How to Add a Photo Gallery with Albums to WordPress Themes?
  • May 25

How to Add a Photo Gallery with Albums to WordPress Themes?

Most WordPress themes offer a variety of plug-ins to create a gallery, but it is sometimes difficult to focus on one of them. First of all, you need to decide what goals you are pursuing, and, indeed, for which you need a plug-in. To determine compare the ratings of plugins, features and user reviews.

Plugins for adding photo galleries with albums straight to WordPress themes:

NextGEN Gallery
NextGen Gallery is one of the most popular WordPress plugins due to its versatility, as well as a cute and simple interface. The plugin allows you to add multiple images to the photo gallery, create as many galleries, add a description to each of them, add a gallery to a page or share it via shortcode. And, of course, you will be able to see the slideshow and add albums straight to your WordPress themes.
2 NextGen Gallery also able to import meta-data and has a well-thought-out image editor. You can easily download a large number of pictures in a zip-archive, or FTP, which is very convenient. NextGen Gallery also offers a wide range of functions for working with icons galleries. Unfortunately, according to user feedback, the last few months in the plugin found a lot of mistakes. Some of them have been solved. Pro-version of NextGen Gallery opens new useful features.
Tribulant Slideshow Gallery
Tribulant Slideshow Gallery runs on Javascript and therefore operates fast enough to be used in any themes by fixthephoto. In addition, it is universal and does not conflict with the themes / plugins from other developers. The main feature of this plugin is a very high-quality slideshow that will be useful for people who need to frequently show slides. For example, to give lectures or show wedding pictures to friends.
3 Tribulant Slideshow Gallery lets you display a large number of galleries on your website with any WordPress theme, including a slide gallery, supports the display of slides or pages of the reports. All the components of a slide show can be easily customized. The plugin supports both short- and conventional codes. Tribulant Slideshow Gallery allows you to customize almost everything: speed, range, color and other elements associated with the style of your slideshow. However, unlike other plugins, Tribulant Slideshow Gallery has a limited capacity of a photo gallery with albums, so it's better to use it along with other similar plugins.
Grand Flagallery
Grand Flagallery plugin is the best choice if you frequently use a mobile phone or tablet. As with other plugins, Grand Flagallery has all the basic functions: creating galleries, uploading infinite number of images, edit them and add descriptions. This plugin is perfectly compatible with WordPress themes designed by 8Theme team for iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry. It is well SEO optimized. It can create a gallery for photos, video files, MP3-files, NIVO slider or widgets for a slide show. Nice detail: the gallery, you can add background music. The only significant drawback is the Grand Flagallery use Flash, since it may not work on all devices. And more: the plugin does not make friends with FTP, if that.
BestWebSoft Gallery
BestWebSoft Gallery has many different very useful features. First of all, it is worth noting the friendly interface that makes operation simple and straightforward. This plugin allows you to create multiple galleries with any number of photographs and a description for each.
4 The plugin can accommodate all the images on a single page or create separate pages with albums directly from your WordPress themes, protecting you from a long scroll. The plugin supports HQ format that preserves the image quality. In addition, you can share with friends via a gallery shortcode, or add it to this page. BestWebSoft Gallery allows you to add a signature and alt tag for each picture, and resize cover art and photos in an album. The slide show function allows you to enjoy them to the fullest. BestWebSoft Gallery isly updated automatically straight from your WordPress themes. It’s simplicity, functionality and nice interface are popular with both beginners and more advanced users.

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