johnciacia

<p>WordPress already has phenomenal, built-in support for image galleries, and theme developers are starting to take full advantage of these features. However, one of the features missing is an easy to way create albums (a container for galleries). Picasso aims to solve this problem by introducing a new [album] short-code. It works by grabbing the featured image of child pages, and linking each image to its respective page. Thus, the parent page becomes the album, and each child page is a gallery.</p>
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Picasso – WordPress Albums

This plugin allows users to create albums (gallery containers).

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<p>An easy-to-use album gallery for Photo & Video display. Includes clean grid layouts, local lightboxes, and custom hover effects.</p>
<h3>Description: Best Album Gallery for Photo & Video</h3>
<p>Need a clean way to show your media? Our album gallery for Photo & Video makes it simple.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Free Version Demo:</strong> <strong><a href="https://awplife.com/demo/album-gallery-free-wordpress-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Album Gallery</a></strong><br />
<strong>Pro Version Demo:</strong> <strong><a href="https://awplife.com/demo/album-gallery-premium/" rel="nofollow ugc">Album Gallery Premium</a></strong><br />
<strong>Where to Buy:</strong> <strong><a href="https://awplife.com/account/signup/album-gallery-premium/" rel="nofollow ugc">Buy Album Gallery Premium</a></strong></p>
<p><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rUB-1FkBW48?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>
<h4>Why Choose Our Album Gallery?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Organized Grid:</strong> Group your related pictures together. Keep your website neat and professional.</li>
<li><strong>Photo & Video Support:</strong> Add high-quality images. You can also embed YouTube or Vimeo videos easily.</li>
<li><strong>Responsive Layout:</strong> The grid adapts to desktops, tablets, and phones automatically. </li>
<li><strong>Local Assets:</strong> All styles and scripts load from your server. No external tracking is used.</li>
</ul>
<h4>What You Can Create</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Photo Albums</strong> – Display vacation shots, events, or product catalogs.</li>
<li><strong>Video Playlists</strong> – Share video content with responsive thumbnail previews.</li>
<li><strong>Mixed Media</strong> – Combine images and clips inside the same collection.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free Features in the Album Gallery</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Responsive Grid:</strong> Adaptable column layouts for any screen size.</li>
<li><strong>Photo & Video:</strong> Beautiful image display and smooth video streaming.</li>
<li><strong>Local Lightbox:</strong> Fast pop-up viewer with touch navigation.</li>
<li><strong>Animations:</strong> Subtle entrance effects like pulse or fade on page load.</li>
<li><strong>Hover Effects:</strong> Creative stack and overlay designs for cover images.</li>
<li><strong>Perceived Speed:</strong> Skeleton loaders keep visitors engaged during load.</li>
<li><strong>Easy Setup:</strong> Copy and paste shortcodes into any page or post.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pro Features for Advanced Layouts</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Global Shortcode:</strong> Display all your albums on one page with pagination.</li>
<li><strong>AJAX Load More:</strong> Infinite scroll or button triggers for larger galleries.</li>
<li><strong>Pro Lightbox:</strong> Zoom, full-screen, and social share buttons.</li>
<li><strong>Deep Linking:</strong> Give each image a unique direct link.</li>
<li><strong>Categories:</strong> Organize your media into separate filterable groups.</li>
<li><strong>Category Shortcodes:</strong> 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 <strong>Plugins</strong> > <strong>Add New</strong> in your admin dashboard.</li>
<li>Search for <strong>Album Gallery</strong>.</li>
<li>Install and activate the plugin.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Add New</strong> 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.

Picasso – WordPress Albums vs Album Gallery for Photo & Video