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Regular WordPress Gallery Block
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| Gutenberg Integration | This is manageable from within Gutenberg |
| Custom Post Types | This uses the native media library and does not require a CPT |
| Styles | Native gallery block will be styled by the installed WordPress theme. This can significantly change the expected behavior. |
| Lightbox Support | There is no native lightbox support. |
| Caption Support | Caption support appears to be well… in this theme. Our lightbox plugin also handles caption support well. |
Extendify Gallery Patterns
I’m not sure how the Extendify plugin made it onto my WordPress build, but it did and it is offering Guttenberg patterns related to galleries. These patterns are preset for image arrangements. But they are not necessarily sliders nor do they offer any advanced functionality other than well laid-out placeholders.
Here, I’ll take a screenshot of some of the options (both free and Extendify Pro)
| Gutenberg Integration | This is manageable from within Gutenberg |
| Custom Post Types | I’m not sure how these patterns are managed. There does not appear to be the need for a CPT. |
| Styles | Patterns sort of their own styles. WYSI kind of WYG |
| Lightbox Support | There is no native lightbox support. |
| Caption Support | Captions might not be supported here unless the Pattern accounts for it. |
GuttenSlider
| Gutenberg Integration | Everything appears manageable in Guttenberg. |
| Custom Post Types | There does not appear to be any visible dependence on custom post types |
| Styles | There does not appear to be multiple styles available with the free version |
| Lightbox Support | Lightbox support is available |
| Caption Support | I’m having a lot of trouble getting captions to show. |
MetaSlider
| Gutenberg Integration | Galleries/slideshows are loaded using a Guttenberg block, but not managed from them. |
| Custom Post Types | Galleries/slideshows are stored and managed inside of CPTs |
| Styles | This plugin ships with multiple styles. |
| Lightbox Support | Lightbox support does not appear to be natively available. |
| Caption Support | Captions are working well here as you can tell. |
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