WordPress Masonry Gallery

Create a WordPress masonry gallery with FooGallery Free. Show portrait and landscape photos together in a staggered grid, without cropping them all to the same shape.

Mix portrait and landscape photos.

Keep each photo’s proportions.

Choose your thumbnail width, spacing and style.

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Tall waterfall and bridge in green forest — Tall waterfall with bridge above
A tall, powerful waterfall cascades down a cliffside, framed by lush green vegetation, with a bridge crossing above.

Mountain lake reflecting snow-capped peaks under blue sky — Snow-capped mountains reflected in a calm alpine lake
A peaceful alpine lake with crystal-clear blue water reflecting snow-covered peaks, creating a perfect mirror image of the mountains and sky.

Green and golden rice terraces on hillside at sunset — Golden rice terraces in the hills
Sweeping hillside rice terraces glow in golden light, with layers of bright green vegetation cascading down the slopes.

Crescent moon and fiery orange sunset horizon — Fiery sunset with crescent moon
The horizon glows in orange and red as the sun sets, while a crescent moon rises above the silhouetted treetops.

Snowy mountain peaks with cloudy sky — Snow-covered mountain range under cloudy sky
A dramatic view of rugged, snow-covered mountain peaks rising sharply into the sky with soft blue-gray clouds overhead.

Countryside sunset with trees and fields — Golden sunset over a grassy countryside
The countryside glows in golden evening light, with green fields and a warm orange sky painting the horizon.

Starry sky with Milky Way over mountains — Star-filled night sky over mountains
A breathtaking night scene featuring the Milky Way arching above mountain silhouettes.

Sunlit meadow with forest and mountains — Sunlit meadow with trees and mountains
Golden sunlight streams across a meadow framed by tall trees, with distant mountains as a backdrop.

Pink and purple clouds in evening sky — Pink and purple evening sky with clouds
A glowing sunset sky filled with shades of pink, purple, and orange clouds.

Close-up of mossy tree trunk in forest — Mossy tree trunk in green forest
A detailed close-up of a moss-covered tree trunk set against a blurred green forest background.

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Create your first masonry gallery in WordPress

Install FooGallery Free, add your photos and choose the Masonry template. Follow the setup guide to adjust the thumbnail width and spacing.

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Mobile Gallery Settings

Want a different layout on phones? With PRO Starter, you can set the masonry width, gap and layout separately for mobile. You can also change pagination, caption size, and how many lines of each title and description appear. Your desktop settings stay as they are.

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Who this is for?

Different photo shapes. One gallery.

A masonry photo gallery works well for collections that mix portrait, landscape and square images.

PhotographersKeep tall portraits and wide landscapes in the same gallery.
PublishersAdd photo galleries to articles, reviews and tutorials.
Portfolio sitesShow your projects together, even when the photos have different proportions.

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More FooGallery features

Explore more ways to style your galleries and display your photos, with a working demo for each feature.

Animated Hover Effect Presets

FooGallery Pro Starter comes with a selection of pre-styled hover effects. These unique hover presets save you from having to style your own and add a unique style to your galleries.

Color Sorting

Extract dominant colors from your images, then use the dominant color to sort and add tinted backgrounds to your galleries.

Custom Captions

Are you looking for a quick way to add custom captions? FooGallery PRO Expert allows you to add custom captions to images inside your WordPress galleries.

Questions about masonry galleries

A masonry gallery arranges photos in columns, with each image keeping its original proportions. The rows are staggered because portrait and landscape photos have different heights.

Yes. The Masonry template is included in FooGallery Free.

It lets you mix photos of different shapes without cropping them all to match. The images resize to fit the columns while keeping their original proportions.

Yes. Masonry keeps each image’s proportions instead of cropping every thumbnail to the same shape.

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WordPress Masonry Gallery

Try the masonry gallery

Create your first masonry gallery in WordPress

Mobile Gallery Settings

Different photo shapes. One gallery.

More FooGallery features

Animated Hover Effect Presets

Color Sorting

Custom Captions

Questions about masonry galleries

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