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Product Gallery Carousel

The Product Gallery Carousel Plugin is a WordPress plugin designed to enhance the display of WooCommerce product gallery images. It utilizes the Owl Carousel library for creating a carousel of product images and the Lightbox library for an attractive lightbox effect.

by Danish Iqabl · github.com/the-aiengineer/woocommerce-product-gallery-carousel

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/the-aiengineer/woocommerce-product-gallery-carousel/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
Readme github.com/the-aiengineer/woocommerce-product-gallery-carousel ↗

A lightweight WordPress plugin that adds a responsive image carousel and lightbox experience to WooCommerce product galleries.

Overview

This project extends the standard WooCommerce product gallery with a carousel-based presentation for product images. Visitors can browse gallery images in a compact carousel and open an image in a lightbox for a larger view.

Features

  • WooCommerce product gallery carousel
  • Lightbox view for product images
  • Shortcode-based integration
  • Uses Owl Carousel for carousel behavior
  • Uses a lightbox library for enlarged image viewing
  • Designed to integrate with existing WooCommerce product pages

Usage

Add the shortcode below where you want the product gallery carousel to appear:

[pgc_product_gallery_carousel]

Installation

  1. Download or clone this repository.
  2. Copy the plugin into your WordPress wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  3. Log in to WordPress.
  4. Go to Plugins.
  5. Activate the Product Gallery Carousel plugin.
  6. Add the shortcode to a suitable WooCommerce product template or page.

Project Structure

The plugin is intentionally small and focused so that it can be integrated into an existing WooCommerce installation without introducing a large application framework.

Development

This repository is part of my software-development portfolio and demonstrates practical WordPress and WooCommerce plugin development, frontend integration, and shortcode-based extension of an existing platform.

When extending the plugin, keep the following in mind:

  • Follow WordPress coding conventions.
  • Avoid loading assets globally when they are only required by the carousel.
  • Keep WooCommerce-specific logic isolated from presentation code.
  • Test against the current supported WordPress and WooCommerce versions before release.

Roadmap

Potential improvements include:

  • Improved responsive controls
  • Better accessibility and keyboard navigation
  • Configurable carousel options
  • Improved asset loading
  • WooCommerce block/theme compatibility
  • Automated testing and CI checks

License

MIT License.

See the repository license for the complete terms.