For Elementor sites

Elementor Filterable Gallery Plugin: build your own, pay once

Show a photo gallery with buttons that filter it by category, and a lightbox for large views. Describe it and Ora builds an Elementor filterable gallery plugin for your site.

Try it on a practice Elementor site for 7 days with 2 free changes. Pay $9–$39 once only if you keep it.

Example: filterable gallery
AllWeddingsPortraitsEvents
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Soft zoom
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Illustration only. Your plugin follows your own rules.

What your Filterable Gallery plugin does

A focused Elementor widget for a filterable gallery. You add the images, give each a category and visitors filter with one click.

Category filter buttons
A row of buttons such as All, Weddings and Portraits.
Grid layout
Choose the number of columns and the spacing.
Lightbox and hover
Click an image to enlarge it, with a hover effect you choose.
One settings page
Its own item in your WordPress admin menu, so options are easy to find and change.
Good to know: You add images and categories in the widget. Pulling images from the media library by folder or tag is not assumed.

Tell Ora what you need. Check the plan before you pay.

Describe your Elementor Filterable Gallery Plugin in your own words. Ora replies with a plan and a price. Nothing is built until you approve it.

Example request
I'm a photographer with 24 images. Add a gallery with filter buttons All, Weddings, Portraits and Events. Show 4 columns, a soft zoom on hover, and open each image in a lightbox.
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Here is the plan:
  • Filterable gallery widget for 24 images
  • All, Weddings, Portraits and Events filter buttons
  • Four column grid, hover zoom and lightbox
  • A settings page in its own menu in your WordPress admin
Standard build · $19 once
In this build: Load more buttons and infinite scroll are not in this plan. Image uploads by visitors are not included.
Want more? Add it to your request:
  • Image captions. Also show a caption under each image in the lightbox.
  • Masonry layout. Also use a masonry layout for different sized images.
Add these to my request and get a quote
Ora builds it together with the plugin and the quote goes up to match. You see the new price before you pay. One plugin never costs more than $39. If it needs more than one plugin, Ora quotes each one. Or add it later as a separate build.

How to set up Filterable Gallery

Here is how to get a Filterable Gallery from idea to working plugin on your site. Most of the work is a few decisions, and these steps walk through them.

1. Group the images
Give each image a category so visitors can filter, for example Weddings or Portraits.
2. Choose the grid
Columns, spacing, hover captions and whether a click opens a lightbox.
3. Describe it to Ora
Paste your own version of the example request on this page, or start from one of the examples, and change the details. Ora replies with a plan and a price, and nothing is built until you approve it.
4. Test on the practice site
Click each filter on the practice site and check the grid re-arranges without gaps.
Common snags:

No yearly fee for your Elementor Filterable Gallery Plugin

Looking for an alternative to Essential Addons for Elementor Pro (WPDeveloper)? It lists at $60 a year. Your own version is a one-off.

Essential Addons for Elementor Pro (WPDeveloper)
$60 / year
After 1 year$60
After 3 years$180
Your own Elementor Filterable Gallery Plugin on Pluginora
$19–$39 once
After 1 yearthe same
After 3 yearsthe same
Includes5 free changes

Paid plugin price is the list price for one site, as shown on the seller's site in October 2026. The price of your build depends on its size. Ora quotes it before you pay. Price shown is for the whole Essential Addons for Elementor Pro plan, which includes many other features. This page covers one job. Some features may also be in free versions.

Start from an example

Pick one to open the builder with it filled in, then change anything you like.

Portfolio filter
A gallery with category buttons so people can filter my work.
Four columns
A four column grid that drops to two columns on tablets.
Hover zoom
A soft zoom when someone hovers a photo.

Questions

Is there a free Elementor filterable gallery plugin?

Yes, free ones may exist. Build your own when you want exact behavior and nothing extra.

Can an image be in more than one category?

Yes. You can assign several categories to an image, and it shows under each filter.

Do I need Elementor?

Yes. This plugin is built for Elementor and adds a gallery widget to the Elementor editor, so your site needs Elementor. You don't need to buy Essential Addons for Elementor Pro.

Can I get a refund?

The trial fee is refunded automatically if a build fails. A purchased plugin can be refunded within 14 days if it doesn't do what the approved plan said and Ora can't fix it, as long as it hasn't been downloaded or installed.

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Describe your Filterable Gallery plugin. See it working on a practice store.

$1 trial on a practice site. No yearly renewal.

Build mine · $1 trial