Do you want to add multiple image galleries to your WordPress posts and pages? With multiple image galleries, you can show off different types of content on your website and improve your SEO and user experience. However, the default WordPress Gallery block lacks certain features. In this article, we will show you how to easily add multiple galleries in your WordPress posts, pages, and sidebar.

Why Add Multiple Galleries in WordPress?

WordPress is used by thousands of photographers, artists, and designers to share their work with the world. Many website owners also use images and photo galleries to show the products in their online stores or make their content more visually interesting. Many WordPress websites want to display their photos in different ways, including adding multiple galleries in a single post, adding galleries into sidebars, creating slideshows, and so on. For example, if you have a food blog, then you may want to create separate image galleries for your recipes and restaurant reviews. Similarly, if you run a fashion blog, then you can use multiple galleries to display your fall, winter, or spring collections separately. WordPress comes with a built-in gallery feature that you can use to make and show image galleries. However, these galleries lack functionality like opening images in a lightbox, browsing images without leaving the page, adding tags, creating albums, and more. Most importantly, your galleries are not stored separately. This means that if you want to reuse a gallery in another post, then you will need to make it all over again. That being said, let’s take a look at the best way to add multiple galleries in WordPress posts and pages.

How to Add Multiple Image Galleries in WordPress

You can easily add multiple image galleries to WordPress posts and pages using Envira Gallery. It is the best WordPress gallery plugin on the market that allows you to create beautiful image galleries on your WordPress site. With Envira Gallery, your users can view your images in a lightbox popup. They can also browse images without leaving the page, and you can even reuse your galleries in other posts and pages. First, you need to install and activate the Envira Gallery plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin. Note: Envira Gallery also has a free version that you can use for this tutorial. Upon activation, you need to visit the Envira Gallery » Add New page from the WordPress admin sidebar to start creating a gallery for your website. From here, you can start by typing a name for your gallery. Next, click the ‘Select Files from Your Computer’ button to upload gallery images from the computer. If you want to add images from the WordPress media library, then click the ‘Select Files from Other Sources’ button instead. Keep in mind that if you use this option, then you can only upload a single image at a time from the media library. Once you have done that, scroll down to the ‘Currently in your Gallery’ section. Here, you will see a preview of all the images that you have uploaded to your Envira gallery. Now, you can click on the pencil icon at the top of each image to open the ‘Edit Metadata’ prompt on the screen. From here, you will be able to add the caption, status, title, and alt text for individual images. Once you are happy, don’t forget to click the ‘Save Metadata’ button to store your settings. Next, you can switch to the ‘Configuration’ tab from the left sidebar to change your gallery layout, including choosing the number of columns, image lazy loading, size, title and caption positioning, margins, heights, and more. You can also switch to the ‘Lightbox’ tab to check the ‘Enable Lightbox’ option. This will allow users to enlarge images and browse them without ever leaving the page. After that, you can also configure other settings, including videos, social sharing, tags, pagination, and more. For detailed instructions, see our beginner’s guide on how to create an image gallery in WordPress. Finally, click the ‘Publish’ button at the top to store your settings. Once you have done that, just repeat the process to create another image gallery for your WordPress blog. You can create as many image galleries with Envira Gallery as you want.