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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."

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