Features

Everything a gallery should do

Unite Gallery combines a battle-tested JavaScript gallery engine with a WordPress admin designed for real people. Here is what you get.

Layouts & presentation

9 gallery types

Tiles (columns, justified, grid), carousel, slider, default, compact, grid theme and a dedicated video gallery. See them live →

Touch-enabled lightbox

Wide and compact lightbox styles with swipe navigation, zoomable images, text panels and a numeric position indicator.

Zoom & pan

Pinch or button zoom on slides and in the lightbox — with smooth panning around zoomed images.

Fullscreen mode

One tap takes any gallery to true browser fullscreen; another brings the page back.

Skins & styling options

Ready-made skins plus dozens of appearance options: colors, spacing, panel positions, hover effects and text styles.

Responsive & mobile-first

Galleries fit their container on any device. Thumbnail panels collapse under a configurable width.

Media & performance

All major video services

YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, SoundCloud, self-hosted HTML5 video and custom iframes — mixed freely with images. Video demo →

Smart image loading

Thumbnails first, full images on demand — big galleries stay fast. Preloading keeps navigation instant.

Any aspect ratio

Portrait, landscape, square, panorama — layouts are calculated from the real image dimensions, so nothing is awkwardly cropped.

Gestures everywhere

Swipe through slides and thumbnail strips, pinch to zoom, drag carousels — it all feels native on touch screens.

Keyboard navigation

Arrow keys move between items, Escape closes the lightbox — accessible defaults out of the box.

Play / pause slideshow

Autoplay with configurable timing on every theme, with a play/pause control your visitors can use.

WordPress & developers

Friendly admin

The items manager works like a file explorer, and every option ships with an inline description. About the plugin →

Block, shortcode & widget

A native Gutenberg block for the editor, plus [unitegallery] shortcodes for classic editors and page builders.

JavaScript API

Methods like nextItem, selectItem, zoomIn, enterFullscreen, changeItems and an event system let developers build custom experiences.

Multiple galleries per page

Run several galleries — even different types — on the same page without conflicts.

Works with any theme

The gallery renders inside your content area and adapts to its width — no theme modifications needed.

Free & GPL licensed

Open source under GPL v3, hosted on WordPress.org. Install it on as many sites as you like.

Ready to build beautiful galleries?

Unite Gallery is free and open source. Install it from WordPress.org and publish your first gallery in minutes.