Description
Artclick Gallery Lite lets you create beautiful, fast image galleries in minutes. Choose a responsive grid (1–6 columns) or switch a gallery into a slider/carousel with a single setting — no extra effort required. Every gallery ships with an accessible lightbox, native lazy loading, a shortcode, and a Gutenberg block.
Built for performance: assets load only on pages that actually contain a gallery, the frontend uses pure vanilla JavaScript (no jQuery), and gallery data is stored in post meta — no custom database tables.
Key Features
- Unlimited galleries, managed in a dedicated, clutter-free admin
- Responsive grid layout with separate column counts for desktop, tablet, and mobile (1–6 columns)
- Built-in slider / carousel mode — show one image or several at once, with a per-device “Slides to Show” setting
- Slider controls: autoplay, autoplay speed, loop, slide/fade transitions, plus keyboard, touch-swipe, and mouse-drag navigation
- Navigation dots with selectable position (over the slider or below it) and a custom color
- Customizable previous / next arrow color
- Aspect-ratio options — Original (uncropped) or 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 3:2
- Image fit (cover or contain), rounded corners, and hover effects (zoom, lift, grayscale, brighten)
- Adjustable horizontal and vertical spacing between images
- Modern, accessible lightbox — previous/next, close, ESC, click-outside, image counter, thumbnail strip, optional slideshow button, keyboard navigation, focus trapping, and swipe
- Native lazy loading with no layout shift
- Drag-and-drop image reordering with per-image captions
- Shortcode, Gutenberg block (live preview), and a Classic/TinyMCE insert button
- Optional lightbox for normal post/page content images
- One-click gallery duplication
- Translation ready (ships with a Japanese translation)
- Accessibility first: ARIA labels, focus states, screen-reader friendly controls, and reduced-motion support
- Clean uninstall — removes its galleries, meta, and options
Performance
- No jQuery dependency on the frontend
- Vanilla JavaScript only, with minified assets
- Assets load only when a gallery is present on the page
- Data stored in post meta — no custom database tables and no unnecessary queries
About Artclick
Artclick Gallery Lite is built and maintained by Artclick.
- Japan: https://artclick.jp/
- Global: https://artclickdev.com/
Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
- Artclick Gallery Display an Artclick gallery (grid or slider) with lightbox.
Installation
- Upload the
artclick-gallery-litefolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install it through the Plugins screen in WordPress. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen.
- Go to Artclick Gallery Add New Gallery.
- Add images, choose your layout (Grid or Slider) and settings, then publish.
- Copy the shortcode shown on the edit screen, or insert the Artclick Gallery block.
FAQ
-
How do I make a slider instead of a grid?
-
Edit a gallery, open Gallery Settings, and set Layout Mode to Slider / Carousel. You can enable autoplay, looping, dots, arrows, and the transition style. You can also force slider mode for a single placement with the shortcode attribute
layout="slider". -
Can I show more than one image at a time in the slider?
-
Yes. In the Slider settings, use Slides to Show to set how many images are visible at once — separately for desktop, tablet, and mobile — to create a multi-item carousel.
-
Can I change the slider arrow color?
-
Yes. The Slider settings include an Arrow Color picker for the previous/next arrows.
-
How do visitors move between slides?
-
Several ways: the previous / next arrows, the navigation dots, left/right arrow keys, touch-swipe on mobile, and click-and-drag with the mouse on desktop. You can also place the dots over the slider or below it and pick their color in the Slider settings.
-
How do I use a shortcode?
-
Use
[artclick_gallery id="123"], replacing123with your gallery ID (shown on the gallery edit screen). Optional attributes override the saved settings:columns— 1 to 6layout—gridorsliderspacing—small,medium, orlargelightbox—1or0captions—1or0
Example:
[artclick_gallery id="123" layout="slider" lightbox="1"] -
Can normal images in my posts open in the lightbox?
-
Yes. Go to Artclick Gallery Settings and enable Content Images Lightbox. Any image in your post/page content that links to its full-size file will then open in the Artclick lightbox.
-
Does it use jQuery on the frontend?
-
No. The frontend is 100% vanilla JavaScript.
-
Where is gallery data stored?
-
In post meta on the
artclick_gallerycustom post type. No custom database tables are created. -
Is it accessible?
-
Yes. The lightbox and slider support keyboard navigation, focus management, ARIA roles/labels, and respect
prefers-reduced-motion.
Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
Contributors & Developers
“Artclick Gallery Lite” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
Translate “Artclick Gallery Lite” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- Responsive grid layout with per-device column counts (desktop, tablet, mobile).
- Slider / carousel mode with per-device “Slides to Show”, autoplay, loop, dots, arrows, slide/fade transitions, customizable arrow color, keyboard and swipe support.
- Aspect-ratio options (Original, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 3:2), image fit, rounded corners, and hover effects.
- Adjustable horizontal/vertical spacing.
- Accessible lightbox with image counter, thumbnail strip, and optional slideshow button.
- Native lazy loading, drag-and-drop reordering, per-image captions.
- Shortcode, Gutenberg block, Classic editor insert button, and optional content-image lightbox.
- One-click duplication, translation ready (Japanese included), and clean uninstall.