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Features

✅ Automatically loads all images from a specified folder
✅ Responsive Grid Layout with Configurable Columns
✅ Lightbox functionality with keyboard navigation
✅ Lazy Loading for optimal performance
✅ Hover effects and zoom function
✅ Supports JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP
✅ Fully configurable via plugin parameters

Installation

1. Create a ZIP file with all plugin files
2. Go to: System → Extensions → Install
3. Upload the ZIP file
4. Activate the plugin at: System → Plugins → Content - MW Quick Gallery

Automatic updates

The plugin supports Joomla's integrated update system:

1. Go to: System → Update → Extensions
2. Click on "Search for updates"
3. Available updates are displayed automatically
4. Click "Update" to install the latest version

Update server: https://mertsch-web.de/updates/quickgallery.xml

Use

Include the following code in your posts:

```

{Gallery path="images/my-pictures"}

```

Advanced Options

```

{Gallery path="images/my-pictures" columns="4" title="My gallery"}

```

Parameter:

• path (required): Relative path to the image folder from Joomla-Root

• columns (optional): number of columns (overrides plugin setting)

• title (optional): title above the gallery

Examples

```

{Gallery path="images/projects/2025"}

{Gallery path="images/team" columns="5" title="Our team"}

{Gallery path="images/products/category-a" columns="3"}

```

Plugin Configuration

In the plugin you can set the following default values:

• Number of columns: 2-5 columns (standard: 3)

• Thumbnail size: size in pixels

• Distance: Distance between images in pixels

• Lightbox: On/Off

Lightbox Features

• Clicking on image opens full screen view

• Navigation with arrow keys (← →)

• Close with ESC or X-Button

• Touch-friendly for mobile devices

Technical Details

• Compatible with Joomla 5.0 - 6.999

• Requires PHP 8.1 or higher

• Uses native CSS Grid for layout

• Vanilla JavaScript (no jQuery dependence)

• Lazy loading for optimal performance

• Responsive design with mobile-first approach

• Automatic update function via Joomla update system

Changelog

Version 1.0.2 (27. November 2025)

• Improved thumbnail display with uniform sizes

• Optimized lightbox navigation with glassmorphic design

• Update server integration for automatic updates

• Confirmed compatibility with Joomla 5 and 6

• Performance optimizations

Version 1.0.0 (November 2025)

• First publication

• Basic gallery functionality

• Lightbox integration

• Responsive Grid Layout

Support

If you have any questions or problems, please contact Mertsch-Web.

Author

Mertsch-Web

• Website: https://mertsch-web.de

• Email: info@mertsch-web.de

License

GNU General Public License version 2 or later

Copyright (C) 2025 Mertsch-Web