Certainly there is some cherishing element in Joomla to have made several thousands of websites run successfully throughout. Being a better open source platform, Joomla has marked a name for its unique features and versatility. A plenty of plugins and themes have come out so far for Joomla, through which any site falling on any industry can be greatly benefited. Several extension developers are making their stands in developing plugins for Joomla sites, with which the success is assured for sure. And, when it comes to photo gallery plugins, Joomla has got ’em in immense numbers that makes us really hard to pick the best one. Below listed are few of the best photo gallery plugins for Joomla, which helps you build your very own image gallery site on Joomla.
1. Joomla Photo Gallery
This Joomla gallery extension with a Mac dock effect, that displays the images in an outstanding manner. The ease of use functionality and hassle-free experience are some of the best features with this plugin. When the mouse is rolled over, the photos/images gets enlarged on result to a Mac Dock effect and gives a fantastic visualizing experience for your visitors. The photos/images can be shared through Facebook and also the images/photos can be downloaded at ease. It allows you to upload any number of photos and create multiple albums. The Joomla gallery extension is compatible with Joomla 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, and 2.5.
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2. Hot Photo Gallery by Hot Joomla
HOT Photo Gallery helps you to create photo galleries of images directly in content pages of your Joomla website. This Joomla gallery plugin creates thumbnail images and slide shows automatically from the collection of photos you have.
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3. Simple Image Gallery Pro
Simple Image Gallery PRO allows the user to create customized image galleries. You have the options to set different width, height, display mode, caption mode, pop up engine and gallery layout per gallery. It also utilizes 9 pop up engines for ultimate style and compatibility with various frameworks. The plugin also features individual captions and labels on the pop up images.
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4. Rapid Gallery
Rapid Gallery Joomla extension helps you to create an excellent image gallery website by manipulating images with like transparent rounded corners, transparent reflection, drop shadow and logo watermark. It includes 12 different customized skins/themes embedded in it and works with all major web browsers. The major features include smart automatic image resizing, pagination, ability to add caption text using index manager, easy to manage, customizable styles and many more. You can embed the gallery in any position and in any content. It can also be translated into 7 different languages and the plugin works perfectly on tablets amd smartphone devices.
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5. Art Pretty Photo
This plugin for Joomla by Artetics allows you to create and display single images, image galleries, videos (youtube), flash, and external pages on your site. It also comes with the option to display images from Flickr photo set, Flickr feed, Picasa album and Photobucket. The plugin enfolds five themes and supports multiple galleries on the page. It comes with an easy to use plugin code for galleries and single images.
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