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Bento Grid Gallery

A lightweight, responsive Bento-style gallery block for WordPress with Media Library, ACF Gallery support, lightbox, thumbnails and flexible layouts.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.1.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 6.4 · PHP 8.1
Directory statusactive
Last directory update18 Aug 20262mo ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Bento Grid Gallery version 1.1.1 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Bento Grid Gallery is a lightweight, responsive gallery block for the WordPress block editor.

Create modern Bento-style image compositions with a prominent main image, secondary images, an additional-photo counter and a full-screen lightbox — without relying on an external page builder.

The block can use images selected manually from the WordPress Media Library or load them dynamically from an ACF Gallery field attached to the current post. Manual images can also be used as an optional fallback when the ACF field is empty.

✨ Why Bento Grid Gallery?

Bento Grid Gallery is designed to keep image galleries simple, visual and fast.

  • Modern Bento-style composition
  • Native WordPress block editor integration
  • No external gallery framework required
  • Dynamic ACF Gallery source
  • Responsive layouts for desktop, tablet and mobile
  • Full-screen lightbox with navigation and thumbnails
  • Server-side rendering
  • DB Solution HUB integration

🧩 WordPress Native

Built to work naturally with WordPress and Gutenberg.

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🖼️ Flexible Image Sources

Choose how each gallery gets its images:

  • Manual selection from the WordPress Media Library
  • Dynamic ACF Gallery field
  • Configurable ACF field name
  • Automatic current-post context
  • Support for common ACF Gallery return formats based on attachment IDs or image arrays
  • Optional manual-gallery fallback when the ACF field is empty

🚀 Performance First

Bento Grid Gallery keeps the frontend lightweight.

  • Optimized WordPress image sizes
  • No unnecessary frontend framework
  • Dynamic server-side block rendering
  • Lightbox assets loaded only where required
  • Responsive output designed for modern devices

📱 Responsive by Design

The gallery automatically adapts to different screen sizes.

You can configure desktop height and column count while the frontend layout adjusts for tablet and mobile devices.

🔍 Integrated Lightbox

Visitors can open images in a full-screen viewer with:

  • Previous / next navigation
  • Thumbnail navigation
  • Image counter
  • Keyboard-friendly controls
  • Responsive presentation

🛠️ Support & Development

Need help, report an issue or have an idea for Bento Grid Gallery?

name

Bento Grid Gallery is created and maintained by Davide Baraldi as part of the DB Solution suite.

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • acf
  • bento
  • gallery
  • gutenberg
  • lightbox
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.4 · PHP 8.1
Update activity18 Aug 20262mo ago

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