Choose layouts or connect a gallery to a source

SimpLy Gallery PLUS and SimpLy Gallery PRO are paid editions of SimpLy Gallery Blocks for the WordPress block editor. Both support responsive galleries, albums, sliders, and lightbox experiences with images, self-hosted HTML5 video, audio, YouTube, Vimeo, and VideoPress items.

PLUS changes how you can present a collection: it adds eight layout blocks and visual controls. PRO includes those PLUS features and adds dynamic gallery sources, so a collection can draw from supported content sources. Both editions fit pages such as portfolios, catalogs, project presentations, event collections, and media-rich articles.

PLUS: select a presentation

Alongside the core gallery blocks, PLUS adds Portfolio, Showcase, TagsBox, List, Split Carousel, Horizon, Accordion, and Diamond blocks. Choose a gallery type in the block editor, then adjust the visual controls available for that block.

• Portfolio and Showcase present visual projects.
• List, TagsBox, and Accordion arrange structured media collections.
• Split Carousel, Horizon, and Diamond provide other gallery layouts.

PRO: assemble collections from supported sources

PRO includes PLUS and can build galleries and collections from SimpLy folders, YouTube, Vimeo, WooCommerce, FileBird, Media Library Assistant, and other supported sources. This source-based process is useful when a collection should draw on organized content rather than a one-time selection. Galleries using selected SimpLy folders update automatically instead of remaining a fixed snapshot.

Core blocks and reusable media

The underlying extension has eight WordPress gallery blocks: Masonry, Justified, Grid, Slider or Carousel, Viewer, Albums, Album Navigator, and Saved SimpLy Gallery. It also includes saved galleries, reusable shortcodes, album pages, Tags Filter, SimpLy Media Assistant for organizing and reusing WordPress media, and a built-in lightbox. The lightbox can manage native WordPress Image and Gallery blocks, linked images, and SimpLy galleries.

For self-hosted video, the poster generator lets you select a video frame as the entry's featured picture. YouTube and Vimeo galleries use lightweight playback with one active video embed at a time. Gallery output includes static fallback HTML for media visibility, and the add-on uses standard WordPress media sizes without creating extra image copies.

Set up a gallery in WordPress

Install the selected SimpLy Gallery edition, then add its gallery blocks through the block editor. Create or select media, organize items with SimpLy folders and tags, and pick a block or saved gallery structure for the page. PLUS customers can refine the presentation with its additional layouts. PRO users can select a supported dynamic source when creating a gallery or collection. Albums group saved galleries for visitors.