th23

WordPress has come a long way to be a fully featured content editor system, but the default gallery does not keep up with it. And while there are many plugins with various features, I did not find a small and simple one putting the focus on enlarged images.
<a href="https://photoswipe.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">PhotoSwipe</a> is a great basis and thus core component of my th23 Gallery plugin, which replaces the WordPress default to output galleries into a way containing all key information required while maintaining a simple and easy markup.
th23 Gallery is built with some few goals in mind:
<ul>
<li>Unintrusive way to focus on images</li>
<li>Leveraging PhotoSwipe / Lightbox-like overlay</li>
<li>Navigation between images in all galleries in a post via intuitive swipe, keyboard or mouse activity</li>
<li>Compatibile with modern blocks and legacy shortcodes</li>
<li>Simple markup and styling for thumbnail preview images (polaroid-style)</li>
<li>Plain styling for medium / large preview images allowing for theme based style</li>
<li>Minimized footprint on page loading</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
th23 Gallery works out-of-the-box and does not require any special handling – right after activation all embedded galleries will use PhotoSwipe to enlarge pictures.
Note: Polaroid-style works only on galleries which have set the preview image size to <code>Thumbnail</code>
Note: Previously inserted galleries might require a review to ensure link to media file and preview image size are set to work as expected – especially when also using the plugin on legacy <code>[gallery]</code> shortcodes.

th23 Gallery

Replace standard Wordpress Gallery block and legacy [gallery] shortcode handler, opening galleries using PhotoSwipe

WPZOOM

Pavel Ciorici

Alexei Samarschi

Jick

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Showcase your work in a sleek and elegant portfolio layout!
WPZOOM Portfolio is the perfect tool for showcasing your work and creating beautiful, responsive, and highly customizable portfolio layouts. Whether you prefer a grid, masonry, or a simple gallery, WPZOOM Portfolio has got you covered.
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With advanced filtering and sorting options, lightbox and video support, and fully responsive and mobile-friendly design, WPZOOM Portfolio plugin is the ultimate portfolio solution for WordPress.
Create and display Portfolio posts in a beautiful grid using Gutenberg blocks. Includes isotope filtering effect
Works with blog posts too!
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<h4>🛟 How it works?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Create Portfolio posts in the Portfolio section</li>
<li>Display your portfolio posts using the Portfolio block</li>
<li>Or you can create a new Portfolio Layout and insert it anywhere you want using shortcodes</li>
</ul>
<h4>💡 How to create a Portfolio Layout?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Go to Portfolio > Portfolio Layouts page</li>
<li>Add a Title and configure the options of the Portfolio block as you want</li>
<li>Copy the Shortcode from the top in the Portfolio block settings</li>
<li>Insert the Shortcode anywhere you want on your website. Or you can insert the Portfolio Layout block using the block editor.</li>
</ul>
<h4>📌 FEATURES</h4>
<ul>
<li>Create Portfolio Posts & Reusable Portfolio Layouts</li>
<li>Portfolio Block</li>
<li>Portfolio Layout Block & Shortcode (Insert it in any page builder: Elementor, Beaver Builder, etc)</li>
<li>Portfolio Shortcode</li>
<li>Supports Blog posts as well!</li>
<li>Isotope effect (category filter)</li>
<li>Image Lightbox</li>
<li>3 Layouts: Grid with Overlay, Masonry & Columns</li>
<li>Different image aspect ratio</li>
<li>More features coming soon…</li>
</ul>
<h4>⭐️ PRO FEATURES ⭐️</h4>
<ul>
<li>🎥 Video Integration – 🆕</li>
<li>▶️ Video Lightbox with YouTube, Vimeo & MP4 support – 🆕</li>
<li>Video Background on Hover – 🆕</li>
<li>Portfolio Re-order – 🆕</li>
<li>Customize Colors – 🆕</li>
<li>Premium Support</li>
<li>and many new features coming soon!</li>
</ul>
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<h3>📌 Recommended Themes</h3>
This plugin works great with any theme. If you’re looking for a Portfolio Theme, check out our themes: 
<a href="https://www.wpzoom.com/themes/inspiro-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Inspiro PRO</a> 
<a href="https://www.wpzoom.com/themes/inspiro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Inspiro Premium</a> 
<a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/inspiro/" rel="ugc">Inspiro Lite</a> 
<a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/inspiro-blocks/" rel="ugc">Inspiro Blocks</a> 🆕 
<a href="https://www.wpzoom.com/themes/inspiro-blocks-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Inspiro Blocks PRO</a> 🆕
<h4>Additional Resources</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wpzoom.com" rel="nofollow ugc">WPZOOM website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/wpzoom/WPZOOM-Portfolio" rel="nofollow ugc">Github repository</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>🙌 FOLLOW US</h4>
<ul>
<li>🐦 <a href="https://twitter.com/wpzoom" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a></li>
<li>📘 <a href="https://facebook.com/wpzoom" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook</a></li>
<li>📘 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/wpzoom" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook Group</a></li>
<li>🌄 <a href="https://instagram.com/wpzoom" rel="nofollow ugc">Instagram</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>100% GDPR COMPLIANT</h4>
This plugin is 100% GDPR compliant. It doesn’t integrate any Google Fonts. 
WPZOOM Portfolio does not collect any information outside your WordPress installation, therefore it’s 100% GDPR compliant.

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