Introduction

Photo Gallery, Content Photo Gallery, Photos & Images, Galleries

Simple Image Gallery (by JoomlaWorks) is truly the simplest and most effective way to add image galleries into your Joomla content and a classic must-have extension for any Joomla based website.


WHY SIMPLE IMAGE GALLERY?

Adding image galleries inside your Joomla articles, K2 items, Virtuemart/HikaShop products or any other component that supports "content" plugins is dead-simple. The plugin can turn any folder of images located inside your Joomla website into a grid-style image gallery with lightbox/modal previews. And all that using a simple plugin tag like {gallery}myphotos{/gallery} or {gallery}some/folder/myphotos{/gallery}.

So for example, if we have a folder of images called "mytriptoParis" and located in images/mytriptoParis, then we can create our gallery by simply entering the tag {gallery}my_trip_to_Paris{/gallery} into some Joomla article.

The galleries created are presented in a grid of thumbnails. When your site visitors click on a thumbnail, they see the original (source) image in a lightbox/modal popup. The thumbnails are generated and cached using PHP for better results.

The plugin is ideal for any type of website: from personal ones (where you'd post a photo gallery from your last summer vacation), to e-shops (for product presentation) to large news portals. With Simple Image Gallery, you can have as many galleries as you want inside your content.

FEATURES

So let's briefly see what are the main advantages of using Simple Image Gallery:
- You don't need to have an additional gallery component to display a few images and thus you don't need to tell your visitors "to see photos of XYZ click here".
- You can place one or more image galleries anywhere within your content giving you total layout freedom.
- The gallery layout is fluid by default which means it'll fit both responsive and adaptive website layouts.
- You can set a "root folder" in the plugin's parameters if you have all your gallery folders under a single long path in your Joomla site (e.g. images/content/galleries). This way you won't have to type the full path to each gallery folder inside the {gallery}...{/gallery} plugin tags but just the gallery folder name. The default "root folder" in the plugin's parameters is "images" because that's the default folder for uploading media files in Joomla as well.
- You can use MVC overrides to change how the thumbnail grid looks in your site. Simply copy the folder /plugin/jw_sig/tmpl/Classic into /templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/jw_sig/ so that you can access its files in /templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/jw_sig/Classic/. You can then modify both the HTML and CSS code included there to match your template's design and colors.
- Uses the core Joomla updater.
- Uses Fancybox 3 for the lightbox/modal previews.
- Allows printing the image gallery grid when using the print preview feature available in most Joomla components (including the default article system and K2).
- Supports JPEG, PNG, GIF and WEBP as source images.

DEMO

You can see a demo of the plugin here: https://demo.joomlaworks.net/simple-image-gallery

LEARN MORE

Visit the Simple Image Gallery product page at: https://www.joomlaworks.net/simple-image-gallery

If you want to contribute to the plugin or report any bugs/issues on GitHub, have a look here: https://github.com/joomlaworks/simple-image-gallery

COMPATIBILITY & LICENSE

Simple Image Gallery is fully compatible with Joomla versions 1.5, 2.5, 3.x & 4.x on servers running PHP versions 5, 7 & 8.

Joomla 1.5 must have the "Mootools Upgrade" system plugin enabled to avoid JavaScript conflicts between Mootools and newer jQuery releases used by the plugin.

Simple Image Gallery is a Joomla plugin developed by JoomlaWorks, released under the GNU General Public License.

Functionality
Easy - the basic version support still has a paid support. But Joomlaworks does not answer their own tickets. The BASIC version (free)
Ease of use
The basic version doesn't do what the paid version does. But it does just a simple job fine. Still, do not buy any Pro version from them.
Support
Simple Image Gallery PRO is still for sale and I renewed my subscription November 2023. Then I went to download - NO J4
Documentation
I sent in ticket, no answer still, two weeks later. There's no J4 Pro version of Simple Image Gallery and they don't say that until later..
I used this to: I believe they are defunct and are keeping your money for selling old parts for J3 - do not buy from them!!!!!
Functionality
La version gratuite est largement suffisante pour la plupart et fonctionne avec les fichiers images .webp alors que la version pro non !!!
Ease of use
la version pro ou gratuite sont plutôt simple à utiliser mais la version pro n'apporte pas grand-chose voir des fonctions en moins....
Support
ridicule, ils me disent qu'ils vont faire une mise à jour pour les fichiers .webp, 1 an après j'attends toujours..
Documentation
Plutôt complète mais on comprend mal l'intérêt de la version pro vu qu'elle ne possède même pas toutes les fonctions de la version gratuite !!
I used this to: J'utitilise la version gratuite même si j'ai acheté la version pro ! car elle n'est pas compatible avec les fichiers webp ! alors que la version gratuite oui, absurde !
Functionality
The free version is very basic.

The Pro version was very good and easy to use. The use of a component simplified use considerably
Ease of use
Free version is OK but you need to rememver what the parameters are/do.

Pro version very easy via component.
Support
Used to be extremely good - now forums seem unmonitored. Paid for Pro version for over 10 years- support was vg now no replies from support.
Documentation
Not brilliant but adequate. Its basically a single webpage with basic details.
I used this to: Displaying numerous galleries - un particular the pro version to display galleries with a single thumbnail.

No J4 pro version and develpoment seems to have stopped on all extensions over a year ago. Sadly no longer recommended.
Functionality
Pro version does not work in Joomla 4. It's only limited free version that does.
Ease of use
Easy to use. Most is self explaining, no need to read much of documentation.
Support
The developers do not give any answer, even support tickets are no longer answered. Other users report the same in their forum.
Documentation
I used this to: I use it for a private website for publishing some image galleries.
Functionality
It works directly out of the box, it creates the thumbnails automatically.
Ease of use
Installation is straight forward, it use Joomla standard installer.
Support
I didn't use the support because it was not necessary but I think the support will be there if needed.
Documentation
One page of documentation, well written, well explained, no need for more.
I used this to: Brochure site for a furniture manufacturer but I will definitively use this plug-in on other site
Functionality
Found a js problem but not solved despite several requests for support
Ease of use
if it works it might be easy to use but at the moment I can't tell this
Support
I bought the extension, due to a malfunction I opened 2 tickets, I tried to contact the developers on facebook, I opened a blog post but no
Documentation
I used this to: Slider Image gallery on a K2 website : each user will manage its gallery
Functionality
Simple gallery plugin and better than some components and plugins that
Ease of use
Easy to use - out of the box. Just installed and working. More languages would be great.
Support
Outstanding! Great and fast! Thx a lot. The forum is also a great place for answers.
Documentation
Simple and easy. You don't need much to say. The homepage of the developer tells everything about.
I used this to: ... a siimple and small gallery on a homepage. Really great for a few pics.
Functionality
Geniale Bildergalerie nichts vergleichbares zu finden. sehr einfach zu bedienen
Ease of use
einfach einen ordner erstellen und bilder reinkopieren, dann mit einem button in den editor einfügen
Support
Hatte ein selbst verschuldetes Problem mit der Anzeige von Thumbnails (Rookbooster) Support hat sofort geholfen und den Fehler gefunden
Documentation
man braucht keine dokumentation, das toll erklärt sich von selbst
I used this to: zum anzeigen von bildern, sehr einfach umzusetzen. ein vergleichbares programm gibt es nicht
Functionality
Very good. Needs some improvement, but I don't really mind as it is.
Ease of use
Easypeasy. Would be easier with article editor btn but, ok, it works. Put yr files into stories folder & insert a small snippet into article
Support
didnt need any.
Documentation
Very good. Need improvement for localization though.
I used this to: Several simple websites that need a basic gallery.

Best Component



Posted on 22 February 2016
Functionality
Very good
Ease of use
Easy to use
Support
Not needed
Documentation
Perfect
I used this to: Image gallery
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Simple Image Gallery

Version:
4.2
Developer:
JoomlaWorks
Last updated:
Jan 11 2023
1 year ago
Date added:
Dec 05 2006
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
p
Compatibility:
J3 J4
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Uses Joomla! Update System

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