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Visual content is an important factor in marketing strategy because it gets higher engagement. Moreover, some studies showed that people’s brains process visual content 60,000 times faster than words. With that in mind, your website surely needs images and videos to increase conversion rate.
In this guide, we will show you how to add image and video galleries to your WordPress website by using Modula, the most user-friendly gallery plugin, and our easy and powerful Marmot Theme.
Install Marmot Theme
First of all, you will need to install and activate Marmot Theme. It is a pretty easy process that won’t take you more than a few minutes.
The theme is fully customizable, mobile responsive, and doesn’t require any coding skills.
Install and activate Modula
This step is as easy as installing a WordPress theme. Go to your WordPress dashboard > Plugins > Add New.
You’ll find yourself redirected to a page with free WordPress plugins. Type Modula in the search bar on the upper right corner, and when you find it, click on Install Now.
Just wait a couple of seconds, and then click Activate.
Modula will pop up in your WordPress menu.
Create a new gallery
From now on, every time you want to create a gallery, go to your WordPress menu > Modula > Add New.
I advise you to name your galleries to organize them more efficiently and differentiate it from the others. Then, you can start uploading images or select them from your Library.
The best thing about Modula is that it provides a drag and drop builder that allows you to arrange pictures as you please.
Customize your gallery
First thing first, you can choose between four grid types: creative, custom, slider, and masonry. For this tutorial, I’ll pick a slider for my gallery. Scroll down to General Settings > Gallery type > Slider.
I advise you to name your galleries to organize them more efficiently and differentiate it from the others. Then, you can start uploading images or select them from your Library.
Next, go to Lightbox & Links. Here you can choose to open your images in a Lightbox, add transition effects, thumbnails, open/close animation, and much more.
If you want to add more details about your masterpieces, hover over one of your images, and click on the Pencil icon.
Here, you can add a title, alt text, caption text, URL, filters, and align your image.
Therefore, if you upgrade to Modula PRO, you can also embed a video, and add EXIF data. Once you’re done editing your image, click Save and Save & Close.
Having the premium version of Modula, you can also make your galleries mobile responsive, allow your visitors to download your pictures, add watermarks, create password-protected galleries to prevent image theft, and much more.
Add gallery to your website
Once you’re done customizing your gallery, don’t forget to click Save Gallery to ensure all your edits are saved.
Then, go to one of your WordPress pages/posts and click on the “+” icon to add a new widget. As in the picture shown below, you will see a Modula Gallery block.
After you click on it, press Display and existing gallery, and then choose to showcase your specific gallery.
Click Publish and your gallery is live!