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Video Gallery – YouTube, Vimeo & Video Slider with Lightbox

Add a responsive YouTube, Vimeo & Dailymotion video gallery slider with lightbox to WordPress. Auto-fetches titles & thumbnails.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.0.48
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 3.5 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update2 Sept 20262mo ago
Active installations1K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.4 / 5 from 7 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Video Gallery – YouTube, Vimeo & Video Slider with Lightbox version 1.0.48 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Video Gallery turns any WordPress site into a video showcase in minutes. Paste in YouTube, Vimeo, or Dailymotion video URLs — the title, description, and thumbnail all fetch automatically — and display them in a responsive, animated slider with a proper lightbox popup. No coding, no manual thumbnail hunting.

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🚀 Want more? PRO unlocks unlimited video galleries, Metacafe and custom HTML5 video, Elementor & Divi widgets, bulk import from a YouTube channel or playlist, real easing animations, and full block-editor video management. See “Pro Version Features” below, or get PRO here.

Find WordPress Video Gallery Pro Plugin (Unlimited Video Galleries + Elementor/Divi + Bulk YouTube Import) at WordPress Video Gallery Pro

Live Demo WordPress Responsive Video Carousel With Lightbox

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=Features=

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Add unlimited videos to one video gallery slider (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion).

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Auto-fetch video title, description, and thumbnail – just paste the URL.

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Modern, lightweight slider engine (no jQuery required) with a proper video lightbox, or the original Legacy engine – your choice, per gallery.

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Slider and lightbox are fully responsive on mobile, tablet, and desktop.

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Add, edit, and delete videos from a clean admin screen.

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Preview your video gallery before publishing it.

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Native Gutenberg block – search “Responsive Video Gallery” in the block inserter, no shortcode needed. Shortcode also supported for any theme or page builder.

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Set video thumbnail width and height.

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Control slider speed, number of visible videos, and circular (looping) mode.

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Left/right arrow navigation or automatic sliding.

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Pagination dots, shown automatically only when there’s more than one page of videos.

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Video title shown as a caption on the thumbnail, with optional description in the lightbox.

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org VideoObject structured data (JSON-LD) automatically added, helping your videos qualify for rich video results in Google search.

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WordPress capabilities/roles support.

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No advertisements, anywhere in the admin.

=Pro Version Features=

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Unlimited video galleries (multiple, independently configured) – free is limited to one gallery.

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All 5 video types: YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, and custom HTML5 video (uploaded or external URL, with fallback source formats).

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Bulk import videos from an entire YouTube channel or playlist in one click – title, description, and thumbnail all pulled in automatically for every video.

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Native Elementor widget and Divi module – drag a video gallery into your builder layout, no shortcode needed.

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Full Gutenberg block editor integration – create and edit a gallery’s complete settings, and add/remove videos, directly from the block sidebar.

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net animation curves (including true Bounce and Elastic), not just an approximated CSS transition.

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Configurable lightbox width and height.

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Custom video thumbnail upload, or one-click automatic thumbnail download.

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Video description shown directly in the lightbox popup.

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Crop / no-crop thumbnail display, border color, border radius, and box shadow – all independently customizable per gallery.

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Manual video ordering with mass order update, or randomize video order on each page load.

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Open videos in the lightbox, or in a new browser tab – your choice per gallery.

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Video gallery with thumbnail caption and smart pagination.

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Responsive admin layout.

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No advertisements.

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WordPress capabilities/roles feature.

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License

This plugin is free for everyone! Since it’s released under the GPL, you can use it free of charge on your personal or commercial blog. But you can make some donations if you realy find it useful.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

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

  • video gallery
  • video slider
  • lightbox
  • vimeo
  • youtube
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 3.5 · PHP not listed
Update activity2 Sept 20262mo ago

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