Top 18 Excellent Wordpress Gallery Slideshow Tools

1. Accordions Plus for WordPress

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Easily add Responsive Horizontal / vertical Accordions or Fade/Slider sliders to your WordPress blog with Accordions Plus.Wordpress TinyMCE/Quicktags Post editor Buttons for easy shortcode insertion

Easily insert accordions from within wordpress image slider Editor buttons. Enable Slideshow

SlideShow Duration

Slideshow Direction

Complete documentation can be found under Documentation/Accordions Plus for WordPress.

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2. WOW Slider

WOW Slider

The most strong and popular web design trend over last couple of years is a sliding horizontal panels also known as Sliders or Carousels. Image slider is a very effective method to increase the web site usability and engage the user.

WOW Slider is a responsive jQuery image slider with amazing visual effects and tons of professionally made templates. NO Coding - WOW Slider is packed with a point-and-click wizard to create fantastic sliders in a matter of seconds without coding and image editing. Wordpress slider plugin and Joomla slider module are available.

Also, you can share your slider on Facebook.

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3. Canyon Gallery (WP GRAND FlAGallery Skin)

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Canyon Gallery (skin) will help you to easily add gallery to your WordPress website or blog.For this to work you need to have GRAND FlAGallery WordPress Plugin installed.Insert gallery to your Wordpress site with a widget or with shortcode;

You can display in a gallery an unlimited amount of images without loss of performance;

Gallery supports Multicategories;

Being able to watch the gallery in full screen mode and full window mode;

Easily change all gallery settings within powerful control panel;

Slideshow and auto start slidshow (the ability to edit the delay);

Role Manager allows for the assigned role to have complete control over the gallery;

Displaying alternative jQuery gallery for browser without flash support;

iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry 6 and Desktop friendly photo gallery;

Full-screen mobile friendly slideshow with touch controls;

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4. Global Gallery - Wordpress Responsive Gallery

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Global Gallery comes with three gallery layouts, four lightboxes ready to use and is designed to be visible on each device: whether you are using a retina MacBook or an Android phone.100% multilanguage – Global Gallery now is completely translatable both in front and back-end.Global Gallery has been completely enhanced, almost all the code has been optimized and many new features has beed added.Gallery Collections: Need a smart and clean way to display and categorize multiple galleries galleries? Now you can create gallery collections.You can manage each aspect, from the way images are displayed to the sliding effects, timings, auto-slideshow and the displayed elements. Using the “easy-sorting mode” the gallery builder will become compact, allowing you to sort everything seamlessly.Choose if display your images with a classic gallery layout, a masonry one or with the new PhothoString one (see layout examples here).With Global Gallery you can make everything in few seconds!

Why using only wordpress images? Global Gallery is ready to catch images from:

Your Wordpress library

Wordpress category posts

Global Gallery albums (created via FTP)

Automatic gallery creation

Don’t want to lose time selecting images one by one? Global gallery allow you to create a gallery only with a click.Set the interval on which the gallery is re-built.Finally, choose if add images randomly and set a maximum images number for the gallery.Why forcing you to use a specific lightbox? Global Gallery comes with four lightboxes ready to use: Fancybox, ColorBox, PrettyPhoto and the brand new LCweb lightbox!

Protect your images disabling the right click and moreover with the Global Gallery watermark system.Global Gallery comes also with two premium effects to apply to your thumbnails: grayscale and blur!

To make the plugin easy for everyone, the documentation comes with detailed videos explaining each step necessary to setup and use Global Gallery:

First gallery creation w/ WP library

Galleries with Global Gallery albums

Automatic gallery creation

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5. HTML5 Video Gallery Wordpress Plugin

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HTML5 Video Gallery with a cool ‘Live playlist’ feature could be used as video gallery, video player or any kind of video showcase.Responsive Video Gallery HTML5 Youtube Vimeo

JQuery Thumbnail Gallery With Lightbox

HTML5 Video Gallery with Live Playlist

JQuery AutoSlide Image Gallery Slideshow with Music

JQuery Stack Banner Slideshow with Captions

HTML5 Audio Player With Playlist Wordpress Plugin

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6. Recent Posts Revolution

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Recent Post Revolution offers a new amazing way to display a selection of your posts, custom posts or pages in your WordPress blog.The gallery generated by recent posts with thumbnails wordpress Revolution needs only the first configuration, then will be automatically displayed and updated, all the images displayed in the gallery are the featured images of your posts/custom posts/pages, for this reason you don’t have to manually create the gallery or to upload images, if your are a lazy administrator this is the perfect plugin for you.How to define the content of the gallery

Number of Posts -> Number of Posts/Custom Posts/Pages displayed in the gallery.Category -> If you are using normal posts here you can define which category of posts will be displayed in the gallery.Show the gallery only in specific areas of the website

If you want to display your gallery in all your website, only in a specific Post Type, or only in a specific category of your Posts, this is the right place:

Show the gallery only in this post type -> Leave empty to show the gallery in all your website, set post only for posts, set page only for pages, set products only for the custom type products.Show the gallery only in this category of posts -> If you want to display your gallery only in a specific category of posts here you can select a specific category between your post category.Define the style of the gallery

Enable Transparency -> A transparency affect is applied to the gallery.The other options available in this page are self explained css rules that change the aspect of the gallery, these css rules are applied only if the Apply Skin option is disabled.Custom Title -> This is the title of the gallery displayed when current website location is not post/custom post/page

Autohide limit -> You can choose to hide the gallery when the browser width goes under a specific value.Show the gallery minimized -> When activated the gallery is displayed minimized and the gallery content is hidden.Replace the gallery title with the Custom Title while in Posts or Pages -> When activated the gallery title is replaced with your custom title, this means that if you are in a post/custom post/page named My First Post this option replace My First Post with the Custom Title option.#dc-rpr-items-bar{ background: #CCCCCC; }/*Gallery Background Color*/

dc-rpr-single-item{ background: #111111; }/*Gallery Items Background Color*/

dc-rpr-single-item span{ color: #FFFFFF; }/*Gallery Items Font Color*/

dc-rpr-single-item span{ font-size: 11px; }/*Gallery Items Font Size*/

dc-rpr-single-item span{ font-family: sans-serif; }/*Gallery Items Font Family*/

#dc-rpr-gallery-title{ color: #FFFFFF; }/*Gallery Title Font Color*/

#dc-rpr-gallery-title{ font-size: 12px; }/*Gallery Title Font Size*/

#dc-rpr-gallery-title{ font-family: sans-serif; }/*Gallery Title Font Family*/

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7. Showbiz Pro Responsive Teaser WordPress Plugin

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Showbiz Pro Responsive Teaser WordPress PluginTime to go Pro!

Showbiz Pro is a responsive teaser displaying solution that allows you to show WordPress Posts or any Custom Content with a set amount of teaser items.Wordpress 3.“After using Showbiz Pro for just a few days, I am convinced it is the best carousel and slider wordpress plugin on the market for WordPress.com/showbiz-pro-wordpress-carousel-slider-custom-post-display-plugin/Watch the Video Review and Tutorial:

bug fix: get number of specifiec posts was limited by wordpress setting.bug fix: fixed some bug in getting text from the editor in gallery slide view

bug fix: when selected small image from the gallery slide was js error.bug fix: added strip tags for excerpt in gallery mode.WordPress Themes by ThemePunch

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8. HTML5 Audio Player With Playlist Wordpress plugin

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Responsive Video Gallery HTML5 Youtube Vimeo

JQuery Thumbnail Gallery With Lightbox

HTML5 Video Gallery with Live Playlist

JQuery AutoSlide Image Gallery Slideshow with Music

JQuery Stack Banner Slideshow with Captions

HTML5 Audio Player With Playlist Wordpress Plugin

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9. Atomic Golf Course Listing and Review

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Atomic Golf is a complete listing and review plugin to use in WordPress powered websites.Our plugin allows for the user to have the ability to easily and simply manage their own golf course listings on their WordPress install with a full course listing engine. Individual Golf Course CSS3 Responsive Slideshow / Gallery

Users of your website can leave their views and ratings of each course right on the listing just by utilizing the built-in WordPress commenting tools! Turn Comments / Ratings off on a per Post basis or globally with WordPress’s own commenting tools.

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10. Nova Gallery - Responsive HTML5 Multimedia Gallery

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Wordpress Plugin Available Here

Nova Gallery is a HTML5 multimedia gallery enabling you to showcase your photos/audio/video in a beautiful and sleek interface. You can have multiple sets/albums of items and can filter the gallery items based on file type or based on custom categories. The gallery allows you to showcase your Youtube/Vimeo videos and Flickr/Picasa photos from groups/sets/albums/collections. The gallery features a fluid responsive design and can fit in any screen size ranging from mobile phones to desktop browsers. The gallery also features touch-screen support and uses hardware accelerated CSS based animations wherever possible which results in smooth animations, that is especially noticeable in mobile devices. Try the gallery demos and resize your browser to see the responsive design of the gallery in action. All gallery data is passed in a simple XML file. You can also have a slideshow of the items in the Full-width mode. This slideshow stops whenever the browser tab in which the gallery is displayed, goes out of focus (this feature only works in browsers that supports the HTML5 Page Visibility Api). Supports multiple gallery sets or albums. The gallery features a fluid responsive design to account for various screens sizes ranging from mobile phones to desktop browsers and can also be placed in a container of any width. The gallery is mobile device friendly with touch screen support. Handy keyboard shortcuts have been provided for easier navigation of the gallery. The gallery items can also act as links to external pages

Can mention a youtube custom thumbnail image for the gallery sets.e Thumbnail Grid or Full-width, which will be shown when the gallery first loads. Option to show a particular category of items when the gallery first loads. Shrink images in Full-width mode to fit the container when the gallery first loads. Choose to show the thumbnails in Full-width mode when the gallery first loads. Choose the animated effect for showing/hiding the Gallery Sets screen (home screen). Show the gallery either spanning the entire width of the browser or the width of its parent container. The gallery items can also act as links to external pages. You have the option to shuffle or randomly order the gallery items each time the page is refreshed. The gallery supports preloading of images in Full-width mode for smoother viewing. You can start the slideshow in Full-width mode when the gallery first loads. The time interval for which a particular item is visible during slideshow can be set. Option to set the path for the gallery configuration XML file. The image gallery script has been tested and is fully compatible with jQuery 1. Improved the closing/opening of the gallery menu in touch-screen devices.Fixed problem with positioning of the gallery overlay/lightbox when there were other content in the page along with the gallery. The gallery now is fully compatible with jquery 1.

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11. WP Boat Dealer

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WP Boat Dealer is a full listing plugin for boats and watercraft to use in WordPress powered websites.Our plugin allows for the user to have the ability to easily and simply manage their own boat or watercraft listings on their WordPress install with a full inventory engine. Individual Boat CSS3 Responsive Slideshow / Gallery

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12. Nova Gallery - Multimedia Gallery Wordpress Plugin

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The standalone gallery has a 5 star rating.Nova video gallery wp makes it easy to embed the Nova Gallery – Responsive HTML5 Multimedia Gallery, in your Wordpress theme. It is a HTML5 multimedia gallery enabling you to showcase your photos/audio/video in a beautiful and sleek interface. You can have multiple sets/albums of items and can filter the gallery items based on file type or based on custom categories. The gallery allows you to showcase your Youtube/Vimeo videos and Flickr/Picasa photos from groups/sets/albums/collections. The gallery features a fluid responsive design and can fit in any screen size ranging from jQuery mobile slideshow to desktop browsers. The gallery also features touch-screen support and uses hardware accelerated CSS based animations wherever possible which results in smooth animations, that is especially noticeable in mobile devices. Try the gallery demos and resize your browser to see the responsive design of the gallery in action. You can also have a slideshow of the items in the Full-width mode. This slideshow stops whenever the browser tab in which the gallery is displayed, goes out of focus (this feature only works in browsers that supports the HTML5 Page Visibility Api). Supports multiple gallery sets or albums. The gallery features a fluid responsive design to account for various screens sizes ranging from simple mobile phones to desktop browsers and can also be placed in a container of any width. The gallery is mobile device friendly with touch screen support. Handy keyboard shortcuts have been provided for easier navigation of the gallery. The gallery items can also act as links to external pages

Create multiple galleries and manage them with the Gallery Manager. Can host media files in services like Amazon AWS and then insert those file links in the gallery settings page. The plugin allows you to wordpress flickr gallery files through the WP Media Library, so you can use your previously uploaded files in the gallery too. Thumbnails for the gallery are generated automatically if you choose to, or you can upload your own thumbnails. Drag to sort gallery item order. Also shortcode for each gallery created, is visible in the Gallery Manager. Can mention a youtube custom thumbnail image for the gallery sets.e Thumbnail Grid or Full-width, which will be shown when the gallery first loads. Option to show a particular category of items when the gallery first loads. Shrink images in Full-width mode to fit the container when the gallery first loads. Choose to show the thumbnails in Full-width mode when the gallery first loads. Choose the animated effect for showing/hiding the Gallery Sets screen (home screen). Show the gallery either spanning the entire width of the browser or the width of its parent container. The gallery items can also act as links to external pages. You have the option to shuffle or randomly order the gallery items each time the page is refreshed. The gallery supports preloading of images in Full-width mode for smoother viewing. You can start the slideshow in Full-width mode when the gallery first loads. The time interval for which a particular item is visible during slideshow can be set. Option to set the path for the gallery configuration XML file. Option to hide the Gallery Menu

The jQuery gallery script has been tested and is fully compatible with jQuery 1. Improved the closing/opening of the gallery menu in touch-screen devices. Fixed the uploading process in Wordpress versions less than 3.Fixed problem with positioning of the gallery overlay/lightbox when there were other content in the page along with the gallery. The gallery now is fully compatible with jquery 1.Fixed a bug regarding the displaying of gallery set names.

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13. Playlist for WordPress

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Playlist for WordPress is a wordpress plugin directory that allows you to create playlists from your posts. If you are looking for a plugin that generate automatically a gallery of posts/custom posts/pages from a specified query check out Recent Posts Revolution.Playlist for WordPress include a responsive rating system:

Upload the Playlist for gallery plugin wordpress to your blog and activate it ( If you are using the Plugins -> Add New -> Upload feature to install the plugin rename the zipped plugin to wordpress-playlist. The Avatars displayed in the Comments sidebar work with the standard Avatars system provided by Wordpress, if you want to select different Avatars go in Settings -> Discussion and select your Avatars.

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14. FlickrBox - Wordpress Flickr.com Gallery+Widget

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com galleries in wordpress.Columnized gallery – Set amount of columns to split into.Customizable Widget Area Gallery

Optional page gallery Titles

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15. DZS WordPress Testimonial Rotator

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Want an awesome way to display your clients reviews on your site ? This is the widget for you! Customize everything from text and author to slideshow times and transitions.wordpress – self hosted install

Testimonial Rotator WordPress plugin – get creative!

free updates – even if the value of this gallery increases with upcoming updates, you will get them for free

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16. ZoomShowcase - Responsive Banner for WordPress

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ZoomShowcase – WordPress Plugin

This is the WordPress version of one of my popular JavaScript plugins. Rebuilt from the ground up, the WordPress version is not only responsive but is also jQuery free, which means you won’t ever have to worry about jQuery conflicts.

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17. Titan Lightbox for WordPress

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TITAN is an awesome lightbox gallery script for WordPress which supports a wide assortment of images, html content, maps, and videos.Slideshow for galleries with autoplay.* Addresses issues with shortcode editor and WordPress 3.

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18. Mega Slider - Responsive WordPress Slider Plugin

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With a friendly admin user interface and power timeline manager, MegaSlider is highly customizable slider for WordPress.Works with WordPress 3.

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19. Auto Grid Responsive Gallery - Wordpress

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Auto Grid Responsive Gallery Wordpress

This is a plugin that scans a folder in your plugins folder of your Wordpress and its subfolders containing images. The subfolders will be the categories that will appear at the top, and the plugin will make a grid responsive gallery with the images. And add the gallery in your posts or pages with this short code: [autoGrid]

Recommendation: If your Wordpress site is on the web, connect via FTP with transmit and create a droplet of your gallery folder, and you will be able to drag and drop images from your computer to the droplet super easy. Lightbox with slideshow (play, pause, auto-play)

specifying the url of another gallery, for example: [gridGallery directory="gallery2"]

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