Misleading Just to Upsell
Yet another misleading plugin that gives the impression it contains features like a Masonry style, but other gallery styles are blocked and you need to upgrade to the paid version to access these styles.
Kazam Creative
July 11, 2026
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2 replies
Great Service
My issue was dealt with quickly and well. I got the correct answers I needed. Thank you so much
Good plug-in for a photo gallery
This plugin is perfect if you want to set up a simple photo gallery on your site. It is easy to set up and comes with several easy to use layouts.
jrfsmith
October 16, 2025
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1 reply
Maybe good if you pay
The free version almost only allow to look at it… if you want to use it you have to pay.
revixi5
August 10, 2026
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1 reply
Improved my gallery
It was a very easy process to install Envira and then give my website photo galleries some extra clickable vitality. Big improvement!
A good tool badly let down by a lack of metadata synchronicity
I've used Envira Gallery for a few years now. It's generally a good tool, but, there is one MAJOR flaw – a lack of maintainability of image metadata. Once Envira Galleries are created, there is no way to sync/pull/push metadata changes to and from the Wordpress media library. What this means is that it is HUGELY EXPENSIVE to maintain metadata changes (think SEO alt text, caption, description and titles) – as you must update and manually sync in multiple places – which is a huge headache if an image features in multiple galleries. For many, image SEO is usually done during or after page design / gallery creation, but Envira assumes otherwise – and that no further metadata updates will ever be made – a TOTAL maintenance nightmare! Furthermore, I SADLY tried out the 'watermarking' feature – and it has crazily renamed ALL my images using the format 'watermarking-[md5-hash].jpg' – which negatively impacts SEO as meaningful filenames are very important. What a bad mistake to make. It then turns out that there is no clean way to rename these 'watermarked*[md5-hash].jpg' images without breaking the envira galleries on the wordpress back end. The Envira Support team, whilst generally helpful in attitude, were unable to fix the issue, didn't really acknowledge that it was a bad fail on their part (but did add it as a feature request) – and suggested I used third party tools to clean up the mess – apparently this was outside of the scope of support. So – having spent some 30-40 hours trying various fixes, engaging time from my web developers, and eventually having to manually clean up the broken metadata and filenames – it probably cost me AT LEAST a couple of thousand dollars to fix. Not really ideal for the average small business owner. Over the years I've raised numerous issues with this plugin – and nothing has every been fixed. It seems the prioritisation is on revenue generation via new features – instead of actually fixing existing problems – a bit microsloppy. The moral of the story is – if you are NOT bothered about SEO, and ongoing image metadata maintenance (especially given the new AI tools that can now help improve existing image SEO metadata) – then this is the tool for you. If you want a gallery that cares about metadata and SEO synchronicity with WP Media Library – find something better.
Improved my gallery
It was a very easy process to install Envira and then give my website photo galleries some extra clickable vitality. Big improvement!
★★★★★ Outstanding Support
I am an Envira Gallery Basic user and recently contacted support with several detailed questions about the Grid layout, image sizing and custom CSS. I was fortunate to receive support from Mihai. Instead of sending generic replies or simply referring me to the documentation, he carefully read every question, explained how the Grid layout actually works, and took the time to answer several follow-up questions in great detail. His explanations were clear, technically accurate and easy to understand. Thanks to his patience and professionalism, I now fully understand the relationship between container width, columns and image size, and I was able to develop a much better strategy for my website. Excellent technical support like this has become quite rare these days. Many thanks to Mihai and the entire Envira team for providing such outstanding customer support. Highly recommended! — Lothar Wildschütz
Great Service
My issue was dealt with quickly and well. I got the correct answers I needed. Thank you so much
Maybe good if you pay
The free version almost only allow to look at it… if you want to use it you have to pay.
revixi5
August 10, 2026
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1 reply
A good tool badly let down by a lack of metadata synchronicity
I've used Envira Gallery for a few years now. It's generally a good tool, but, there is one MAJOR flaw – a lack of maintainability of image metadata. Once Envira Galleries are created, there is no way to sync/pull/push metadata changes to and from the Wordpress media library. What this means is that it is HUGELY EXPENSIVE to maintain metadata changes (think SEO alt text, caption, description and titles) – as you must update and manually sync in multiple places – which is a huge headache if an image features in multiple galleries. For many, image SEO is usually done during or after page design / gallery creation, but Envira assumes otherwise – and that no further metadata updates will ever be made – a TOTAL maintenance nightmare! Furthermore, I SADLY tried out the 'watermarking' feature – and it has crazily renamed ALL my images using the format 'watermarking-[md5-hash].jpg' – which negatively impacts SEO as meaningful filenames are very important. What a bad mistake to make. It then turns out that there is no clean way to rename these 'watermarked*[md5-hash].jpg' images without breaking the envira galleries on the wordpress back end. The Envira Support team, whilst generally helpful in attitude, were unable to fix the issue, didn't really acknowledge that it was a bad fail on their part (but did add it as a feature request) – and suggested I used third party tools to clean up the mess – apparently this was outside of the scope of support. So – having spent some 30-40 hours trying various fixes, engaging time from my web developers, and eventually having to manually clean up the broken metadata and filenames – it probably cost me AT LEAST a couple of thousand dollars to fix. Not really ideal for the average small business owner. Over the years I've raised numerous issues with this plugin – and nothing has every been fixed. It seems the prioritisation is on revenue generation via new features – instead of actually fixing existing problems – a bit microsloppy. The moral of the story is – if you are NOT bothered about SEO, and ongoing image metadata maintenance (especially given the new AI tools that can now help improve existing image SEO metadata) – then this is the tool for you. If you want a gallery that cares about metadata and SEO synchronicity with WP Media Library – find something better.
Misleading Just to Upsell
Yet another misleading plugin that gives the impression it contains features like a Masonry style, but other gallery styles are blocked and you need to upgrade to the paid version to access these styles.
Kazam Creative
July 11, 2026
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2 replies
