So the default WordPress gallery sucks. It’s not very powerful or flexible. It just spits out your images. But you don’t want that, you want fancy lightbox slideshows and drag and drop ordering and all kinds of bells and whistles.
That’s where Showcase comes in. Showcase aims to redefine the “gallery” in WordPress. Showcase makes the whole process of uploading, ordering and editing your images as simple as it can be. Then it makes your gallery look stunning by automatically showing your gallery in a beautiful lightbox slideshow. Not to mention built in features:
- Simple gallery creation and management
- Create unlimited galleries
- Shortcode and template tag support
- Responsive output (including built in slider and lightbox)
- Upload images or use an existing WordPress gallery
- 4 different layout modes
- Custom thumbnail sizing
- Drag and drop ordering
- Automatic upgrades
- Full documentation
- Much more…
Requirements
- WordPress v3.0
- PHP v5.2
Changelog
*** Showcase WordPress Plugin Changelog *** 2012.08.13 - version 1.3 * [New] Ability to choose "WordPress Gallery" as an image source * [New] Automatic updates * [New] Added "Image Slider Only" layout option * [New] showcase() template tag * [New] Thumbnail captions option * [New] Added filters and hooks * [Changed] Updated FlexSlider to v1.8 * [Changed] Can now change lightbox config for custom setup * [Fixed] Support for multiple galleries 2012.03.09 - version 1.2 * [Fixed] The DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR bug * [Fixed] The missing slash in image URL bug 2012.03.01 - version 1.1 * [Fixed] The double slash in image URL bug 2012.02.23 - version 1.0 * Initial release