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<h4>Note</h4>
<p>Cactus Masonry Classic has been superseded by <a href="http://cactus.cloud/masonryplus" rel="nofollow ugc">Cactus Masonry Plus</a>.  Cactus Masonry Plus is also free and available in the WordPress plugin repository.</p>
<h4>What is Cactus Masonry Classic?</h4>
<p>Cactus Masonry Classic (which we will call CMC from now on), is a WordPress plugin designed to display a gallery of post and/or page featured images that can be filtered, sorted, and treated as hyperlinks.</p>
<p>In other words, a CMC gallery will display a list of all matching posts which link back to their permalinks when clicked! This functionality would be perfect for an art or photo gallery where further information needs to be displayed on each item. Of course, you can choose where each picture links, whether back to the original image (at a size of your choosing), the original post, a Lightbox styled gallery, or nowhere at all.</p>
<p>As CMC essentially searches your WordPress site for posts, you can specify which category (or categories) of post to display, and sort those posts by date, comment count, author, randomly, and more!</p>
<p>You can also specify the layout options for the pictures. By default, the pictures are positioned in a masonry styled layout, where the images are slotted into each other like irregular bricks in an old stone wall. However, you can force the plugin to restrict or constrain the heights or widths of the images to create a tidy and whitespace free gallery of images. Check out the <a href="http://cactuscomputers.com.au/masonry" rel="nofollow ugc">Cactus Masonry Classic Home Page</a> for an example where the width has been constrained to 33.3%.</p>
<p>You may also specify how the images glow when the user’s mouse hovers overhead, whether the images have borders, and how much (if any) spacing should exist between each image.</p>
<p>The Cactus Masonry Classic plugin provides a versatile WordPress plugin that allows you to display your posts by their thumbnail in a clean and visually pleasing format.</p>
<h4>Can I See it In Action?</h4>
<p>Yes, go to the main page of <a href="http://cactuscomputers.com.au/masonry" rel="nofollow ugc">Cactus Masonry Classic Website</a> to check it out!</p>
<h4>Does it Cost Money?</h4>
<p>No, it’s all free to use. This is not one of those “free” plugins that require a payment before you can use any of its useful features. This is completely free – no watermarks, no ads, no nagging. Just one free plugin.</p>
<p>However, it did take a fair amount of time to make… so if you are feeling generous… feel free to <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=cactus%40cactuscomputers%2ecom%2eau&lc=AU&currency_code=AUD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted" rel="nofollow ugc">donate something</a>. But no pressure or anything :).</p>
<h4>Can I Make a Feature Request?</h4>
<p>CMC has reached the end of its supported life.  Bug fixes will still be issued, but new features are unlikely to be released.</p>
<p>CMC has now been replaced by Cactus Masonry Plus.  This plugin is a total rebuild of CMC, including improved performance, fewer and smaller files, and a whole bunch of new features.</p>
<p>Cactus Masonry Plus is also free, but it is also open to new feature requests.  To find out more, visit the <a href="http://cactus.cloud/masonryplus" rel="nofollow ugc">Cactus Masonry Plus Website</a>.</p>


Cactus Masonry Classic

Displays a customizable gallery of your post featured images in either a grid or a masonry layout.

<h4>What is Cactus Masonry Plus</h4>
<p>Cactus Masonry Plus allows you to build a responsive, efficient, and very highly customizable gallery on your WordPress website.  With this plugin you can either build a gallery of your post thumbnails or represent a WordPress gallery from a given post using our masonry layout technology.</p>
<p>This plugin is designed to be lightweight, so it doesn’t unnecessarily slow down your site.  As a result, Cactus Masonry Plus is shortcode powered, which means that no inbuilt design menu is available.  Instead, we have provided an interactive <a href="http://cactus.cloud/masonryplus/cactus-masonry-plus/shortcode-builder" rel="nofollow ugc">Shortcode Builder</a>, hosted on our website.  So, now we’re slowing down our site, not yours.</p>
<h4>Getting Started</h4>
<p>Cactus Masonry Plus is powered by shortcodes.  Shortcodes are lines of text enclosed within square brackets.  Within these brackets, you provide instructions on how the plugin should run.  As this can be quite complicated, we have provided a <a href="http://cactus.cloud/masonryplus/cactus-masonry-plus/shortcode-builder" rel="nofollow ugc">Shortcode Builder</a> to help you generate the shortcode you need, without any of the hard work.</p>
<p>Simply visit our <a href="http://cactus.cloud/masonryplus/cactus-masonry-plus/shortcode-builder" rel="nofollow ugc">Shortcode Builder</a>, select the options you want, preview the result, and copy the shortcode back onto your website.  You can place your shortcode within any post, page, or anywhere else your theme allows.  When you preview the page, you should see a working masonry gallery.</p>
<h4>Getting Help</h4>
<p>Now, we all run into problems every now and again.  You may find a bug in the plugin, have a feature request, or simply get stuck on how to set things up.  If you do, check out our <a href="http://support.cactus.cloud" rel="nofollow ugc">Support Forum</a>.  Here, you can get all the help you need to build a responsive masonry gallery for your website.</p>
<h4>Pricing</h4>
<p>It’s free!  Although, if you do like the product, and feel that it is worth it, any <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=forum%40cactus%2ecloud&lc=AU&item_name=cactus%2ecloud&item_number=masonry&currency_code=AUD&" rel="nofollow ugc">donations</a> would be greatly appreciated… no pressure though.</p>


Cactus Masonry Plus

Hey,
I'm the author, so this is probably a bit biased.  But I can leave a review here, so why not.
Anyway, this plugin is coupled with the support site.  Essentially, this plugin is shortcode driven.  Just activate the plugin, and generate the shortcode you want on the support site.  Paste the code onto your page and your good to go.
I firmly believe that this plugin provides the fastest and most flexible masonry gallery layout available on WordPress.  If you want a beautiful masonry gallery on your site, I'd look nowhere else.
If you do have an issue or a feature request, just contact our support to get your issue resolved.
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A ton of adjustment available - a growing and flexible masonry gallery plugin

Displays a customizable masonry gallery of your posts or WordPress galleries.

Cactus Masonry Classic vs Cactus Masonry Plus