Awesome Responsive Photo Gallery – Image & Video Lightbox Gallery

Awesome Responsive Photo Gallery is a powerful lightbox plugin integrated with WordPress default image gallery. It now comes with a modern admin interface, enhanced security features, and dynamic Gallery ID functionality for both the Classic Editor and Block Editor.

The plugin supports three responsive lightbox scripts, allowing you to create stunning galleries with ease. With newly added features and improvements, managing your galleries has never been simpler.

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Why Use This Plugin?

WordPress has a built-in gallery feature, but it is quite basic. It doesn’t include a lightbox option, which means when users click on an image, it opens in a new page instead of a popup. This can make browsing your images less user-friendly and slower.

Our plugin improves the default WordPress gallery by turning it into a modern, interactive lightbox gallery. Once installed, every gallery you create will have a smooth, professional look. Visitors can click on any image to view it in a popup with navigation options, making your gallery more attractive and easier to use.

How Does It Help You?

1. Automatic Upgrade: After installing the plugin, it replaces the default gallery with the upgraded lightbox version. No extra setup needed.
2. Better User Experience: Visitors can quickly browse through images in a popup without leaving the page.
3. Professional Look: Makes your gallery feel premium and enhances your site’s design.

This plugin works automatically, saving you time and effort while giving your gallery a polished, modern appearance.

New Features in v1.2:

• Fully Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) implementation.
• Enhanced security with proper sanitization, validation, escaping, and nonce verification.
• Modernized admin interface with modal-based functionality and clear progress messages.
• Organized internal CSS into a separate custom CSS file.
• Unique plugin option name to avoid conflicts with other plugins.
• Dynamic Gallery ID insertion for Classic Editor and Block Editor.
• New help page providing a feature overview and usage guide.
• Fixed minor JavaScript and CSS issues for better performance.

Key Features

• Fully responsive, touch-friendly design.
• 3 responsive lightbox scripts: lightGallery, Lightcase, jGallery.
• Flourished admin UI with a modern look.
• Dynamic Gallery ID support for Classic and Block Editor.
• Organized CSS for improved maintainability.
• Support for YouTube, Vimeo, and HTML5 videos.
• Infinite looping, swipe navigation, and customizable transitions.
• Social sharing options: Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and more.
• Support for multiple galleries on the same page with unique IDs.

Usage

1. After activating the plugin, navigate to Awesome Gallery in your WordPress admin panel.
2. Navigate to Pages >> Add New and click on Add Media to open the media uploader.
3. Click on Create Gallery and select Upload Files if you don’t have any images
4. Upload your photos and after completing upload click on Create a New Gallery button
5. In the right side enter image Title, Alt Text, Description and Video URL (if you want)
6. Click on Insert Gallery button
7. In the gallery shortcode insert your desired Gallery ID (depends on how you want to show your gallery), like [gallery id=”1″ ids=”114,115,112,113,110″]
8. Publish your page and click View Page to see your awesome gallery 🙂.
9. To create another gallery, use an another unique ID. Example: [gallery id=”1″ ids=”506,505,502,503″] or [gallery id=”2″ ids=”506,505,502,503″]
10. Access the Help Page under the plugin menu for detailed instructions.

Support

For any queries, feedback, or assistance, please visit our Plugin Support Page. We’re here to help you make the most of the plugin.

Credits

– Lightcase
– jGallery
– lightGallery
– Developed By: Realwebcare
– Facebook Page

License

This plugin is released under the GPLv2 license. You can find a copy of the license here.