Guide

How to create a gallery in WordPress.

A step-by-step guide to building a photo gallery with Galleo, from uploading your photos to publishing. It takes about five minutes, and every step works in the free plugin.

Start with step 1

See finished galleries

1. Install

The free Galleo plugin.

2. Upload

Drop in a batch of photos.

4. Publish

A block or a shortcode.

Step 1

Install Galleo

Download the free Galleo plugin, then upload it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin and click Activate. A new Galleo menu appears in the sidebar.

If you bought Pro, upload the Pro zip under Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin as well, then enter your license key under Galleo → Pro license.

Galleo gallery settings in the WordPress dashboard

Rows of photos with title, description, category and button fields

Each row has fields for a title, description, categories, button text and link.

Step 2

Upload your photos in one go

Go to Galleo → New gallery and give it a name. Drag a folder of photos onto the Photos box, or click Add photos to pick many from your Media Library.

Each photo gets its own row. Titles and descriptions fill in automatically from your photo details, and you can drag rows to reorder them.

Step 3

Pick a layout and style

In Gallery settings, choose a layout: a portfolio grid, a 3D gallery, or (with Pro) one of 20 FX layouts. Then pick the card colour, how captions show, and what happens when a photo is clicked.

Optional: choose a simpler layout for phones, set columns and spacing, or turn on category filter buttons.

The Galleo layout picker with grid, 3D and FX layouts

The live preview panel on the Galleo gallery screen

Step 4

Publish with a block or shortcode

Click Publish. The Add to a page box shows a shortcode like [galleo id="123"].

In the block editor, add the Galleo Gallery block and choose your gallery. In Cornerstone, Elementor, Divi or any other builder, paste the shortcode into a text or shortcode element. The Preview box on the gallery screen shows the result before you publish.

The result