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RSS Image Widget

by zackdesign on WordPress.org

Display images from an RSS or Atom feed as a widget or block with a lightweight lightbox gallery.

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RSS Image Widget fetches images from any RSS/Atom feed that uses enclosures and displays them in a responsive grid with a built-in lightbox. Works as both a classic widget and a Gutenberg block.

Features:

  • Widget + Block — Use in sidebars (classic widget) or anywhere in the block editor
  • Lightweight — No jQuery, no external CDN. Just a tiny vanilla JS lightbox (~2 KB)
  • Responsive grid — CSS Grid layout adapts to any container width
  • Lazy loading — Images use native browser lazy loading
  • Accessible — Lightbox supports keyboard navigation (Escape to close)
  • Zero configuration — Just add a feed URL and go

Upgrading from v2.x:

The Bootstrap classes (row, col-xs-12) and external Lightbox2 CDN have been replaced with clean semantic HTML, a responsive CSS Grid layout, and a bundled vanilla JS lightbox. If you had custom CSS targeting the old classes, you will need to update it to use the new .rss-image-gallery BEM classes.

Active installations60+
Weekly downloads
15-54.55%
Version3.0.0
Last updated2/23/2026
WordPress version6.0
Tested up to6.9.4
PHP version7.4
Tags
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