Customize gallery settings

Adjust how many columns of images your gallery displays or add links, captions, or ALT text to individual images in your gallery. In this guide, you will learn how to adjust your gallery’s settings.

Display images in up to five columns per row by following these steps:

1. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor. It’s the icon that looks like three horizontal lines above each other.
2. Locate the Gallery block in the list and click on it.
3. In the block settings sidebar, look for the Columns setting:

4. Use the slider or enter a number (up to five) to specify how many columns you want.
5. The gallery will automatically update to show your new column layout.

The image resolution is important for a site’s loading speed. However, in some cases you may need to increase the resolution of an image if the quality is more essential than the load time. Follow these steps to change the image resolution for your Gallery block:

1. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor. It’s the icon that looks like three horizontal lines above each other.
2. Locate the Gallery block in the list and click on it.
3. Open the block sidebar settings by clicking the “Settings” icon in the top toolbar.
4. In the drop-down for “Resolution“, choose from the available size options:
   • Thumbnail
   • Medium
   • Large
   • Full Size
5. Click “Save” or “Publish” to save your changes.

You can also change the resolution of individual images in your gallery.

You can configure the setting for each of the resolution sizes through Media Settings.

Learn more about optimizing your images.

Make all images in your gallery the same size for a uniform appearance. Follow these steps to make all your images the same size:

1. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor. It’s the icon that looks like three horizontal lines above each other.
2. Locate the Gallery block here and click on it
3. In the block settings sidebar, find the “Crop images to fit” toggle.
4. Turn the toggle on to crop all images to the same size.
5. Turn the toggle off to display images in their original proportions.

You can set the gallery images to appear in a random order each time a visitor loads the page:

1. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor. It’s the icon that looks like three horizontal lines above each other.
2. Locate the Gallery block here and click on it
3. In the block settings sidebar, find the “Randomize order” toggle.
4. Turn the toggle on to randomize the gallery order.
5. View the page in a new browser tab and reload to see a random order each time.

You can set a consistent aspect ratio for all images in the gallery:

1. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor. It’s the icon that looks like three horizontal lines above each other.
2. Locate the Gallery block here and click on it
3. In the block settings sidebar, find the “Aspect ratio” setting.
4. Choose from:
   • Original
   • Square
   • Standard
   • Portrait
   • Classic
   • Classic Portrait
   • Wide
   • Tall
5. Click the Save button.

Captions add context for viewers, while ALT text improves accessibility for those using screen readers. Learn more about adding captions and ALT text to your images.

Connect your gallery images to other content on or off your site. Learn how to add links to your gallery images.