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Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery

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Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery Review - In-Depth Analysis

Photo Gallery is a powerful image gallery plugin that allows you to create responsive galleries with beautiful lightbox effects. It offers various layout options and supports unlimited photos and videos.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.82/10

User Rating

4.5/5 (based on 1581+ reviews)

Active Installations

200,000+

Update Frequency

Outstanding It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

7.79 / 10 (High Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

Photo Gallery is the leading plugin for building beautiful mobile-friendly galleries in a few minutes.

If you’re looking for a user friendly and feature rich plugin to add responsive galleries and albums to your website, Photo Gallery plugin can be the best option for you. It’s simple to use yet packed with powerful functionality, allowing you to create anything from simple to complex photo galleries. Photo Gallery comes packed with stunning layout options, gallery and album views, multiple widgets and a number of extensions that take its functionality even further.

Photo Gallery provides a number of view options to organize your galleries and albums in beautiful views, including Slideshow, Thumbnails, Masonry, Image Browser, Extended and Compact Album, Blog Style, Mosaic. The layouts give you the flexibility to customize them to match your needs.

You can display your media content in a responsive lightbox that comes with 15 slideshow effects, supports social sharing, full width view option, filmstrip, image commenting, lightbox autoplay and many more options that make your lightbox look awesome.

The plugin allows you to include both videos and images within a single gallery. The WordPress Plugin supports YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, Flickr or Dailymotion videos within Galleries. It’s also possible to add audio tracks for the image slideshow.

With the watermarking feature of the Photo Gallery plugin you can add text or image watermarks on the photos in your galleries and albums, and protect them from illegal use. Right click protection will protect your images from unlawful distribution.

Comparing to Alternatives

Photo Gallery by 10Web offers a robust set of features for creating mobile-friendly image galleries, standing out among similar plugins for its customization options and ease of use.

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Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery

Strengths

Mobile-friendly and responsive design.
Wide range of customization settings.
Easy and quick setup process.
Supports various gallery layouts and lightbox effects.

Weaknesses

Limited compatibility with Gutenberg editor, lacking live preview.
Conflicts with some WebP image optimization plugins.
Forced use of 10Web's lightbox without option to use custom ones.
Updates and support have been inconsistent recently.

User Sentiment Analysis

User feedback highlights the plugin's ease of use and functionality, though some express concerns over recent changes and compatibility issues.

Positive highlights

'Great plugin, easy to customize' - shumustudios
'Sencillo y práctico para crear galerías fotográficas' - megalitosmyr
'Easy to use. Quick to setup a gallery' - edlewjr
'Very good. Thank you!' - Sergio Ortiz
'Love it' - powerphot

Common complaints

No Gutenberg gallery preview during editing.
Incompatibility with other WebP optimization plugins.
Forced use of 10Web's lightbox, removing previous flexibility.
Lack of recent updates causing conflicts with themes.

Weaknesses

Some users report forced subscription models for certain features.
Support for third-party integrations is limited.
Plugin updates have slowed, affecting compatibility.

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Users seeking a straightforward, mobile-friendly image gallery plugin with extensive customization options and quick setup.

Not ideal for

Those who rely heavily on Gutenberg editor previews, need seamless integration with WebP optimizers, or prefer to use custom lightbox solutions.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version offers essential gallery creation features, multiple layout options, and basic customization without frequent upgrade prompts.

Pro version (30 - 100 USD / year)

The premium version typically includes advanced gallery layouts, additional lightbox effects, enhanced customization, and priority support.

Final Verdict

Photo Gallery by 10Web is a solid choice for users wanting a versatile and mobile-friendly gallery plugin with an easy setup process.

However, potential buyers should consider its limitations with Gutenberg, WebP compatibility, and recent changes to lightbox usage before committing.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery plugin.

Photo Gallery

Image Gallery

Responsive Gallery

Screenshots

FAQ

Adding images to photo gallery is pretty straight forward. On the left menu select Photo Gallery > Add Galleries/Images > Add new.
The standard gallery is designed for including both regular images, as well as media from social networking websites, such as Flickr, Instagram and etc.

Name. Specify the name of the gallery.
Slug. Specify the alias in your website for the gallery.
Type. Choose the Mixed type.
Description. Fill in the information you would like to share with the gallery. The description will be visible with some of the gallery views.
Author. This indicates the author of the gallery. It automatically includes the name of the logged in user, who has added the gallery.
Published. Choose whether to publish the gallery or to leave it for the further publication.
Preview image. Indicate the image which will be used to preview the gallery. If you leave it blank, it will automatically pick the first uploaded images included in the gallery.

You can add photos by clicking Add Images button.
Photo Gallery plugin is using both standard WordPress Media Library, as well as a Photo Gallery File Manager. You can either click on Media Library button (in advance enabling it from General Options section of the Options menu) and select images to be imported into the Photo Gallery File Manager or click on Upload files and upload the desired images from another location. After uploading images you should mark them and press Add button.

Instead of uploading images you can embed images/videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, Flickr (only images) and Dailymotion.
The following buttons do not work with the Embedded images- Crop, Resize and Reset. In addition you cannot add Watermark over the Embedded imaged.
Here are the standards for adding embedded videos/images:
Images
Instagram: http://instagram.com/p/ykvv0puS4u, if you want to add the image together with the post, you can add _post at the end of the URL.
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sui-fong/15250186998/in/gallery-flickr-72157648726328108/
Videos
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa4RLje-yM8
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/8110647
Dailymotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xexaq0_frank-sinatra-strangers-in-the-nigh_music

Bulk Embed. This option will allow adding more than one images from specific social media (currently only Instagram account, but more options will be added with the upcoming updates) into the standard gallery. You should keep in mind that the images will be added without the possibility of auto-update.
Instagram user. Set the name of the Instagram user without additional symbols, e.g. jaredleto.
Number of recent instagram posts to add to gallery. Specify the number of images you want to add from the stated Instagram account.
Instagram embed type. Choose to use only the image content of the Instagram post or the entire post.

To publish gallery plugin widgets, go to Appearance > Widgets. Here select the widget option you want to add to a custom location. Afterwards drag and drop the selected widget into the custom location, fill in the options and press Save button.

WordPress Standard Tags Cloud (Premium Version)

Tag Cloud. This widget is included as a hosted widget for the WordPress standard Tag Cloud. It will display the tags added to the albums and images of Photo Gallery. After the click, the images using the tags will be displayed in Thumbnails view.
Title. Provide a title for the tag cloud.
Taxonomy. Select Photo Gallery from the provided options.

Photo Gallery Tags Cloud (Premium Version)

Photo Gallery Tags Cloud. This dynamic widget allows having rotating tags or images. After clicking on the tag a separate page will be opened displaying images corresponding to the tag. In case of images, the images will display with a pop-up.
Title. Provide a title for the dynamic tag cloud.

Choosing Text type
* Open in. Set the tags to open up either in separate page or lightbox view.
* Number. Provide the number of tags you want to display. If you leave it to 0 all tags will be displayed.
* Dimensions. Specify the width and height for the dynamic tag cloud.
* Transparent background. Choose whether to have a transparent background or not.
* Background color. Choose the background color for the tag cloud.
* Text color. Choose the tag text color
* Theme. Choose the theme, which will be applied to the gallery/album corresponding to the tag.

Choosing Image type
Show tag names. Choose whether to display tag names or not.
Open in. Set the tags to open up either in separate page or lightbox view.
Number. Provide the number of images you want to display. If you leave it to 0 all images will be displayed.
Dimensions. Specify the width and height for the dynamic image cloud.
Background color. Choose the background color for the image cloud.
Text color. Choose the tag text color.
Theme. Choose the theme, which will be applied to the gallery/album corresponding to the image/tag.

Photo Gallery Slideshow (Premium Version)

Title. Provide a title for the slideshow.
Select Gallery. Specify the gallery you want to use for the slideshow.
Filmstrip height. Define the filmstrip height in pixels.
Slideshow effect. Select the effect to apply to the slideshow.
Time interval. Define the time interval between the images in seconds.
Enable shuffle. Choose whether to have shuffle for the slideshow images or not.
Theme. Choose the theme to be applied to the gallery slideshow.

Photo Gallery Widget

You can add album and gallery images into a custom location. After click the users will be redirected into compact album view, if it is an album. If it is a gallery included in the album it will open up in Thumbnails view. The images will be displayed in a lightbox.
Title. Provide a title for the widget. Choose whether to display an album or gallery.
Select Gallery/Select Album. Select the gallery/album to be displayed with the widget
Choose whether to display random or the first/last specific number of images.
Number. Provide the number of images to be displayed with the widget.
Dimensions. Specify the width and height of the widget.
Theme. Choose the theme, which will be applied to the gallery/album.