Best masonry plugins for WordPress
The most popular masonry plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Meow Gallery leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Photoswipe Masonry (6K+) and YMC Filter (4K+). All 57 plugins tagged “masonry” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 masonry plugins
- 1.
Meow GalleryThe most installed masonry plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 203 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 2.
Photoswipe Masonry6K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 46 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
YMC Filter4K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 34 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 4.
Image Gallery3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 32 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Filter Gallery3K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 23 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
Easy Photography Portfolio2K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 30 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 7.
Divi Masonry Gallery2K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 8.
CTC Masonry Gallery1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
jQuery Masonry Image Gallery1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 31 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 10.
Simple Masonry Layout1K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 9 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
All 57 plugins tagged “masonry”
Meow Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,876by Jordy Meow2 days ago
Tired of slow, bloated gallery plugins? Here is the answer! ☺️ Polished, beautiful galleries that are blazing fast. No bloat. Enjoy! 💕
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(203)
- Downloads
- 348/day
Photoswipe Masonry
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,824by THRIVE - Web Design Gold Coast27 days ago
PhotoSwipe Masonry takes advantage of the built in gallery features of WordPress. The gallery is built using PhotoSwipe from Dmitry Semenov.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.5(46)
- Downloads
- 53/day
YMC Filter
Up in the last 7 days:4#3,322by YMC3 days ago
A powerful and flexible plugin to filter and display posts, custom post types, and other content in beautifully designed grid layouts.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(34)
- Downloads
- 380/day
Image Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,634by A WP Life1 month ago
Create responsive image gallery, photo gallery with lightbox, grid & masonry layouts. Display using shortcode, Gutenberg block or Elementor widget.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(32)
- Downloads
- 38/day
Filter Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:3#3,805by FARAZFRANK1 month ago
Build a responsive filter gallery for your portfolio. Organize images with filters in a stunning grid or masonry layout easily.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(23)
- Downloads
- 43/day
Easy Photography Portfolio
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,318by justnorris5 years ago
Easy Photography Portfolio is an elegant portfolio gallery plugin designed for Photographers. Install the plugin, add portfolio entries and galleries …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.6(30)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Divi Masonry Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:7#4,990by Fahim Reza1 year ago
Create beautiful masonry galleries in Divi with advanced customization options.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 17/day
CTC Masonry Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:16#5,325by UjW0L1 month ago
Create refined masonry galleries in Gutenberg with hover enlargement, custom shadows, and a full-screen image viewer.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 34/day
jQuery Masonry Image Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:1#5,581by phoenixMagoo9 years ago
Adds a Masonry layout to all built-in WordPress Galleries.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(31)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Masonry Layout
Down in the last 7 days:10#6,068by Tako3 years ago
With simple shortcode, Masonry Layout in action.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:31#6,227by Nks2 months ago
Free WordPress photo gallery, slideshow and masonry gallery plugin with lightbox and video support (YouTube, Vimeo). Upgrade to Pro for more.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(8)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Simple Block Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:12#6,731by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Add the effect of Masonry and Slider to images.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Gallery in columns
Up in the last 7 days:7#9,602by Fabien Picard6 years ago
Fix css which transforms the WordPress\'s gallery without cropped option into beautiful gallery in column
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
CT Divi ACF Masonry Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:35#12,060by Divi Coding20 days ago
Add a new module to the Divi collection to show ACF Gallery field images
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Gallery Tile Links (for Elementor)
Up in the last 7 days:232#12,285by Marcin18 days ago
Give each image in Elementor’s built-in Image Gallery its own URL. Masonry/Classic layouts supported. Server-side, no JS, no order hacks.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Masonry & Infinite Scroll
Down in the last 7 days:34#12,291by WPOrbit Support6 months ago
Highly customizable shortcodes to create pages with beautiful masonry layout and infinite scrolling effect.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Wanna Isotope
Down in the last 7 days:21#12,725by Juan Javier10 years ago
A plugin to easily build Isotope/Masonry layouts with any content (posts, pages or custom post types). Responsive grids, filterable content.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ShutterPress Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:209#14,411by ShutterPress28 days ago
WordPress gallery plugin for photographers. Create fast, responsive image galleries with Masonry, Justified, Grid, Lightbox, and Infinite Scroll.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Portfolio Gallery With Filters / SILICONFOLIO
Up in the last 7 days:13#15,523by Silicon Themes9 years ago
Powerful plugin that allows you to create amazing and responsive portfolios.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PhotoPress
Down in the last 7 days:494#16,567by padams1 day ago
Making WordPress work for photographers with beautiful image galleries, slideshows, meta-data tools, and more.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 17/day
PEBO Free Masonry with Hover effects
Down in the last 7 days:80#19,914by pebopro9 years ago
The PEBO Masonry is a ligth weigh widget based on Bootstrap grid system,
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Grid Masonry for Guten blocks
Down in the last 7 days:45#20,073by ZealousWeb5 months ago
Create stunning grids with Gutenberg. Display images, videos, and posts in masonry style. Customize columns, rows, lightbox, and more.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pixi Image Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:127#20,284by pxelCode2 months ago
Create beautiful, fast, responsive image galleries in WordPress with Pixi Image Gallery — built for modern websites.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PhotoPress
Down in the last 7 days:220#20,652by padams8 years ago
Extends the [gallery] shortcode to add a masonry style display option.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 2.8(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ms Gallery For Divi Lite
Up in the last 7 days:89#21,075by mveous5 months ago
The fastest way to create responsive masonry galleries for Divi with customizable masonry layouts and smooth hover effects.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Photo Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:102#23,015by rbplugins4 days ago
Modern photo & video gallery: drag-and-drop upload, bulk editing, EXIF, masonry, justified, tiles and slider layouts, 25 hover effects, lightbox.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Wisp Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:3,090#23,595by eedee2 days ago
Filterable galleries for the block editor: masonry, justified rows, grid, carousel and accordion, with a filter block, lightbox and scroll reveal.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Wp Loop
#24,679by mimo10 years ago
Creates a Widget to display a Masonry, Infinite scroll, filterable loop of posts or whatever custom post type you have. Includes 1-20 columns layout.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
And IT Portfolio for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:233#25,963by And IT Themes7 years ago
WordPress Portfolio Builder Addons for Elementor by And IT Themes
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Zozo Portfolio
Down in the last 7 days:3,514#28,037by zozothemes29 days ago
WordPress portfolio plugin with Elementor widgets and Gutenberg blocks for grid, list, masonry, filters, sliders, and accordion layouts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
SB Simple Photo Gallery Block for Gutenberg
#31,864by Sourav Biswas6 months ago
A responsive photo gallery block for Gutenberg with Grid, Masonry, Justified & Mosaic layouts plus a built-in lightbox.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Query Loop Masonry Lite
Down in the last 7 days:502#33,018by Adam Husar / Pixel Hero10 months ago
Add beautiful masonry layouts to WordPress Query Loop blocks. Pinterest-style grids with no vendor lock-in.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SV Posts
#35,060by straightvisions GmbH3 years ago
SV Posts is an advanced block to show Posts with custom order, filters and styles.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Grid Sorter
Up in the last 7 days:5,138#41,578by vutran12 years ago
Sort your WordPress posts with custom sort keys
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mimo Masonry
Down in the last 7 days:5,640#43,658by mimo10 years ago
Creates a Widget to display a Masonry, Infinite scroll, filterable loop of posts or whatever custom post type you have. Includes 1-20 columns layout.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Desire Portfolio Filter
#45,191by desirelabs11 years ago
Desire Portfolio Filter is a responsive plugin which allows visitors to filter Jetpack portfolio by type.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Blockshifter
Up in the last 7 days:5,020#55,701by Ange Chierchia2 months ago
Transform native Gutenberg blocks into alternate display variants without leaving the editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JMarzTech Content Layouts
#57,924by jmarztech19 days ago
Grids, masonry, lists and sliders of your posts and pages, with categories, tags, dates and your own custom fields on every card.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
FlexiLayouts
#58,595by Coderz Studio1 year ago
Transform core gallery block into a responsive and beautiful masonry grid with just a few clicks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ShowMyAura Portfolio Showcase
Down in the last 7 days:1,622#58,787by Devgurux2 months ago
Portfolio gallery with 2 modern layouts: Masonry, Spotlight. Lightbox preview, dark/light mode, category filtering.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EquaFrame Gallery
#59,380by criticalcode5 days ago
Responsive image galleries (grid, masonry, mosaic, slideshow) with an accessible lightbox, built to meet WCAG 2.2 AA.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 65/day
Lnsel Post Gallery Lightbox
#60,691by TeamLNSEL25 days ago
Upload images per-post and display them as a responsive Grid or Masonry lightbox gallery using the [lnsel_gallery] shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sparrow Portfolio
Up in the last 7 days:12,107#61,366by madsparrow7 days ago
A portfolio custom post type with a native block: grid, masonry, list and carousel layouts, AJAX filter, sorting, search and pagination.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
GRIT Portfolio
Down in the last 7 days:517#61,418by rityunjay6 years ago
This plugin can be used as portfolio gallery, slider, masonry, carousel etc using given setting. Use shortcode in your page or posts or templates to …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Forma Grid Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:8,359#62,762by vlthemes6 days ago
Portfolio and saved grid layouts: grid, masonry, metro, justified, freeform and slider, with AJAX filters, search, pagination and a lightbox.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Dexdel Filterable Photo Gallery
#62,785by DexDel Inc.15 days ago
Filterable image galleries with category tabs and sub-tabs, grid or masonry layout, lightbox, pagination and full styling control.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
OGALLERY Light
Up in the last 7 days:7,578#63,645by ocodewp1 month ago
Build polished Grid and Masonry galleries with independent Desktop, Tablet and Mobile controls, hover effects and Classic Lightbox.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
News & Blog Layout Builder
Down in the last 7 days:1,195#65,872by Jpadweb2 months ago
Display posts in Grid, Slider, Carousel, List, Masonry, and Gridbox layouts using shortcodes, saved layouts, or a widget.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mango Masonry Gallery for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:7,223#66,341by Shihab Ul Hoque17 days ago
A lightweight masonry image gallery with a full-screen lightbox, as an Elementor widget and a shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Qaiyo Clean Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:8,483#66,934by qaiyo1 month ago
Fast, dependency-free gallery: seven layouts picked from visual mock-ups, lightbox, HappyFiles live-link, ZIP export/import and Modula import.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day