WordPress Plugins Image Galleries – Please finally improve them

Why:

One of the most important (and nicest) features when deciding for a product are images (and a nice image gallery). No matter if you’re looking for a WordPress plugin, a flat, a product on Amazon, etc.

The problem:

The image gallery of WordPress plugins is not only placed to far down (there’s a reason why image galleries on Amazon are right at the top!), but also very old-fashioned to use.

If you click on the first image of a plugin gallery to see it in a larger format, the first image file (!) opens (that’s really 90s…). So you after you’ve seen it, you need to use the back button of your browser (!), make sure to hit the small next arrow to get to the next image, enlarge this again, go back via browser, repeat.

The solution:

1. Apply state of the art image gallery functions (e.g. by simply installing a modern image gallery WordPress plugin…)
   • What this should bring along:
     • If you click on the first image (or on a next image thumbnail), this image should open in fullscreen
     • There should be easy to see and use next and before buttons to the left and to the right
     • There should be a button to close the fullscreen gallery again (thinking of mobile users, maybe at the bottom right)
     • Everything should be working nicely also on mobiles (as most users are using their phones nowadays)
2. Move the plugin gallery near the top of the page, for example below the plugin’s first short description (or even below or above the plugin title). Images are usually the first and best indicator to check the quality and usefulness of a plugin (besides reviews and number of installations, which luckily are already near the top).

Hoping for your consideration of these suggestions!