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.
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.
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Thanks for this easy to use and great working plugin! Please keep it updated and alive 😉
This plugin perfectly works with WP 5.2.
Well that’s how plugin’s should be made, excellent work!
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!
Simple and good
| WordPress | 4.5+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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