19 Magical CSS Slideshow Gallery Examples

1. Parallax Slider - Responsive jQuery Plugin

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banner rotator, caption, fluid, gallery, image, jquery, mobile, ios, plugin, resizable, responsive, slider, slideshow, swipe, touch

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2. CSS Slider

CSS Slider

non jQuery Slider, pure CSS image slider.

Responsive Slider with Pure CSS. Awesome animations and templates. Visual Maker - No scripting!

No more jQuery, No more JavaScript, No more image icons, Hardware-accelerated CSS animations, Icon font for controls, All browsers, Fully responsive, Mobile friendly

Retina-ready, Awesome effects and skins, Full width option, No more coding, Super easy drag-n-drop slider maker

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3. Global Gallery - Wordpress Responsive Gallery

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Global Gallery comes with three gallery layouts, four lightboxes ready to use and is designed to be visible on each device: whether you are using a retina MacBook or an Android phone.100% multilanguage – Global Gallery now is completely translatable both in front and back-end.Global Gallery has been completely enhanced, almost all the code has been optimized and many new features has beed added.Gallery Collections: Need a smart and clean way to display and categorize multiple galleries galleries? Now you can create gallery collections.You can manage each aspect, from the way images are displayed to the sliding effects, timings, auto-slideshow and the displayed elements. Using the “easy-sorting mode” the gallery builder will become compact, allowing you to sort everything seamlessly.Choose if display your images with a classic gallery layout, a masonry one or with the new PhothoString one (see layout examples here).With Global Gallery you can make everything in few seconds!

Why using only wordpress images? Global Gallery is ready to catch images from:

Global Gallery albums (created via FTP)

Automatic gallery creation

Don’t want to lose time selecting images one by one? Global gallery allow you to create a gallery only with a click.Set the interval on which the gallery is re-built.Finally, choose if add images randomly and set a maximum images number for the gallery.Why forcing you to use a specific lightbox? Global Gallery comes with four lightboxes ready to use: Fancybox, ColorBox, PrettyPhoto and the brand new LCweb lightbox!

Protect your images disabling the right click and moreover with the Global Gallery watermark system.Global Gallery comes also with two premium effects to apply to your thumbnails: grayscale and blur!

To make the plugin easy for everyone, the documentation comes with detailed videos explaining each step necessary to setup and use Global Gallery:

First gallery creation w/ WP library

Galleries with Global Gallery albums

Automatic gallery creation

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4. JBMarket Full Width Slider

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JBMarket Full Width Slider is easy to use jQuery image gallery and wordpress content slider optimized for full screen width. Auto slideshow with pause on hover (can be switched off).

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5. Ultimate Grid Responsive Gallery

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Ultimate Grid Responsive Gallery

This is a HTML | CSS | JQuery Grid with a Lightbox, you can specify thumbnails for the grid and when you click on it to open the lightbox it will load the normal image, you can specify the text for the captions and for the lightbox. Lightbox with slideshow (play, pause, auto-play)

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6. Responsive Gridfolio

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The gallery can have any number of images and each image can be of any size, but proportional to a base thumb width and height. Responsive / Flexible / Fluid layout: you can control the size of the grid with CSS or JavaScript, basically it has an adaptable layout which makes it the perfect candidate for any type of project. Thumbnail’s description or thumbnails media icons: each thumb can have a short description with a transparent background under it or a media icon which represents a link, video or image, this are visible when the mouse is over a thumbnail, the text can be formatted with CSS, the CSS jQuery background color and opacity also can be modified (optional). Slideshow button (optional). Slideshow delay, the delay of the slideshow can be set in seconds. Slideshow autoplay. Slideshow custom animated graphics. Info button and info window: each lighbox item can have a description, the text and window appearance can be formatted with CSS (optional).

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7. Responsive Slideshow Photo Gallery Grid

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The Responsive Slideshow Photo Gallery has a fluid / flexible / responsive layout. The Responsive Slideshow Photo Gallery is using the GPU (hardware acceleration) using HTML5 standards. Flexible / Fluid layout: you can control the size of the grid with CSS or JavaScript, basically it has an adaptable layout which makes it the perfect candidate for any type of project. Thumbnail’s description: each thumb can have a short description with a transparent background under it and this description is visible when the mouse is over a thumbnail, the text can be formatted with CSS, the background color and opacity also can be modified (optional). Slideshow button (optional). Slideshow delay, the delay of the slideshow can be set in seconds. Slideshow autoplay. Slideshow custom animated graphics. Info button and info window: each lighbox item can have a description, the text and window appearance can be formatted with CSS (optional).

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8. Nova Gallery - Responsive HTML5 Multimedia Gallery

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Nova Gallery is a HTML5 multimedia gallery enabling you to showcase your photos/audio/video in a beautiful and sleek interface. You can have multiple sets/albums of items and can filter the gallery items based on file type or based on custom categories. The gallery allows you to showcase your Youtube/Vimeo videos and Flickr/Picasa photos from groups/sets/albums/collections. The gallery features a fluid responsive design and can fit in any screen size ranging from mobile phones to desktop browsers. The gallery also features touch-screen support and uses hardware accelerated CSS based animations wherever possible which results in smooth animations, that is especially noticeable in mobile devices. Try the gallery demos and resize your browser to see the responsive design of the gallery in action. All gallery data is passed in a simple XML file. The Thumbnail Grid mode features a Masonry layout and you can control the spacing between items by applying margins through css,

You can also have a slideshow of the items in the Full-width mode. This slideshow stops whenever the browser tab in which the gallery is displayed, goes out of focus (this feature only works in browsers that supports the HTML5 Page Visibility Api). Supports multiple gallery sets or albums. The gallery features a fluid responsive design to account for various screens sizes ranging from mobile phones to desktop browsers and can also be placed in a container of any width. The gallery is mobile device friendly with touch screen support. Hardware accelerated CSS animations have been used wherever possible resulting in smooth animations, which is most noticeable in mobile devices. Handy keyboard shortcuts have been provided for easier navigation of the gallery. The gallery items can also act as links to external pages

Can mention a JavaScript thumbnail slideshow image for the gallery sets.e Thumbnail Grid or Full-width, which will be shown when the gallery first loads. Option to show a particular category of items when the gallery first loads. Shrink images in Full-width mode to fit the container when the gallery first loads. Choose to show the thumbnails in Full-width mode when the gallery first loads. Choose the animated effect for showing/hiding the Gallery Sets screen (home screen). Show the gallery either spanning the entire width of the browser or the width of its parent container. The gallery items can also act as links to external pages. You have the option to shuffle or randomly order the gallery items each time the page is refreshed. The gallery supports preloading of images in Full-width mode for smoother viewing. You can start the slideshow in Full-width mode when the gallery first loads. The time interval for which a particular item is visible during slideshow can be set. Option to set the path for the gallery configuration XML file.Suitable jQuery based fallbacks have been provided for all CSS based animated effects for older browsers. The image slider gallery script has been tested and is fully compatible with jQuery 1. Improved the closing/opening of the gallery menu in touch-screen devices.Fixed problem with positioning of the gallery overlay/lightbox when there were other content in the page along with the gallery. The gallery now is fully compatible with jquery 1.

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9. OneSlider - Interactive Responsive Slider

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OneSlider is a Responsive Slider jQuery plugin that is not only used to show your banners or JavaScript image gallery but also allow to CSS add content for each slide.Navion – Metro Navigation Menu Accordion Switcher CSS

TileBox – Modern Responsive LightBox CSS

Tabion – Metro Tab Accordion Switcher CSS

Metro Navigation Bar CSS

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10. Jssor Slider jQuery Plugin, TOUCH & RESPONSIVE

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Image Gallery

Image Gallery with Vertical Thumbnail Navigator

Demo – Slideshow Effects:

Freeze slideshow/caption animation when touch

If slideshow or caption animation is running, it will freeze when touch by finger or mouse down.Continue or rollback slideshow/caption animation when release touch

If slideshow or caption animation is frozen, the animation will continue or rollback when release touch. slider (1%), slider with caption (4%), slider with slideshow (~4%)

360+ slideshow effects/transitions

Jssor slider comes with 360+ impressive slideshow effects/transitions

All UI is fully under control by html + css code. Use any html/css code to customize thumbnail to anyformat

Auto slideshow with optional pause on hover

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11. Versatile Touch Slider

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Slider Type: Banner Rotator, Shelf, Gallery, Html Content;

small changes in the CSS file.

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12. iLightBox · Revolutionary Lightbox Plugin

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“iLightBox is real great plug! i don’t find a system to open the slideshow with only one thumb… great work”—Ciccio Pasticcio

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13. Nova Gallery - Multimedia Gallery Wordpress Plugin

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The standalone gallery has a 5 star rating.Nova Gallery WP makes it easy to embed the Nova Gallery – Responsive HTML5 Multimedia Gallery, in your Wordpress theme. It is a HTML5 multimedia gallery enabling you to showcase your photos/audio/video in a beautiful and sleek interface. You can have multiple sets/albums of items and can filter the gallery items based on file type or based on custom categories. The gallery allows you to showcase your Youtube/Vimeo videos and Flickr/Picasa photos from groups/sets/albums/collections. The gallery features a fluid responsive design and can fit in any screen size ranging from jQuery mobile slideshow to desktop browsers. The gallery also features touch-screen support and uses hardware accelerated CSS based animations wherever possible which results in smooth animations, that is especially noticeable in mobile devices. Try the gallery demos and resize your browser to see the jQuery slider responsive design of the gallery in action. The Thumbnail Grid mode features a Masonry layout and you can control the spacing between items by applying margins through css,

You can also have a slideshow of the items in the Full-width mode. This slideshow stops whenever the browser tab in which the gallery is displayed, goes out of focus (this feature only works in browsers that supports the HTML5 Page Visibility Api). Supports multiple gallery sets or albums. The gallery features a fluid responsive design to account for various screens sizes ranging from simple lightbox to desktop browsers and can also be placed in a container of any width. The gallery is mobile device friendly with touch screen support. Hardware accelerated CSS animations have been used wherever possible resulting in smooth animations, which is most noticeable in mobile devices. Handy keyboard shortcuts have been provided for easier navigation of the gallery. The gallery items can also act as links to external pages

Create multiple galleries and manage them with the Gallery Manager. Can host media files in services like Amazon AWS and then insert those file links in the gallery settings page. The plugin allows you to upload media files through the WP Media Library, so you can use your previously uploaded files in the gallery too. Thumbnails for the gallery are generated automatically if you choose to, or you can upload your own thumbnails. Drag to sort gallery item order. Also shortcode for each gallery created, is visible in the Gallery Manager. Can mention a youtube custom thumbnail image for the gallery sets.e Thumbnail Grid or Full-width, which will be shown when the gallery first loads. Option to show a particular category of items when the gallery first loads. Shrink images in Full-width mode to fit the container when the gallery first loads. Choose to show the thumbnails in Full-width mode when the gallery first loads. Choose the animated effect for showing/hiding the Gallery Sets screen (home screen). Show the gallery either spanning the entire width of the browser or the width of its parent container. The gallery items can also act as links to external pages. You have the option to shuffle or randomly order the gallery items each time the page is refreshed. The gallery supports preloading of images in Full-width mode for smoother viewing. You can start the slideshow in Full-width mode when the gallery first loads. The time interval for which a particular item is visible during slideshow can be set. Option to set the path for the gallery configuration XML file. Option to hide the Gallery Menu

Suitable jQuery based fallbacks have been provided for all CSS based animated effects for older browsers. The image gallery script has been tested and is fully compatible with jQuery 1. Improved the closing/opening of the gallery menu in touch-screen devices.Fixed problem with positioning of the gallery overlay/lightbox when there were other content in the page along with the gallery. The gallery now is fully compatible with jquery 1.Fixed a bug regarding the displaying of gallery set names.

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14. FlickrBox - Wordpress Flickr.com Gallery+Widget

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Columnized gallery – Set amount of columns to split into.Customizable Widget Area Gallery

Optional page gallery Titles

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15. ZoomFlow - Banner Rotator / Teaser

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HTML5 technology - this gallery uses the latest html5 tehniques to deliver a never seen before experience to your clients

CSS3 technology - this gallery uses cutting-edge css3 definitions to render awesome 3D effects in supporting browsers, the others will degrade gracefully

slideshow mode – display images in a slideshow

iPod, iPhone, iPad, Android optimized – iOS and Android work great with this gallery

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16. ShopSlider - Responsive Shop Slider with Tab

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Navion – Metro Navigation Menu Accordion Switcher CSS

TileBox – Modern Responsive LightBox CSS

Tabion – Metro Tab Accordion Switcher CSS

Metro Navigation Bar CSS

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17. jQuery Fullscreen Scroll Gallery

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A gallery slider jQuery plugin help you to display fullscreen images with jQuery auto slideshow slideshow support. Auto delay slideshow.

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18. Strapslide - Responsive Bootstrap Slider Plugin

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Powerful CSS Transitions with jQuery FallBack

Slideshow Design

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19. jQuery Content Scroller DZS

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It can be a jQuery HTML content slider scroller, a HTML banner slideshow or even a simple image gallery slider due to the fact that it support inline content and it includes two viewing modes.iPhone / iPad optimized – this gallery has been optimized for Apple touch devices

developer / css powered skins – the image gallery CSS is divided into two parts – functional and estethic so it’s very easy to make your own skin

developer / SASS powered – this component’s CSS has been built on top of SASS which means SASS users will have an easy time modifying the skins. For non-SASS users it’s no problem either because CSS files ( generated by SASS ) are provided

added slideshow mode

free updates – even if the value of this gallery increases with upcoming updates, you will get them for free

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20. Canyon Gallery (WP GRAND FlAGallery Skin)

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Canyon Gallery (skin) will help you to easily add gallery to your WordPress website or blog.Insert gallery to your Wordpress site with a widget or with shortcode;

You can display in a gallery an unlimited amount of images without loss of performance;

Gallery supports Multicategories;

Being able to watch the gallery in full screen mode and full window mode;

Easily change all gallery settings within powerful control panel;

Slideshow and auto start slidshow (the ability to edit the delay);

Role Manager allows for the assigned role to have complete control over the gallery;

Displaying alternative jQuery gallery for browser without flash support;

iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry 6 and Desktop friendly photo gallery;

Full-screen mobile friendly slideshow with touch controls;

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