Title: MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Modal Windows Author: MetaSlider Published: August 15, 2014 Last modified: July 29, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/ml-slider-lightbox/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3520445) ![](https://ps.w.org/ml-slider-lightbox/assets/icon.svg?rev=3522449) # MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Modal Windows By [MetaSlider](https://profiles.wordpress.org/metaslider/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ml-slider-lightbox.2.35.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ml-slider-lightbox/) ## Description MetaSlider Gallery is the ultimate WordPress gallery plugin. You can build an image gallery. You can also show your images, videos, and slideshows in a beautiful gallery window. Plus, MetaSlider Gallery is deeply integrated with the [MetaSlider Slideshow](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider/) plugin so you can create stylish sliders. The MetaSlider Gallery plugin allows you to create beautiful image galleries that can be placed anywhere on your WordPress site. You can also show a wide variety of media inside a lightbox gallery window, including these: * Images * Image galleries * Videos hosted on WordPress sites * Vimeo videos * YouTube Videos * Featured images * [MetaSlider slideshows](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider/) ### Create stylish image galleries MetaSlider Gallery allows you to create stylish image galleries that work with the block editor, the Classic Editor, and any page-builder. To create a new gallery, find the “Galleries” screen. There are five layouts available for your image gallery: Grid, Masonry, Justified, Carousel, and Showcase. * **Grid**: Show your images in rows and columns. Each row and column will be the same size. * **Masonry**: Show the images in a grid-like layout, but this approach has a flexible placement that fills gaps left by shorter items. * **Justified**: This allows each image to keep its original aspect ratio, so it won’t always be possible to fill each row edge-to-edge. * **Carousel**: Show one main image at the time. The visitor can use arrows or the thumbnail navigation to browse to the next image. * **Showcase**: Shows one image at a time. In this layout, the arrows and the thumbnail navigation are both underneath the image. [See how to create WordPress image galleries](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/create-image-galleries/). ### Show your single images in a gallery window You can really enhance your WordPress media with gallery windows. Visitors can view your images or videos and then open them inside a modal. This can make the image or video larger and also darken the background so it’s easier to focus on the media. MetaSlider Gallery allows you to add gallery windows to images in your WordPress post content. You can choose to automatically add the gallery window to all images, or you can do it manually via the “Enlarge on click” setting. This works with both the block editor and the Classic Editor. You can also use this gallery window with page-builders such as Elementor, Divi, and Beaver Builder, thanks to the CSS feature. [Click here to see more gallery windows with images](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/images-lightbox-modal/). ### Show your image galleries in a stylish window MetaSlider Gallery allows you to add gallery windows to image galleries in your WordPress post content. You can choose to automatically add the gallery window to all images, or you can do it manually via the “Enlarge on click” setting. Each image in your gallery can get its own gallery window setting. [Click here to see more gallery windows with image galleries](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/image-galleries-lightbox-modal/). ### Show your videos in a gallery window You can use the MetaSlider Gallery plugin to show videos inside a gallery window modal window. The MetaSlider Gallery plugin supports videos hosted inside your WordPress media library. You can use MetaSlider Gallery to showcase your .MP4, .WebM, and . MOV videos. [Click here to see more gallery windows with local videos](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/video-lightbox). ### Show your YouTube videos in a gallery window MetaSlider Gallery allows you to add gallery windows to YouTube videos in your WordPress post content. You can choose to automatically add the gallery window to all YouTube images. You can use many different YouTube URL formats. [There’s a list of formats here](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/youtube-url-formats/). [Click here to see more gallery windows with YouTube videos](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/youtube-videos-lightbox-modal/). ### Show your Vimeo videos in a gallery window MetaSlider Gallery allows you to add gallery windows to Vimeo videos in your WordPress post content. You can choose to automatically add the gallery window to all Vimeo videos [Click here to see more gallery windows with Vimeo videos](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/vimeo-videos-lightbox-modal/). ### Add a gallery window to your MetaSlider Slideshows The MetaSlider Gallery plugin connects deeply with the MetaSlider Slideshow plugin. A slideshow allows you to create a beautiful showcase of images or videos for your visitors. You can enhance your slideshow with a gallery window. Visitors can view your slideshow and then click on an image and see a larger, higher-resolution version of the image. Often the background is darkened so that the viewer’s eyes can focus on the image alone. [Click here to see more gallery windows with MetaSlider slideshows](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/slideshows-lightbox-modal/). ### Design Options for MetaSlider Gallery The MetaSlider Gallery plugin has a wide range of design options to allow to customize the gallery window effect. You can customize the gallery window background and overlay appearance. You can choose the navigation icons (close, previous, next arrows) that appear in all gallery windows. You can modify the “Open in lightbox window” option that can be added to media. [Click here to see gallery window design options](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/design-options-for-metaslider-lightbox/). ## Screenshots [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * MetaSlider Gallery Display a MetaSlider Gallery. ## Installation #### To install the plugin automatically: * Through WordPress admin, use the menu: Plugin > Add New. * Search for MetaSlider Gallery. * Click on install then click the activation link. ## FAQ ### What library is used in MetaSlider Gallery We rely on lightGallery which is a lightweight, modular, JavaScript image and video gallery window gallery. Find out more at [their website](https://www.lightgalleryjs.com/). lightGallery is built with most modern technologies available to achieve the best performance and quality. It supports all modern browsers including IE 10 and above. lightGallery is highly optimized for mobile and tablets so you get a native look- and-feel, plus best performance. ### Is MetaSlider gallery window ready for mobile? Yes, MetaSlider Gallery is highly optimized for mobile. MetaSlider Gallery supports multiple touch gestures to perform specific actions such as pinch to zoom in, zoom out, double tap to zoom, drag or swipe to navigate to different slides, vertical swipe or drag to close etc. MetaSlider Gallery uses CSS-only approach for resizing images and videos to achieve maximum performance on mobile devices. ### Is MetaSlider Gallery ready for touch gestures? Yes, MetaSlider Gallery supports touch and swipe navigation on touchscreen devices, as well as mouse drag for desktops. This allows users to navigate between slides by either swiping or dragging on the media. ### Is MetaSlider Gallery accessible? Yes, MetaSlider Gallery supports keyboard navigation to navigate to different slides. You can use the escape key to close the gallery. The plugin uses recommended accessibility HTML markups to make the galleries accessible for keyboard and screen reader users. ### Does WordPress have a default lightbox gallery window? Yes, but it’s more limited than the lightbox gallery window offered by MetaSlider Gallery. WordPress 6.4 gave us a new gallery window feature that can be used with images and photo galleries. You can add gallery windows inside WordPress posts. Inside each image or gallery block, you’ll be able to find the “Expand on click” option. When visitors see this image in your post, it will probably appear smaller than the full-size version of the image. Thanks to the gallery window feature, they’ll be able to click and see a much larger, expanded version of the image. [Find out more here](https://www.metaslider.com/block-editor-gallery window/). ### Is there a direct link to install MetaSlider Gallery? Yes, use the phrase metaslidergallery window or msgallery window when searching for plugins. We use that for some banners inside the plugin. Searching for metaslidergallery window or msgallery window will result in only this plugin being found. ### Can I connect to other gallery window plugins to MetaSlider? Yes, a legacy feature in this plugin allows you to connect other gallery window plugins to MetaSlider slideshows. We no longer support this feature, but it may still work. Here are the connected slideshows: * [Easy FancyBox](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-fancybox/) * [Simple gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-gallery window/) * [FooBox Image gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/foobox-image-gallery window/) * [WP Colorbox gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-colorbox/) * [ARI Fancy gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ari-fancy-gallery window/) * [Responsive gallery window by dFactory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive- gallery window/) * [WP gallery window 2](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-gallery window-2/) * [WP jQuery gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-jquery-gallery window/) * [jQuery Colorbox](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-colorbox/) * [Fancy gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancy-gallery window/) * [imagegallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/imagegallery window/) * [WP gallery window Ultimate](https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-gallery window-ultimate-plugin-display-media-in-a-fancy-gallery window-overlay-3163) * [gallery window Plus](https://23systems.net/wordpress-plugins/gallery window- plus-for-wordpress/) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1745c6c0f35ce1da11dd6fd26367dc14544a7b4b490f66e9691111ebdcedad45? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[What a joke](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-a-joke-20/)󠁿 [andreadelriva](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andreadelriva/) September 5, 2025 5 replies First, It is an add on the should be part of meta slider itself. No reason to have it separated from the other. The crop options are intentionally tweaked to make the image look dumb, and impossible to adjust to a decent view. Solution? upgrade lol How am I even supposed to consider the premium options, when the basics fail to server its purpose. But hey, nice try. Installed, and uninstalled right away. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c4fabade40a43487778d7e2535e03a31213911ef61912ff3616117613377766c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[A really useful plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-really-useful-plugin-6/)󠁿 [vitralsolutions](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vitralsolutions/) March 20, 2018 I think this plugin is just great. Have support for the most used lightbox plugins and do its job perfectly. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e119c16302a8e81af8829dff0015f2f0a2aa7753bee8a6f92ef75be957a26834? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Slider with lightbox](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slider-with-lightbox/)󠁿 [richardsan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/richardsan/) October 18, 2016 really great work! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a8c0a6ae0f05d7b20e880658896985fc381aa075a5c7c2fb08ab5c5dac07c533? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works as Described](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-as-described-169/)󠁿 [arceoh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arceoh/) May 27, 2021 Uninstalling this and Metaslider since they forced Extendify into it. Would not recommend to anyone. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2b2bb185668f91c61fc86cd832c1b0d2b8ee4c19a8ac9f6eed74c678ebef757d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works well!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-well-798/)󠁿 [bimofix](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bimofix/) September 3, 2016 Thanks a lot for the plugin! Only have a little problem with the image description with the responsive lightbox plugin, otherwise great plugin! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4c485a16524f42bc4f2f4f13b4f0dc22ee6a42fe669182a6ecdd8d7a1ab96a49? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Lightbox Plus seems history](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-plus-seems-history/)󠁿 [Hendrik57](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hendrik57/) September 3, 2016 1 reply Please, remove link because this plugin is no longer available. [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ml-slider-lightbox/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Modal Windows” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ MetaSlider ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/metaslider/) * [ andergmartins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andergmartins/) * [ htmgarcia ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/htmgarcia/) * [ PublishPress ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/publishpress/) * [ Steve Burge ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stevejburge/) * [ Rochelle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rochdesigns/) “MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Modal Windows” has been translated into 8 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/contributors) for their contributions. 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[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ml-slider-lightbox/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ml-slider-lightbox/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ml-slider-lightbox/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ml-slider-lightbox/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog The full changelog can be found on [metaslider.com](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/metaslider-gallery-changelogs/). ## Meta * Version **2.35.0** * Last updated **2 days ago** * Active installations **10,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.2** * PHP version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Languages * [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/), [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ml-slider-lightbox) * Tags * [gallery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gallery/)[image gallery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image-gallery/) [video gallery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/video-gallery/)[wordpress gallery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wordpress-gallery/) [youtube gallery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/youtube-gallery/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider-lightbox/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.4 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ml-slider-lightbox/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ml-slider-lightbox/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ml-slider-lightbox/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ml-slider-lightbox/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ml-slider-lightbox/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ml-slider-lightbox/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ml-slider-lightbox/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ MetaSlider ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/metaslider/) * [ andergmartins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andergmartins/) * [ htmgarcia ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/htmgarcia/) * [ PublishPress ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/publishpress/) * [ Steve Burge ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stevejburge/) * [ Rochelle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rochdesigns/) ## Support Got something to say? 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