How to Create a WordPress Image Gallery 

Whether you’re a photographer, designer, or creative person who wants to create an impressive image gallery in WordPress, we have prepared some helpful tips.

You may already know this, but WordPress provides a basic gallery block. Using the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor, you can showcase your images in a grid layout with columns and rows, crop your pictures, and change the image size.

But this is not the only way to create photo galleries. WordPress provides many image gallery plugins to give you more control over your galleries. We strongly recommend Modula Image Gallery. It is easy to use, fast and doesn’t require coding skills.

You only need to install this WordPress plugin and follow our step-by-step guide to building an image gallery using Modula.

How to create an image gallery in WordPress using Modula

Due to its powerful gallery features, Modula is a perfect choice for everyone. You can download the free version or upgrade to Modula PRO and take advantage of more robust features – pricing starts at $39.

Now, I’ll show you how to create your WordPress image gallery. Let’s get started!

Create a new gallery

After you install Modula, you will see this plugin in your WordPress menu. Whenever you want to create an image gallery, go to Modula icon > Add New.

When you create more and more galleries, you will see that naming your gallery is essential. Using a descriptive name will help you know what you are editing.

Then, you can start uploading image files from your computer or selecting them from the Library. Thanks to the Modula drag-and-drop builder, you can easily arrange your images according to your preferences.

Customize your WordPress image gallery

You can choose between four grid types: creative, custom, slider, and masonry. To begin with, scroll down to General Settings.

For this tutorial, I’ll use the custom grid functionality to freely resize my images by controlling their heights, widths, and aspect ratios.

If you go to Lightbox and Links, you can make your gallery more dynamic by adding transition effects, thumbnails, open/close animation, and more. You can even choose to open your images in a lightbox. Modula also offers loading effects to make your galleries more creative and engaging.

You can also add social icons to your images and allow your visitors to share them. Awesome, right? Go to Social and pick the icons you want to showcase.

To show those icons, you will need to choose a hover effect. Go to Hover Effects and choose one that suits your style – I’ll select 21.Ruby.

This is how you can create a simple but stunning image gallery using Modula in just a few minutes. Anyway, if you’d like to display your gallery like a professional and beautify your website, I’ll show you why Modula PRO is a fantastic solution.

Make your image gallery more visually appealing

Upgrading to the premium version will give your galleries a professional touch. You can enable Zoom on hover to let visitors see your work in more detail.

If you’re looking for a tool to allow website visitors to download your images for free, this Download Extension is all you need.

You can also use the Video Extension to embed videos in your gallery. Videos have become an essential marketing tool.

With Modula PRO, you can add watermarks to your pictures, create password-protected galleries to protect them from image theft, display EXIF data, make your galleries mobile responsive, and much more. All these features make Modula a great choice when creating WordPress image galleries.

Add your image gallery in WordPress

Now, you will have to add your image gallery to WordPress. Click Save Gallery, and Modula will generate a shortcode with your gallery link.

All you have to do is copy the link and paste it into a page or post. You can create a new one or post it to an existing one. It’s as easy as that!

In Summary

Creating stunning image galleries will enhance your website and help you attract more visitors. You’ll build more impressive galleries with just a few transition effects, thumbnails, a beautiful Lightbox, and hover effects.

In this post, we shared how to create an image gallery in WordPress. Let’s have an overview of this topic:

1. Use Modula to create your WordPress image gallery;
2. Add more customization to impress your visitors;
3. Take advantage of more features to make your website more attractive.

Does Modula look like a good solution for your WordPress galleries? Leave your comments in the section below.