jQuery Masonry Image Gallery
Adds a Masonry layout to all built-in WordPress Galleries.
4.8(31 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, jQuery Masonry Image Gallery is a WordPress gallery plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 31 reviews. It has been downloaded 72K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 24% this week. Top alternative: Smart Slider 3.
4.8/531 reviews
1.0K+active installs
72K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Adds a Masonry layout to all galleries that are using the WordPress [gallery] shortcode. Looks best on galleries that are not using 1:1 ratio thumbnails.
Now includes optional Lazy Load for larger galleries and hover captions!
Please note: By default this plugin includes CSS that will overwrite the existing gallery layout. However, you can turn off some or all of the jMIG layout CSS on the options page under Settings.
This plugin also includes 1 CSS file that is for animation purposes only (Chrome, Firefox, Safari and IE 10+). The entire gallery will fade in using a CSS3 animation once all the images have loaded. IE 8 and IE 9 will work, but will not fade in.
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Recent Reviews
Excellent!
by Arnd030·2 years ago
7 years old and works like a charm.
Very simple. No complicated settings. No extra Gallery menu. It just adds the masonry effect on existing standard WP galleries.
Exactly what I was looking for.
The hard to get simplicity
by geokongr·7 years ago·2 replies
Works as expected and turns the not so good looking fixed-height WordPress gallery into a more elegant one.
It is very useful plugin because it works with the native WordPress gallery and the lightbox installed by the user or that comes with a theme. Many other solutions for masonry gallery include their own lightbox and gallery which may complicate things.
I advice the developer to update the submission because the 2 years update notice may avert users to install it.
It is simple and works great
by expertoswp·8 years ago
Not much more to add. A great replacement for Jetpack galleries.
Perfect !
by Tibow·8 years ago
I needed such a great plugin like this to allow my customer to create mansonry gallery by herself. Job is done thanks to you !
Works very well with my Boostrap custom theme.
Just remember to Uncheck :”DO NOT allow jMIG to layout your gallery columns.” in the plugin Settings.
Thanks a lot !
- This topic was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by Tibow.
Great Plugin!
by mediumd·9 years ago
I love this plugin!
It gives your picture galleries a beautiful and responsive masonry layout. I recommend it for websites with one or more picture galleries.
Download Trends
Today: 3Yesterday: 4This week: 26Period total: 916
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.0
97.9%
v2.2
2.1%
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Changelog
3.0.2 – Minor update to fix width and height of emojis in captions.
3.0 – Added in an option for Lazy Load. Added in hover captions that are enabled by default, but can be turned off. Includes option to exclude the Lazy Load library to help avoid other plugin or theme conflicts. Also, removed the has_shortcode conditional since it feels like more and more people are putting the gallery shortcode in fields generated by ACF, Meta Fields, etc. Also, started setting up the plug…
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