Folder Gallery WordPress Plugin
This plugin generates picture galleries from a folder using a shortcode.
This plugin creates picture galleries from a folder. The pictures folder must be uploaded (using FTP) somewhere on the server (e.g. wp-content/upload). It must be writable (chmod 777).
Folder Gallery Plugin does not include any lightbox JS engine anymore. You have to install one or use a compatible lightbox plugin. See FAQ.
To include a gallery in a post or a page, you have to use the following shortcode :
[foldergallery folder="local_path_to_folder" title="Gallery title"]
For each gallery, a subfolder cache_[width]x[height] is created inside the pictures folder when the page is accessed for the first time.
An Options page allow to set the default paramaters of the galleries :
- Lightbox JS Engine: Lightbox 2 (if installed), Fancybox 2 (if installed), Lightview 3 (if installed), Easy Fancybox Plugin (if available),
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Usage of Folder Gallery over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 198 to 157 — down 41 (-20.7%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 157 | -2 |
| June 2024 | 159 | +3 |
| May 2024 | 156 | +3 |
| April 2024 | 153 | +2 |
| March 2024 | 151 | -15 |
| February 2024 | 166 | -6 |
| January 2024 | 172 | -12 |
| December 2023 | 184 | -5 |
| November 2023 | 189 | +3 |
| October 2023 | 186 | -2 |
| September 2023 | 188 | -8 |
| August 2023 | 196 | -4 |
| July 2023 | 200 | +2 |
| June 2023 | 198 | — |
Themes used with Folder Gallery
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Twentytwelve |
| 2 | Avada |
| 3 | Divi |
| 4 | Twentyfourteen |
| 5 | Responsive |
| 6 | Twentythirteen |
| 7 | Astra |
| 8 | Twentyfifteen |
| 9 | Vantage |
| 10 | Newspaper |
| 11 | Bridge |
| 12 | Pinboard |
| 13 | Responsive-child |
| 14 | Goodnews |
| 15 | Twentysixteen |
| 16 | Genesis |
| 17 | Twentyeleven |
| 18 | Genesis-sample |
| 19 | Generatepress |
| 20 | Porto |
Sites running Folder Gallery
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