Wpdevart has developed the free Gallery Album for WordPress. It’s compatible with WordPress 3.4.0 and higher and tested up to version 5.8. 

Create your own design and style by using standard or Canva-style animations. The responsive plugin lets you display images or video galleries on your WordPress site with unique views and animations. The Pro version adds some extra features. Other WordPress gallery plugins you can try are Simple Photo Albums and Portfolio Gallery.

Plugin features

The free version of this responsive plugin gives you a large variety of features. Its straightforward admin panel makes it easy to apply your chosen options. The plugin lets you generate unlimited galleries, albums, and images. You can use it to change image names and descriptions or change the popup overlay background color and opacity. 

The plugin gives you many customization options, like

• Choosing a border with color, opacity, and radius.
• Control the bar heights and size of the bar icons.
• Adjust settings, text, background colors, and opacity for the description panel.
• Customize color, size, and positions of icons, like Previous and Next icons. 
• Change size and text options of general and album images.
• Set the number of columns, as well as the pagination height and background.

Pro features

You get eight different views, five standard, and twenty-seven Canva animation effects if you upgrade to Pro. Your WordPress gallery design will also now be completely customizable. Use the plugin to set a time for your slide animation or change your popup design. And also, customize the settings, position, and icons for your control bar. It will also let you change your thumbnail line and image settings. 

Creating a WordPress gallery

You’ll start by setting the crop paraments. It’s the width and height of your thumbnails, as well as your maximum width and height. Then configure the theme options. On your post or page, choose the shortcode button from the visual editor. Select from the available options and insert the code. You can even edit the shortcode by changing the views or settings in your editor. 

Image and video galleries

Gallery Album for WordPress lets you create immersive image and video galleries with animated effects. It has an extensive range of features for the free version, adding even more in Pro. It’s straightforward to use, and even beginners can customize their galleries.