How to Create an Image Gallery in WordPress (Step by Step)

February 2, 2021

When it comes to adding pictures and images to your pages, blog, or post the most convenient way to do it is by WordPress. You can either add an image without a plugin or by using Envira Gallery. 

Creating An Image Gallery

There is a build-in easy and effortless feature in WordPress that makes creating a gallery without Plugin possible. To do this firstly click on the Post edit option then press Add New Block icon and then click on the Gallery block option. 

This will make the Gallery block feature appear on the editor. Now to import the image from your computer select the option ‘Upload’ that would be in the middle of the Gallery block feature. 

Moreover, the media library option is also available that would allow you to add previously uploaded images. Now you could select an image or multiple images by pressing Ctrl on your keyboard. When the pictures are uploaded there would be a ‘Write caption’ option below every picture so that caption could be added. 

There is also a gallery block feature available that will help you to enable the Crop images feature, helps to link the images, and decide the number of columns on every row. 

If you want to edit with a plugin then you could use Envira Gallery which is used by many individuals. This is due to its fast speed and many features like drag and drop builder, professional gallery templates, lightbox popup, easy image navigation, etc.

To add images, go to Add New page on the Envira Gallery option. After this, you can give a title for your gallery. After that, you can upload the image from your computer by clicking ‘Select files from computer’ or from the WordPress media library by selecting the ‘Select files from other sources’ option. 

Once the images are uploaded you could select the pencil option to add a title, caption of your choice. To change gallery settings like caption positioning, margins, thumbnail sizes, number of columns, image dimensions, image lazy loading, etc. you can click on the ‘Configuration’ tab. 

You can enlarge and browse images without even leaving the page by using the ‘Lightbox’ tab. More options could be reviewed like add custom CSS, gallery slug, etc. from the ‘Misc’ section option by using Envira Gallery. 

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