Widget to display a Gallery 2 (not WPG2!) Image Block in Wordpress sidebar
As of April 2026, External Gallery2 Image Block Plugin is a WordPress widget plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 5.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 16 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.
If you use Gallery2 in an external (non WPG2) installation, you may want to display images using the Gallery2 Image Block module. If so, this is the widget for you. Options described in the Gallery 2 Image Block documentation are included, but not all have been tested. Your mileage may vary.
User configuration of Image Block options is available through the Widget configuration panel. Blank (empty) options use the Gallery2 defaults.
Note: The widget is written using lib_curl() to avoid url_fopen issues.
For more information, see the plugin page.
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 2.8.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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