MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Modal Windows

Descripción

MetaSlider Gallery is the ultimate WordPress gallery plugin. You can build an image gallery. You can also show your images, videos, and slideshows in a beautiful gallery window. Plus, MetaSlider Gallery is deeply integrated with the MetaSlider Slideshow plugin so you can create stylish sliders.

The MetaSlider Gallery plugin allows you to show a wide variety of media inside a lightbox gallery window, including these:

  • Imágenes
  • Galerías de imágenes
  • Videos alojados en sitios de WordPress
  • Videos de Vimeo
  • Videos de YouTube
  • Imágenes destacadas
  • Pases de diapositiva MetaSlider

You can really enhance your WordPress media with gallery windows. Visitors can view your images or videos and then open them inside a modal. This can make the image or video larger and also darken the background so it’s easier to focus on the media.

Show your single images in a gallery window

MetaSlider Gallery allows you to add gallery windows to images in your WordPress post content. You can choose to automatically add the gallery window to all images, or you can do it manually via the “Enlarge on click” setting. This works with both the block editor and the Classic Editor. You can also use this gallery window with page-builders such as Elementor, Divi, and Beaver Builder, thanks to the CSS feature.

Click here to see more gallery windows with images.

Show your image galleries in a stylish window

MetaSlider Gallery allows you to add gallery windows to image galleries in your WordPress post content. You can choose to automatically add the gallery window to all images, or you can do it manually via the “Enlarge on click” setting. Each image in your gallery can get its own gallery window setting.

Click here to see more gallery windows with image galleries.

Show your videos in a gallery window

You can use the MetaSlider Gallery plugin to show videos inside a gallery window modal window. The MetaSlider Gallery plugin supports videos hosted inside your WordPress media library. You can use MetaSlider Gallery to showcase your .MP4, .WebM, and .MOV videos.

Click here to see more gallery windows with local videos.

Show your YouTube videos in a gallery window

MetaSlider Gallery allows you to add gallery windows to YouTube videos in your WordPress post content. You can choose to automatically add the gallery window to all YouTube images. You can use many different YouTube URL formats. There’s a list of formats here.

Click here to see more gallery windows with YouTube videos.

Show your Vimeo videos in a gallery window

MetaSlider Gallery allows you to add gallery windows to Vimeo videos in your WordPress post content. You can choose to automatically add the gallery window to all Vimeo videos

Click here to see more gallery windows with Vimeo videos.

Add a gallery window to your MetaSlider Slideshows

The MetaSlider Gallery plugin connects deeply with the MetaSlider Slideshow plugin.

A slideshow allows you to create a beautiful showcase of images or videos for your visitors. You can enhance your slideshow with a gallery window. Visitors can view your slideshow and then click on an image and see a larger, higher-resolution version of the image. Often the background is darkened so that the viewer’s eyes can focus on the image alone.

Click here to see more gallery windows with MetaSlider slideshows.

Design Options for MetaSlider Gallery

The MetaSlider Gallery plugin has a wide range of design options to allow to customize the gallery window effect. You can customize the gallery window background and overlay appearance. You can choose the navigation icons (close, previous, next arrows) that appear in all gallery windows. You can modify the the “Open in lightbox window” option that can be added to media.

Click here to see gallery window design options.

Capturas de pantalla

Bloques

Este plugin proporciona 1 bloque.

  • MetaSlider Gallery Display a MetaSlider Gallery.

Instalación

Para instalar el plugin automáticamente:

  • A través del administración de WordPress, utilizar el menú: Plugin > Agregar nuevo.
  • Search for MetaSlider Gallery.
  • Haz clic en “Instalar” y, a continuación, haz clic en el enlace de activación.

FAQ

What library is used in MetaSlider Gallery

We rely on lightGallery which is a lightweight, modular, JavaScript image and video gallery window gallery. Find out more at their website. lightGallery is built with most modern technologies available to achieve the best performance and quality. It supports all modern browsers including IE 10 and above. lightGallery is highly optimized for mobile and tablets so you get a native look-and-feel, plus best performance.

Is MetsaSlider gallery window ready for mobile?

Yes, MetaSlider Gallery is highly optimized for mobile. MetaSlider Gallery supports multiple touch gestures to perform specific actions such as pinch to zoom in, zoom out, double tap to zoom, drag or swipe to navigate to different slides, vertical swipe or drag to close etc. MetaSlider Gallery uses CSS-only approach for resizing images and videos to achieve maximum performance on mobile devices.

Is MetaSlider Gallery ready for touch gestures?

Yes, MetaSlider Gallery supports touch and swipe navigation on touchscreen devices, as well as mouse drag for desktops. This allows users to navigate between slides by either swiping or dragging on the media.

Is MetaSlider Gallery accessible?

Yes, MetaSlider Gallery supports keyboard navigation to navigate to different slides. You can use the escape key to close the gallery. The plugin uses recommended accessibility HTML markups to make the galleries accessible for keyboard and screen reader users.

Does WordPress have a default lightbox gallery window?

Yes, but it’s more limited than the lightbox gallery window offered by MetaSlider Gallery. WordPress 6.4 gave us a new gallery window feature that can be used with images and photo galleries. You can add gallery windows inside WordPress posts. Inside each image or gallery block, you’ll be able to find the “Expand on click” option. When visitors see this image in your post, it will probably appear smaller than the full-size version of the image. Thanks to the gallery window feature, they’ll be able to click and see a much larger, expanded version of the image. [Find out more here](https://www.metaslider.com/block-editor-gallery window/).

Is there a direct link to install MetaSlider Gallery?

Yes, use the phrase metaslidergallery window or msgallery window when searching for plugins. We use that for some banners inside the plugin. Searching for metaslidergallery window or msgallery window will result in only this plugin being found.

Can I connect to other gallery window plugins to MetaSlider?

Yes, a legacy feature in this plugin allows you to connect other gallery window plugins to MetaSlider slideshows. We no longer support this feature, but it may still work. Here are the connected slideshows:

  • Easy FancyBox
  • [Simple gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-gallery window/)
  • [FooBox Image gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/foobox-image-gallery window/)
  • WP Colorbox gallery window
  • [ARI Fancy gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ari-fancy-gallery window/)
  • [Responsive gallery window by dFactory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-gallery window/)
  • [WP gallery window 2](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-gallery window-2/)
  • [WP jQuery gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-jquery-gallery window/)
  • jQuery Colorbox
  • [Fancy gallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancy-gallery window/)
  • [imagegallery window](https://wordpress.org/plugins/imagegallery window/)
  • [WP gallery window Ultimate](https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-gallery window-ultimate-plugin-display-media-in-a-fancy-gallery window-overlay-3163)
  • [gallery window Plus](https://23systems.net/wordpress-plugins/gallery window-plus-for-wordpress/)

Reseñas

5 de Septiembre de 2025 5 respuestas
First, It is an add on the should be part of meta slider itself. No reason to have it separated from the other. The crop options are intentionally tweaked to make the image look dumb, and impossible to adjust to a decent view. Solution? upgrade lol How am I even supposed to consider the premium options, when the basics fail to server its purpose. But hey, nice try. Installed, and uninstalled right away.
27 de Mayo de 2021
Uninstalling this and Metaslider since they forced Extendify into it. Would not recommend to anyone.
3 de Septiembre de 2016
Thanks a lot for the plugin! Only have a little problem with the image description with the responsive lightbox plugin, otherwise great plugin!
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Historial de cambios

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[2.30.0] – 14 May, 2026

  • ADDED: Gutenberg block for inserting galleries in the block editor, #310;
  • ADDED: Showcase layout, #223;
  • ADDED: Allow users to choose the image size displayed in the gallery window, #249;
  • ADDED: Per-slideshow gallery window settings, #361;
  • ADDED: Usage column on the gallery list showing which posts and pages embed each gallery, #363;
  • ADDED: Click to copy shortcode on the gallery list and editor pages, #323;
  • ADDED: Duplicate button in the gallery editor toolbar, #324;
  • ADDED: Edit link in the WordPress admin toolbar for galleries, #321;
  • CHANGED: Remove the word “Lightbox” from all user-facing labels and descriptions, #346;
  • CHANGED: Replace “lightbox” with “gallery” in MetaSlider slideshow settings panel, #362;
  • CHANGED: Update plugin description and free/pro naming to MetaSlider Gallery, #348;
  • CHANGED: Translation updates for Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, #354;
  • CHANGED: Translation updates for Japanese, #353;
  • CHANGED: Translation updates for Spanish, #350;
  • CHANGED: Translation updates for ES, FR, IT, #344;
  • CHANGED: Add missing translation strings across all supported languages, #358;
  • CHANGED: Update readme.txt on WordPress.org, #352;
  • CHANGED: Plugin icon updated, #345;

[2.23.0] – 28 Apr, 2026

  • ADDED: Create a basic post type for MS Galleries, #308;
  • ADDED: Allow users to enable or disable the gallery window on individual slides, #298;
  • ADDED: Offer an icon instead of “Open in gallery window”, #299;
  • ADDED: Allow users to customize “Open in gallery window”, #311;
  • FIXED: gallery window icon doesn’t work with custom color schemes, #295;
  • FIXED: Featured image option doesn’t work correctly, #300;
  • FIXED: Autoplay description text, #297;
  • FIXED: Layout labels are too long sometimes, #326;
  • CHANGED: Plugin name updated to MetaSlider Gallery, #312;
  • CHANGED: Plan for menus and settings, #313;
  • CHANGED: Rename Hash URLs to Unique Image URLs, #282;
  • CHANGED: Clarify width and height settings, #294;
  • CHANGED: Change the default settings for “Open in gallery window”, #320;
  • CHANGED: Move title field to the left, #319;
  • CHANGED: Make the gallery title field required, #322;
  • CHANGED: Tooltips, #318;
  • CHANGED: Translation updates for ES, FR, IT, #293;
  • CHANGED: Translate into more languages, #307;
  • CHANGED: ES-FR-IT translation updates for Metaslider-gallery window FREE and PRO on weblate, #327;

[2.22.0] – 28 Jan, 2026

  • CORREGIDO: Corregir el selector CSS del ícono de la barra de herramientas que afecta a los íconos desplegables para compartir, #261;
  • CORREGIDO: Incluir el logotipo de MetaSlider, #283;
  • CAMBIO: URL con hash, #282.
  • CAMBIO: Mover el ajuste de la barra lateral a un nuevo panel, #285;

[2.21.0] – 20 Jan, 2026

  • AÑADIDO: Prueba para la accesibilidad, #1245;
  • AÑADIDO: Almacenar la versión y la ruta del plugin en la base de datos, #264;
  • AÑADIDO: Anuncios Pro/pestaña en la versión gratuita, #262;
  • AÑADIDO: Promoción de las características Pro, #263;
  • CORREGIDO: Actualización de las traducciones al italiano, español y francés, #258;
  • CORREGIDO: Agregar protección contra recursividad, #268;
  • CORREGIDO: Imágenes duplicadas, #269;
  • CORREGIDO: Manipulación de imágenes pequeñas, #236;
  • FIXED: gallery window still being applied to a slideshow even if not enabled, #260;
  • FIXED: Disable gallery window in thumbnails navigation, #191;
  • FIXED: First Carousel Slide Shows Cropped Image in gallery window, #270;
  • CORREGIDO: Comprueba los productos/galería de Woocommerce, el modo automático no parece funcionar, #266;
  • CORREGIDO: El cursor no es una “mano de ratón” para las imágenes debajo de una galería, #208;

[2.20.0] – 20 Nov, 2025

  • AÑADIDO: Detectar la versión Pro, #242;
  • CORREGIDO: Actualizaciones de las traducciones al italiano, español y francés, #241;
  • CORREGIDO: Permitir a los usuarios de cambiar los colores del ícono, #252;
  • CAMBIADO: Hacer coincidir los ajustes de MetaSlider, #179;
  • CAMBIADO: Actualizaciones del texto para la pestaña “Comportamiento”, #238;
  • CAMBIADO: Actualizaciones del texto para la pestaña “Apariencia”, #237;
  • CAMBIADO: ¿Permitir a los usuarios mostrar las imágenes en un tamaño más grande?, #214;
  • ELIMINADO: Ajuste de la posición del botón de cierre, #248;

[2.12.0] – 30 Oct, 2025

  • AÑADIDO: Redirigir al instalar, #222;
  • AÑADIDO: Omitir los elementos insertados en la página, #213;
  • FIXED: gallery window appears on WooCommerce products even when disabled, #220;
  • CORREGIDO: Las instrucciones para ampliar al hacer clic no son correctas, #216;
  • CAMBIADO: Actualización de la pestaña “Apariencia”, #219, #218, #217;
  • CAMBIADO: Modo automático/modo manual, #221;

[2.11.1] – 16 Oct, 2025

  • CAMBIADO: Versión del plugin , #210;

[2.11.0] – 16 Oct, 2025

  • ADDED: Allow users to move the “Close” button and “Open in gallery window” button, #183;
  • ADDED: Add Ability to Change “Open in gallery window” text in button, #127;
  • AÑADIDO: Permitir a los usuarios de conmutar para incluir o excluir, #174;
  • CORREGIDO: Las exclusiones de tipos de contenido no encuentran todos los tipos de contenido, #196;
  • CAMBIADO: Precisión de la descripción, #188;
  • CAMBIADO: Incluir el logotipo de MetaSlider, #170;
  • CAMBIADO: Agregar relleno a la derecha del área de ajustes, #173;
  • ELIMINADO: Traducción de capturas de pantalla, #184;

[2.10.0] – 29 Sep, 2025

ADDED: Different settings for different post types, #121;
ADDED: Add an option to hide or show slide Image Title Text, #132;
ADDED: Add ability to use MetaSlider slide to show gallery window instead of button, #128;
ADDED: Add settings for manual options, #155;
ADDED: Add settings for button text colors, #162;
CHANGED: Behavior Tab should be for all options (manual and automatic), #152;
FIXED: Custom HTML: Images are zoomed in gallery window when using mobile portrait, #104;
FIXED: Layer Slides: Open in gallery window button overlaps with Play / Pause button, #119;
FIXED: Layer Slides: Text layers are too big when on mobile (portrait and landscape), #105;
FIXED: gallery window not working on content-based videos, #157;
FIXED: Menu conflict when Firelight gallery window is installed, #142;
FIXED: Vimeo with lazyload enabled, #83;

[2.0.0] – 24 Jul, 2025

  • ADDED: LightGallery.js implementation with built-in gallery window
    functionality, #70;
  • AÑADIDO: Página de los ajustes de administración con opciones de personalización de colores, #49;
  • AÑADIDO: Conmutador de navegación con miniaturas, #58;
  • AÑADIDO: Compatibilidad con videos locales y externos para la integración
    con Video.js, #85;
  • AÑADIDO: Funcionalidad de anulación “Ampliar al hacer clic” de WordPress, #50;
  • AÑADIDO: CSS por el tema de MetaSlider theme para una mejor compatibilidad con los móviles, #77;
  • ADDED: Tab focus accessibility on “Open in gallery window” buttons, #86;
  • AÑADIDO: Opción de selector de color al pasar el cursor por el ícono, #114;
  • FIXED: gallery window animation smoothness when opening/closing, #41;
  • CORREGIDO: Visibilidad de las flechas y del botón de cierre en los móviles/tabletas, #43;
  • CORREGIDO: La navegación por miniaturas se superpone a la imagen principal, #58;
  • CORREGIDO: Las imágenes de las diapositivas siempre están enlazadas, #62;
  • CORREGIDO: Incidencias de alineación del botón “Vaciar”, #72;
  • CORREGIDO: Funcionalidad del selector de color sin MetaSlider instalado, #75;
  • CORREGIDO: Errores de PHPCS e incidencias de securidad, #89;
  • CORREGIDO: Incidencias de carga de los videos externos, #107;
  • FIXED: Post feed “Open in gallery window” button clickability on mobile,
    #106;
  • CORREGIDO: Incidencias de visualización de las diapositivas de HTML personalizado, #101;
  • CORREGIDO: Tamaño del texto de las diapositivas de capa en dispositivos móviles, #105;
  • CORREGIDO: Compatibilidad del tema de MetaSlider (Radix, Databold, Highway), #91,
    #109;
  • CORREGIDO: Visualización del botón de cierre en los computadores de escritorio, #45;
  • FIXED: Unable to save disabled “Open in gallery window” setting, #42;
  • CHANGED: Made gallery window addition automatic for better UX, #38;
  • CAMBIADO: Mejoras en la UI y etiquetas desplegables, #60;
  • CAMBIADO: Menu and save button design consistency, #113;

[1.13.4] – 14 Mar, 2025

  • CHANGED: Remove discontinued gallery window plugins on description list;

[1.13.3] – 13 Mar, 2025

  • CAMBIADO: Eliminar las estadísticas de instalación activas en el archivo léame;

[1.13.2] – 10 Jul, 2024

  • AÑADIDO: gancho metaslider_admin_notices, #26;

[1.13.1] – 12 Oct, 2021

  • FIXED: gallery window setting is broken if using MetaSlider v3.27.13, #18;
  • CAMBIADO: Eliminar la biblioteca Extendify;

[1.13.0] – 13 Jul, 2021

  • CAMBIADO: Actualización de la biblioteca.

[1.12.2] – 7 Jul, 2021

  • CORREGIDO: Correciones de fallos.
  • AÑADIDO: Agrega opción para desactivar la biblioteca.

[1.12.1] – 17 May, 2021

  • CORREGIDO: Correciones de fallos.

[1.12.0] – 28 Apr, 2021

  • AÑADIDO: Agrega acceso a la biblioteca de plantillas y patrones de Extendify.

[1.11.3] – 22 Aug, 2020

  • CAMBIADO: Actualizaciones del léame y de la informació de la cuenta del equipo.

[1.11.2] – 09 Apr, 2020

  • CHANGED: De-prioritizes recommendation for Responsive gallery window by dFactory due to inactivity.

[1.11.1] – 14 Aug, 2019

  • CORREGIDO: Se corrigió un problema por el que el ajuste no se guardaba correctamente.

[1.11.0] – 8 Jul, 2019

  • AÑADIDO: Agrega compatibilidad con Gallery Manager Pro.

[1.10.4] – 30 Apr, 2019

  • CAMBIADO: Agrega un nombre de clase único a los avisos del administrador.

[1.10.3] – 04 Jan, 2019

  • CORREGIDO: Corrige un fallo por el que WP-Featherlight no se cargaba como una galería.

[1.10.2] – 14 Jul, 2018

  • CHANGED: Updates settings page for WP gallery window 2 to match their update.

[1.10.1] – 16 Mar, 2018

  • FIXED: Updates how gallery window plugins are checked for activation.
  • CORREGIDO: Solucionar un fallo que comprueba los ajustes anteriores del carrusel.
  • FIXED: Removes an incompatible gallery window plugin (duplicate name).

[1.10.0] – 16 Mar, 2018

  • ADDED: Adds support for additional gallery window plugins.
  • CHANGED: Refactors gallery window to clean up attribute function.
  • CAMBIADO: Refactorizar varias partes del código para extraer los datos de los plugins compatibles.
  • CHANGED: Extracts the class MetaSlidergallery windowPlugin to its own file.
  • CAMBIADO: Cambia la lógica para comprobar si el plugin está instalado y activo.
  • CHANGED: Adds a CSS class to the container that identifies the active gallery window plugin.
  • CAMBIADO: Agrega filtros para permitir a los usuarios manipular el uso del plugin.
  • CHANGED: Refactors gallery window to clean up attribute function.

[1.9.3] – 14 Nov, 2018

  • CAMBIADO: Corregir comprobaciones para la URL de la diapositiva.
  • CORREGIDO: Actualización de la compatibilidad con FooBox Pro.
  • CORREGIDO: Actualizar el nombre del perfil FooBox
  • CORREGIDO: Actualizar los ajustes del plugin Gallery Manager.

[1.9.2] – 26 Jan, 2018

  • CAMBIADO: Actualización de las cadenas de traducción.
  • CHANGED: Adds warning message when no gallery window is active.

[1.9.0] – 28 Mar, 2017

  • FIXED: Simple gallery window use slide caption instead of attachment caption.

[1.8.0] – 16 Mar, 2017

  • CORREGIDO: Actualizar la URL de la imagen de la diapositiva para que cumpla con el nuevo tipo de contenido de diapositiva.

[1.7.0] – 09 May, 2016

  • FIXED: Removes defunct gallery window Plus plugin link (thanks to @Hendrik57).

[1.6.0] – 01 Apr, 2015

  • ADDED: Adds support for FooBox Image gallery window and WP gallery window 2 Pro versions.

[1.5.0] – 30 Jan, 2015

  • ADDED: Adds support for FooBox Image gallery window and Responsive gallery window by dFactory.

[1.4.0] – 15 Dec, 2014

  • FIXED: Hides dependency warning in admin if WP Video gallery window is activated (reported by and thanks to: vfontj).

[1.3.0] – 28 Oct, 2014

  • ADDED: Adds support for Fancy Gallery gallery window plugin (suggested by and thanks to: Zim1).

[1.2.0] – 17 Sep, 2014

  • ADDED: Support for additional gallery window plugins.

[1.1.0] – 22 Aug, 2014

  • CORREGIDO: Compatibilidad con la asignación de array PHP < v5.4 (informado por y gracias a: andrea_montuori).

[1.0.0] – 15 Aug, 2014

  • AÑADIDO: Versión inicial.