Gallery hover effects — when they help and when they hurt
Hover effects look great in the plugin demo. Then a third of your visitors arrive on a phone, where hover doesn’t exist. How to use them without hurting non-hover users.
How to test whether your gallery’s lightbox is actually accessible
Plenty of gallery plugins claim to be accessible. The only way to know is to test — and you can do most of it yourself in fifteen minutes, no expertise required.
Gallery layouts for portfolios: which one fits your work
The layout that makes a wedding portfolio sing makes an architecture portfolio look chaotic. Layout is a function of what your work communicates.
Gallery filters and search: when complexity is worth it
Filterable galleries feel professional. They are also a great way to add friction nobody asked for. Baymard found 36% of filter setups “downright harmful.” When filters earn their place.
WordPress gallery accessibility: WCAG 2.2 checklist
A gallery a keyboard user can’t navigate isn’t ‘mostly accessible’ — it’s locked. WCAG 2.2 added three criteria that hit galleries directly. The checklist.
Migrating from NextGEN Gallery, Envira, and others
Switching gallery plugins sounds like a weekend of dread. It is justified for some plugins and overblown for others — the difference is whether your data is portable.
How to add a gallery to a WordPress page (the right way in 2026)
Adding a gallery takes thirty seconds. Adding one that is fast, accessible, and right on a phone takes a few more decisions — the 2026 version.
Masonry vs grid vs justified gallery layouts (with examples)
Grid, masonry, justified — they look similar in a feature list and behave completely differently with your actual photos. Picking wrong makes good work look amateur.
Native WordPress gallery block vs plugins
WordPress has a built-in Gallery block. For a casual blog it might be all you need. Here is exactly where it stops being enough.
WordPress gallery vs page-builder gallery: pros and cons
You already have Elementor. It has a gallery widget. Do you still need a gallery plugin? The line between “use the widget” and “outgrow it.”