CloudFold Lite helps WordPress site owners and editors create image galleries, organize the Media Library, and publish polished frontend gallery experiences without adding a heavy frontend dependency.
CloudFold is a TopHive product. CloudFold Lite is the official WordPress.org edition maintained by TopHive from the official CloudFold domain at https://cloudfold.io/.
The plugin focuses on practical media workflows:
- Create galleries from the WordPress admin.
- Publish galleries with the
[cloudfold_gallery id="123"]shortcode. - Insert galleries with Gutenberg blocks.
- Organize media into folders for faster editing workflows.
- Choose gallery layouts such as Masonry, Grid, and Justified.
- Use the built-in zero-dependency lightbox for responsive image viewing.
- Edit image metadata such as alt text, captions, descriptions, link targets, tags, and focal point.
Gallery Layouts
CloudFold Lite includes flexible layouts for common publishing needs:
- Masonry for mixed image heights.
- Grid for predictable equal tiles.
- Justified for balanced rows.
Media Organization
CloudFold Lite adds a folder-based media workflow to help editors group uploads, filter assets, and find images faster.
Gutenberg Blocks
Use CloudFold blocks inside the WordPress block editor to insert galleries and related media components with a native editing experience.
Lightbox
The frontend lightbox is built without jQuery and supports responsive image viewing, captions, keyboard navigation, and gallery controls.
Privacy
CloudFold Lite does not send site content, media metadata, visitor information, or usage data to a CloudFold-owned server.
The plugin uses standard WordPress admin requests and REST API routes on the same site to save galleries, folders, settings, and media metadata. No third-party service is required for the Lite features described here.
Source Code and Build Tools
The human-readable source for CloudFold Lite assets and build tooling is maintained publicly at https://cloudfold.io/source/.
The source location includes:
- Admin React source for
admin/dist/ - Public gallery JavaScript source for
public/js/ - Public CSS source for
public/css/ - Build scripts
- Build configuration and package metadata
To regenerate the WordPress.org Lite package from source, install dependencies with npm install, then run npm run build:wporg-lite. The build command creates release/cloudfold-lite.zip.
The compiled admin assets are generated with React 18.2.0, React DOM 18.2.0, Lucide React 1.8.0, Radix UI React primitives 1.x/2.x, clsx 2.1.1, class-variance-authority 0.7.1, tailwind-merge 3.5.0, and Terser 5.46.2. Build tooling uses Vite 5.4.21, @vitejs/plugin-react 4.7.0, Tailwind CSS 3.4.17, PostCSS 8.4.49, Autoprefixer 10.4.20, esbuild 0.25.9, shx 0.3.4, and bestzip 2.2.0.
Third-party package source, version, and license metadata are provided by package.json and package-lock.json at the public source location. These packages are distributed under permissive open-source licenses such as MIT, ISC, BSD, or Apache-2.0 as declared by their upstream package metadata.
Usage
Shortcode
Use this shortcode in posts, pages, widgets, or supported builders:
[cloudfold_gallery id="123"]
Replace 123 with the gallery ID shown in the gallery editor.
Gutenberg Block
Open the block editor, insert a CloudFold gallery block, then select an existing gallery.
Media Folders
Open CloudFold -> Media Library or the Media Library folder tools, create folders, and organize uploads for faster filtering.
Support
For support, use the WordPress.org support forum for this plugin and include:
- WordPress version
- PHP version
- CloudFold Lite version
- Steps to reproduce
- Screenshots or error logs when available