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Image Gallery Widget for Elementor Free

A grid of images with captions and a lightbox.

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Overview

What Image Gallery does

Image Gallery shows a grid of images from your Media Library, with captions, hover effects and Elementor's lightbox. Pick the columns, gap and image shape, and choose what a click opens.

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Features

What it can do

  • Pick images straight from the Media Library.

  • One to six columns, set per device.

  • Square, landscape, wide, portrait or original image shape.

  • Click opens the lightbox, the image file, the attachment page or nothing.

  • Captions from the image caption, title or alternative text.

  • Captions below, on the image, or on the image on hover.

  • Hover effects: zoom, lift, gray to color and darken.

Use cases

When to use it

Portfolios

Show project photos in a tidy square grid.

Event photos

Let visitors browse pictures in the lightbox.

Product details

Show close up shots with short captions.

Setup

How to set it up

A few steps from adding the widget to a finished result.

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  1. Drag the Image Gallery widget onto the page.

  2. In Images, click Images and pick your pictures.

  3. Set Columns, Gap and Image Shape.

  4. Choose what Click Opens.

  5. Pick a Caption source and Caption Position.

  6. Choose a Hover Effect and style the images.

FAQ

Questions and answers

Does it use the Elementor lightbox?

Yes. Set Click Opens to Lightbox.

Can captions show only on hover?

Yes. Set Caption Position to On the image, on hover.

Can I keep each image's own shape?

Yes. Choose Original under Image Shape.

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Image Gallery is free

It is one of 48 widgets in the free Bright Addons plugin. Each widget loads its code only on pages that use it.

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