As of April 2026, BNE Gallery Extended is a WordPress gallery plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 24K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 38% this week. Top alternative: Smart Slider 3.
5/513 reviews
1.0K+active installs
24K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
The default WordPress [gallery] shortcode only displays your images in a traditional column grid. BNE Gallery Extended adds a new option called “display” allowing you to also show the images as a 3D carousel or masonry grid.
When adding a new image gallery or editing an existing gallery in your page, a new option will show on the gallery settings to either set the display to 3D Carousel, Masonry, or Default Grid. The default grid is what you have been used to and is the default behavior of WordPress. 3D Carousel adds a jquery rotation to your images and Masonry is similar to the default grid but allows different sizes and stacks them. The Masonry grid will also automatically reduce the number of columns for tablet and mobile screens.
To use with the block editor, use a classic…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Nice!
by ragnarfredrik·4 years ago
Thanks for this easy to use and great working plugin! Please keep it updated and alive 😉
Nice plugin for WP 5.2
by Toxic·6 years ago
This plugin perfectly works with WP 5.2.
Simply Superb
by tiansmith·7 years ago
Well that’s how plugin’s should be made, excellent work!
Perfection!
by Tibow·7 years ago
Hey,
I tried a lot of plugins to make WordPress built-in Gallery look like a Masonry style. You can be proud to hear that your work is the best i tested for my projects.
Thanks a lot 5 stars for you and in fav for me!
- This topic was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by Tibow.
Good plugin
by v1ao·8 years ago
Simple and good
Download Trends
Today: 2Yesterday: 6This week: 36Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.5+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.2
86.3%
v1.1
11.2%
v1.0
2.5%
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Changelog
1.2.2 Nov 18, 2024
- Security fix for XSS via the shortcode image ID’s attribute. My thanks to Peter Thaleikis for the discovery.
- Note that this is a legacy plugin. Users should move towards the built in block editor gallery features.
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