Freemius

FolioBlocks

Michael

FolioBlocks is a native WordPress gallery plugin for building responsive image galleries, video galleries, portfolio layouts, and comparison blocks directly in the Block Editor. It is designed for photographers, designers, artists, agencies, creative businesses, and WooCommerce stores that need flexible visual layouts without shortcodes or external gallery managers.
Create Grid, Masonry, Justified, Carousel, Filmstrip, Modular, and Video galleries using familiar Gutenberg controls. FolioBlocks keeps your workflow inside WordPress while giving you tools for lightboxes, hover overlays, gallery filtering, image downloads, WooCommerce product links, EXIF display, and content protection.
The free version includes the core gallery and media blocks. FolioBlocks Pro unlocks advanced creative and commerce features, including Modular Gallery, gallery filtering, WooCommerce integration, image downloads, lazy loading, advanced styling controls, Pro List View thumbnails, and more.
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
Core gallery features include: 
* Fully responsive layouts for desktop, tablet, and mobile 
* Built-in lightbox support 
* Caption support and accessibility-friendly interactions 
* Drag-and-drop image ordering 
* 100% native Gutenberg block editing (no shortcodes, no separate gallery manager) 
* Block transforms to convert galleries in one click 
* WordPress 7.0 List View inspector support for gallery children
Pro features include: 
* Custom image click actions for media files, custom URLs, Page/Post links, downloads, lightbox, and WooCommerce products 
* Gallery image filtering with per-image category assignment 
* WooCommerce product integration for images and videos 
* Download full-resolution images 
* Randomize image order 
* Disable right-click / content protection 
* Lazy load images for faster performance 
* Hover effects, image overlays, and overlay content controls 
* EXIF metadata display in lightboxes and hover overlays 
* Pro List View thumbnails for easier gallery reordering 
* Advanced gallery styling controls for borders, shadows, radius, filter bars, icons, and overlays
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 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.

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FARAZFRANK

A WP Life

An easy-to-use album gallery for Photo & Video display. Includes clean grid layouts, local lightboxes, and custom hover effects.
<h3>Description: Best Album Gallery for Photo & Video</h3>
Need a clean way to show your media? Our album gallery for Photo & Video makes it simple.
You can group your images into organized collections. Visitors can browse your grid easily. When they click a cover, a beautiful lightbox opens up. It is fast, fully responsive, and works on all devices.
Free Version Demo: <a href="https://awplife.com/demo/album-gallery-free-wordpress-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Album Gallery</a> 
Pro Version Demo: <a href="https://awplife.com/demo/album-gallery-premium/" rel="nofollow ugc">Album Gallery Premium</a> 
Where to Buy: <a href="https://awplife.com/account/signup/album-gallery-premium/" rel="nofollow ugc">Buy Album Gallery Premium</a>
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<h4>Why Choose Our Album Gallery?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Organized Grid: Group your related pictures together. Keep your website neat and professional.</li>
<li>Photo & Video Support: Add high-quality images. You can also embed YouTube or Vimeo videos easily.</li>
<li>Responsive Layout: The grid adapts to desktops, tablets, and phones automatically. </li>
<li>Local Assets: All styles and scripts load from your server. No external tracking is used.</li>
</ul>
<h4>What You Can Create</h4>
<ul>
<li>Photo Albums – Display vacation shots, events, or product catalogs.</li>
<li>Video Playlists – Share video content with responsive thumbnail previews.</li>
<li>Mixed Media – Combine images and clips inside the same collection.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free Features in the Album Gallery</h4>
<ul>
<li>Responsive Grid: Adaptable column layouts for any screen size.</li>
<li>Photo & Video: Beautiful image display and smooth video streaming.</li>
<li>Local Lightbox: Fast pop-up viewer with touch navigation.</li>
<li>Animations: Subtle entrance effects like pulse or fade on page load.</li>
<li>Hover Effects: Creative stack and overlay designs for cover images.</li>
<li>Perceived Speed: Skeleton loaders keep visitors engaged during load.</li>
<li>Easy Setup: Copy and paste shortcodes into any page or post.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pro Features for Advanced Layouts</h4>
<ul>
<li>Global Shortcode: Display all your albums on one page with pagination.</li>
<li>AJAX Load More: Infinite scroll or button triggers for larger galleries.</li>
<li>Pro Lightbox: Zoom, full-screen, and social share buttons.</li>
<li>Deep Linking: Give each image a unique direct link.</li>
<li>Categories: Organize your media into separate filterable groups.</li>
<li>Category Shortcodes: Display only specific album categories on any page with a single custom shortcode.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Create a new collection from the admin panel.</li>
<li>Upload images or paste video URLs.</li>
<li>Choose your preferred column layout and hover styles.</li>
<li>Copy the custom shortcode.</li>
<li>Paste it on any WordPress page or post.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Installation of Album Gallery for Photo & Video</h3>
<ol>
<li>Go to Plugins > Add New in your admin dashboard.</li>
<li>Search for Album Gallery.</li>
<li>Install and activate the plugin.</li>
<li>Click Add New to build your first collection.</li>
<li>Paste the shortcode on your site.</li>
</ol>

Album Gallery for Photo & Video

This plugin is exactly what I want! After installation I knew it is simple and it does what I want, a gallery of albums. It looks very nice and has a lot of useful options. It is simple but has the best amount of settings in order to be easy to setup.

Simple and Efficient

So today I saw a popup with text like "This theme recommends these plugins...(some plugins listed here)". That's a lie as this theme was 100% created by me and every plugin mentioned in this popup was built by WP Life - so it goes without saying which plugin was showing me that deceptive popup. The only one I had installed by WP Life. My theme doesn't recommend any of your plugins so why are you lying? 

1 star for lying


I needed gallery albums that can be displayed on the same page, each one having it's own lightbox gallery that opens on click and contains the title.



This plugin allowed me to do this in 5 minutes.



The animations on load and hover may seem like too much, but they can be disabled in a few seconds.



Thanks for the great plugin!


Awesome album plugin!

An easy-to-use album gallery for Photo & Video display. Includes clean grid layouts, local lightboxes, and custom hover effects.

FolioBlocks vs Album Gallery for Photo & Video