Folder Gallery Plugin does not include any lightbox JS engine anymore. You have to install one or use a compatible lightbox plugin. See FAQ.
To include a gallery in a post or a page, you have to use the following shortcode :
<pre><code>[foldergallery folder="local_path_to_folder" title="Gallery title"]
</code></pre>
For each gallery, a subfolder cache_[width]x[height] is created inside the pictures folder when the page is accessed for the first time.
An Options page allow to set the default paramaters of the galleries :
<ul>
<li>Lightbox JS Engine: Lightbox 2 (if installed), Fancybox 2 (if installed), Fancybox 3 (if installed), Lightview 3 (if installed), Easy Fancybox Plugin (if available), Responsive Lightbox Plugin (if available) or none (default)</li>
<li>Display Thumbnails (thumbnails): all = standard Gallery, single = displays a single thumbnail linked to the lightbox gallery, none = displays a link to the lightbox gallery</li>
<li>Sort pictures by (sort) : pictures are sorted by filename (filename) or in reverse order (filename_desc) or by modification date (date or date_desc) or randomly (random)</li>
<li>Number of images per row (columns)</li>
<li>Thumbnails width and height (width & height)</li>
<li>Picture border (border)</li>
<li>Padding and Margin (padding & margin)</li>
<li>Caption Format (caption): default (title + picture number), filename, filenamewithoutextension, smartfilename (filename with underscores and front numbers removed), modificationdate, modificationdateandtime, modificationdater (RFC 2822), modificationdatec (ISO 8601), none</li>
<li>Show Thumbnail Captions (show_thumbnail_captions): yes (true) or no (false). Display (or not) the caption under the picture thumbnail.</li>
<li>Fancybox 2 Caption Style: Inside, Outside, Over, Float, None. Available with Fancybox 2 engine only (if installed).</li>
<li>Fancybox 2 Transition: Elastic, Fade. Available with Fancybox 2 engine only (if installed).</li>
<li>Fancybox 2 Autoplay Speed: Slideshow speed in seconds. 0 to turn autoplay off. Available with Fancybox 2 engine only (if installed).</li>
<li>Fancybox 3 Options : Loop, Toolbar, Infobar, Arrows, Fullscreen, Slideshow, Slideshow speed. Available with Fancybox 3 engine only (if installed).</li>
<li>Misc settings – Permissions: force 777 permissions on cache folder. Leave it uncheck unless you really know what you do!</li>
<li>Misc settings – Orientation: Correct picture orientation according to EXIF tag. Rotated pictures will be overwritten. (Require EXIF library in PHP.) Delete the cache folder to apply to existing galleries.</li>
</ul>
Most of theses settings can be overridden using the corresponding shortcode :
<pre><code>[foldergallery folder="path" title="title" columns=1 width=150 
 height=90 border=1 padding=2 margin=10 thumbnails=single]
</code></pre>
Sample, contact available at http://jalby.org/wordpress/

Folder Gallery

This plugin generates picture galleries from a folder using a shortcode.

Vilyon

Gallery Factory Lite is a WordPress plugin for managing image collections, creating albums and presenting them to the website visitors in modern, responsive and attractive way.
The main feature of the plugin is Gallery Manager, the ajax-driven interface which keeps almost everything that you need to work with your WordPress image gallery in one place. It allows to organise albums in multi-level folder structure using simple and intuitive UI, like in your favourite file manager.
The plugin offers three layouts to choose from: Grid, Metro, and Masonry. All three layout types can be edited using WYSIWYG layout editor.
This is the Lite version of the full-featured premium Gallery Factory plugin, which is available at <a href="http://codecanyon.net/item/gallery-factory/11219294" rel="nofollow ugc">CodeCanyon</a>. Lite version is 100% forward-compatible with the premium version, so you can upgrade at any time.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Tree-like albums structure allowing albums to be grouped in folders and subfolders (Lite version is limited to 3 levels of this hierarchy)*</li>
<li>Dedicated file upload location (keeps Gallery Factory uploads separate from the WP Media files)</li>
<li>Responsive Grid layout</li>
<li>3 layout types , including the Metro layout with the unmatched customizing possibilities.</li>
<li>WYSIWYG layout editor</li>
<li>Importing of image EXIF metadata on upload</li>
<li>Custom image thumbnail cropping</li>
<li>Easy image import from WP Media and migration from NextGen Gallery</li>
<li>Modern, fast & responsive</li>
<li>Localization-ready (English, German and Russian languages included)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Premium version</h4>
If you enjoy the Lite version of Gallery Factory, you’ll love the premium one. Additionally it offers:
<ul>
<li>Folder shortcode: the shortcode that displays a Gallery Factory folder on a page, providing navigation to its child folders and albums. With this shortcode you’ll never need to get back to the page to update your multi-album portfolio;</li>
<li>Gallery pagination with 4 pagination types (page numbers, bullets, “load more” button and load on scroll);</li>
<li>Adjustable column count for mobile gallery display;</li>
<li>Lazy loading for thumbnails (loads thumbnails only when they’re needed, speeding up the initial page load);</li>
<li>Custom click behavior for thumbnails (redirect to a given URL or open it in a new window);</li>
<li>Yoast SEO integration: all images within Gallery Factory shortcode are included in the XML sitemap;</li>
<li>Custom thumbnail compression ratio</li>
<li>Layout defaults: enable you to set the default layout options for the newly created albums;</li>
</ul>

Gallery Factory Lite

Great tool for managing large image collections with user-friendly gallery manager interface and visual layout…

Folder Gallery vs Gallery Factory Lite