Transform your static images into an immersive viewing experience with the Masonry Portfolio Gallery. Designed for photographers, designers, and creative agencies, this widget displays a stunning, staggered grid of high-quality thumbnails. When a visitor clicks an image, it expands into a full-screen, cinematic lightbox overlay. Unlike standard galleries that just show the image, this widget includes a dedicated text area within the lightbox for captions, project details, or technical specifications. This allows you to tell the story behind the photo. The masonry layout automatically adjusts to different image aspect ratios, creating a modern, organic feel. It is fully responsive, featuring a smooth backdrop blur effect and intuitive close controls. You can easily add more images using the 'Add Slide' functionality, and customize the overlay background opacity and text colors to match your dark or light theme.
Bring this layout to life on your website in just a few clicks.
Edit Masonry Portfolio Gallery with Lightbox Preview visually using the native Squarespace extension
First, ensure you have connected your website to the native Redesignee extension. Once connected, you have two easy ways to build:
Native Block: Simply add the native Redesignee Widget Block directly from the fluid engine editor menu inside Squarespace.
Manual Markdown: Add a standard Markdown Block, paste your widget’s code snippet, and the Redesignee floating "Customize" button will automatically appear right over the block.
Both methods let you tweak settings, copy items, and design visually in real time. Saving your changes syncs the updates instantly to your live page.
See Squarespace installation guide
Connect natively via Gutenberg or Elementor
Make sure you have the free Redesignee WordPress Plugin installed. To drop the Masonry Portfolio Gallery with Lightbox Preview into Elementor, simply drag and drop the Redesignee widget from your sidebar. If you are using the Gutenberg Block Editor, click the " + " icon and select the Redesignee Block. Launch the Cloud Library directly inside your workspace, choose your customized template, and import it with a single click. It automatically inherits your theme fonts and styles!
WordPress plugin installation guide
Quick copy-and-paste for custom setups
If you are using Webflow, Shopify, Wix, or a custom HTML site, click the "Export Widget" button on this page and ensure the platform selector is set to "HTML". Click "Copy" to copy the clean, un-nested source code snippet directly to your clipboard. Paste this code into any HTML component, Code Block, or Embed tool inside your website builder. All styles, animations, and scripts are self-contained and ready to run.
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