Pixel Gallery

Pixel Gallery is a modern image gallery plugin for Elementor that makes your website more exciting with stunning layouts, smooth animations and unique effects. Say goodbye to complicated, slow gallery plugins. Pixel Gallery offers a fast, intuitive and customizable solution to create beautiful, responsive galleries with ease. Perfect for improving your site's visual appeal without the complexity.

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working. e.g.

1. Upload pixel-gallery folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Start using it by going to the elementor editor.

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2.2.5 [20th October 2026]

• Added: BdThemes deals notice on the Dashboard, Plugins screen and plugin dashboard; “Don’t Show Again” hides it in every BdThemes plugin

2.2.4 [20th September 2026]

• Updated: Setup wizard templates now ship as plain template files instead of archives, and are packed for Elementor at the moment you import - imported templates are unchanged
• Updated: Plugin name in readme now matches the plugin itself, "Pixel Gallery"
• Fixed: HTML attribute names were written out without being checked, so a malformed name could add an unwanted attribute to a video tag
• Fixed: Widget names on the Core Widgets screen were written out without escaping
• Removed: The [pixel_gallery_custom_template] and [rooten_custom_template] shortcodes - use Elementor's own [elementor-template id="123"] instead
• Removed: For developers, the pg_license_validation() function and the pg_ prefixed helpers for remote plugin data, and the dynamic select control's script data is now named pixel_gallery_dynamic_select

2.2.3 [17th September 2026]

• Added: Ready-to-use template import on the setup wizard's "Good to Go" step (Pro templates are listed only when Pixel Gallery Pro is active)
• Added: Bundled logos for the plugins listed in the setup wizard and the dashboard's Other Plugins tab
• Updated: Other Plugins tab now uses the same card grid as the setup wizard's Integration step, without the short description
• Updated: Admin and setup wizard CSS classes and animation names now use the pg- prefix to avoid conflicts with other plugins
• Updated: Setup wizard assets are now versioned with the plugin, so browsers load the new files after an update
• Updated: Setup wizard welcome step shows the real number of available gallery widgets
• Updated: Dashboard header and navigation adapt to small screens
• Fixed: Stored XSS in the Glam widget, where a title or meta containing quotes could inject HTML attributes
• Fixed: Widget editor previews now escape and sanitize titles, text and title tags the same way the published page does
• Fixed: Editor preview did not match the published page in several widgets (social links in Fluid, Insta, Ranch and Wisdom; meta in Tour and Elixir; Read More position in Fever and Verse; category, date, price, follow and like toggles; video posters)
• Fixed: Removing an item's image or video poster rendered a broken image
• Fixed: Pro widget promotion dialog did not open in the Elementor 4 editor
• Fixed: Query "Search & Select" controls showed saved posts, terms and authors as blank after reopening the editor
• Fixed: Entrance Animation never revealed items taller than the screen, and a 0 ms delay still waited 200 ms
• Fixed: Lumen hover effect was bound to every Lumen widget on the page, and Turbo used a deprecated jQuery method
• Fixed: PHP 8.1 deprecation notice in the Zilax widget and PHP warnings when an item's media was missing
• Fixed: Saving the setup wizard's Features step without changes no longer turns off widgets that are active by default
• Fixed: Core Widgets tab showed some default-active widgets as disabled on new installs
• Fixed: Setup wizard Integration step now shows Element Pack Pro and Prime Slider Pro as active
• Fixed: Dashboard widget search and System Status charts
• Fixed: "Get Support" and "Video Tutorials" links were missing from the Plugins screen
• Fixed: Broken "Contact Us" link on the dashboard
• Fixed: Setup wizard styles are no longer added to every admin page, so WordPress core spinners display correctly again
• Fixed: "Active" button on Other Plugins cards was invisible
• Removed: Asset Manager and the Special Features tab that contained it
• Removed: Bundled matthiasmullie/minify library, which was only used by the Asset Manager
• Removed: Combined pg-styles.css stylesheet, which was only loaded by the Asset Manager
• Removed: Empty "Grid" filter from the Core Widgets tab and the setup wizard

2.2.2 [14th September 2026]

• Fixed: Entrance Animation controls (Perspective, Delay, Transition Duration, Transform Origin, Translate, Rotate, Scale, Skew) are no longer greyed out - the feature ships in this plugin and is now fully usable
• Fixed: Setup wizard no longer pre-selects companion plugins, and never activates one without a separate, explicit opt-in
• Fixed: Companion plugin activation now requires the activate_plugins capability and is limited to the plugin's own allow-list
• Fixed: Elementor template shortcode now validates the post type, status and read permission before rendering
• Updated: UIkit updated to 3.25.22
• Updated: Chart.js updated to 4.5.1
• Updated: matthiasmullie/minify updated to 1.3.75
• Updated: AJAX actions, nonces, transients, cron hooks and script handles are now consistently prefixed
• Removed: "Tested up to" from the main plugin file; it is declared in readme.txt only
• Removed: Logged-out AJAX endpoint for the companion plugin list
• Removed: Unreachable remote-fetch code left behind by the retired admin notice feed
• Added: Readable sources for the bundled admin UIkit stylesheets under src/admin/css/

2.2.1 [18th August 2026]

• Removed: Deprecated BdThemes product-feed remote endpoint (returned an empty response) and its unused fetch code

2.2.0 [17th August 2026]

• Removed: White Label branding options (now exclusive to Pixel Gallery Pro)
• Removed: Custom CSS & JS code injection (use the WordPress Customizer's Additional CSS, or Pixel Gallery Pro)
• Removed: Rollback Version screen (now exclusive to Pixel Gallery Pro)
• Removed: Extra Options tab, which contained the above features
• Added: External services and Source code documentation in readme
• Added: Unminified JavaScript/LESS sources and build tooling to the plugin package
• Updated: Settings are now validated against a whitelist of registered fields before saving
• Updated: Notice dismissal is restricted to the plugin's own storage keys
• Removed: Bundled template kit archives and the setup wizard's template import step
• Fixed: Plugin no longer disables WordPress automatic translation updates
• Fixed: Requires at least / Tested up to now use major WordPress versions

2.1.17 [12th August 2026]

• Updated: System improved

2.1.16 [10th August 2026]

• Updated: Admin API Biggopti removed

2.1.15 [8th August 2026]

• Fixed: Security issue where data returned by the promotions API could be injected as script into the WordPress admin area
• Fixed: Promotion links and images are now restricted to http(s) and mailto addresses
• Updated: Security improved

2.1.14 [30th July 2026]

• Updated: System improved

2.1.13 [12th July 2026]

• Fixed: Empty content box showing when title and meta are disabled in the fixer widget
• Updated: Made compatible with WordPress version 7.0.1

2.1.12 [1st July 2026]

• Added: Glassmorphism control for styling content in the zilax widget
• Added: Item background support to the fever widget
• Fixed: Meta hover color not applying in the elixir widget
• Fixed: Image hover border color not applying issue fixed in the zilax widget
• Fixed: Social icon color control not working issue fixed in the wisdom widget
• Fixed: Show Like control not working issue fixed in the walden widget

2.1.11 [10th June 2026]

• Added: Date position control (left and right) added in the panda widget

2.1.10 [21st May 2026]

• Updated: Made compatible with WordPress version 7.0

2.1.9 [12th May 2026]

• Updated: System improved

2.1.8 [6th May 2026] Added: New hover effect added in the epoch widget Fixed: Replaced hard-coded strings with proper translation support 2.1.7 [28th April 2026] Added: New Animated border hover effect added in the fabric widget with duration control Added: New title hover color control for crop, axen and ocean widgets Fixed: Post title and category links are now clickable in the crop, axen, and ocean widgets when using the dynamic query source Fixed: Glassmorphism effect issue fixed in the ocean widget 2.1.6 [15th April 2026]

• Added: Widget content template rendering added in elementor editor page
• Added: Cursor type control in the turbo widget
• Improved: New directional hover effect for image, title and meta reveal in the lytical widget

2.1.5 [2nd April 2026]

• Added: Nexus widget - new hover style variations (Slide Left, Slide Top, Slide Bottom)
• Fixed: Query controls Include/Exclude By Terms dropdown now hides taxonomy terms with no posts (only terms that have at least one post are shown)
• Updated: Made compatible with Elementor version 4.0.0

2.1.4 [10th March 2026]

• Added: Admin Dashboard Feed added

2.1.3 [26th February 2026]

• Updated: System improved

2.1.2 [25th February 2026]

• Added: Line height control added in the tour widget
• Fixed: Alignment issue fixed in the ruby widget

2.1.1 [9th February 2026]

• Updated: System improved

2.1.0 [22nd January 2026]

• Added: WPML multi-language support added in pro widgets
• Added: Compatible with modern css & removed RTL css files
• Fixed: Pagination issues in the axen, crop and ocean widgets
• Fixed: Deprecated issue in the ocean widget
• Fixed: Design issues in the Custom Code and Reset Code buttons

2.0.1 [12th January 2026]

• Updated: System improved

2.0.0 [6th January 2026]

• Added: Draggable widget added
• Added: WPML multi-language support added
• Added: White Label feature added
• Added: Custom CSS & JS feature added
• Added: Setup wizard/onboarding feature added
• Added: Rollback version feature added in admin dashboard
• Updated: Admin dashboard updated

1.7.11 [4th January 2026]

• Fixed: Mask color shape not found issue fixed

1.7.10 [18th December 2025]

• Added: Glassmorphism control for styling the date in the panda widget
• Added: Button alignment control added in the alien widget

1.7.9 [11th December 2025]

• Fixed: Separator display issue fixed in zilax widget

1.7.8 [2nd December 2025]

• Added: Added aria-label attribute to links for better accessibility
• Updated: Made compatible with WordPress version 6.9

1.7.7 [27th November 2025]

• Added: New style control for creating multiple style options in the trance widget

1.7.6 [20th November 2025]

• Fixed: Notice duplicate issue fixed

1.7.5 [19th November 2025]

• Added: New style control for creating multiple style options in the Verse widget
• Added: Added aria-label attribute to links for better accessibility

1.7.4 [13th November 2025]

• Updated: Notice design improved

1.7.3 [12th November 2025]

• Updated: System Improved

1.7.2 [11th November 2025]

• Fixed: API Banner duplicate issue fixed

1.7.1 [10th November 2025]

• Updated: System Improved

1.7.0 [4th November 2025]

• Added: dynamic tag support added
• Fixed: Deprication error fixed in crop widget
• Fixed: Read more button click issue fixed in orbit widget
• Fixed: Image hover border color issue fixed in fabric widget

1.6.12 [28th September 2025]

• Fixed: Button link issue fixed in alien widget

1.6.11 [8th September 2025]

• Fixed: DCI Notice removed for security reason

1.6.10 [10th August 2025]

• Added: Admin Store API Notice added
• Fixed: Deprication error fixed
• Fixed: Resolved regular notice display problem for white-label users

1.6.9 [7th August 2025]

• Updated: Security improved
• Updated: Image Mask visible compatibility added

1.6.8 [15th July 2025]

• Fixed: Security issue fixed (Thanks to zer0gh0st)

1.6.7 [2nd July 2025]

• Added: Meta line style on/off control added in ranch widget

1.6.6 [25th June 2025]

• Fixed: Text Domain fixed

1.6.5 [1st June 2025]

• Updated: System improved

1.6.4 [31th May 2025]

• Fixed: Text domain issue fixed
• Fixed: JS error fixed in Dashboard Settings

1.6.3 [12th May 2025]

• Fixed: Resolved jQuery Migrate warning ( Thanks to BackuPs )
• Fixed: DCI Notice transition issue fixed
• Fixed: System Requirement Memory Limit and Max Post Limit issue fixed

1.6.2 [28th April 2025]

• Fixed: Lightbox issue fixed in craze widget
• Fixed: Dashboard widget usage warning error fixed

1.6.1 [21th April 2025]

• Added: WordPress Version 6.8 compatibility added
• Updated: System improved

1.6.0 [17th April 2025]

• Added: Justified Gallery feature added
• Fixed: Social icon issue fixed in ranch widget
• Fixed: Content not showing issue fixed in elixir, trance, verse widget

1.5.12 [11th March 2025]

• Fixed: Entrance animation issue fixed
• Fixed: Lightbox icon issue fixed in sonic widget

1.5.11 [19th February 2025]

• Added: New shape added in image mask feature

1.5.10 [13th February 2025]

• Fixed: Dashboard notice dismiss icon conflict issue fixed

1.5.9 [6th February 2025]

• Updated: Dashboard widgets searching system improved

1.5.8 [24th December 2024]

• Fixed: Lightbox slide issue fixed

1.5.7 [17th December 2024]

• Added: Optimized Markup feature compatibility added

1.5.6 [4th December 2024]

• Updated: Dashboard system improved

1.5.5 [23th November 2024]

• Fixed: Translation issue fixed

1.5.4 [23th September 2024]

• Fixed: Security improved in insta widget

1.5.3 [12th September 2024]

• Updated: Compatibility added

1.5.2 [29th August 2024]

• Updated: DCI system improved

1.5.1 [11th August 2024]

• Updated: Dashboard system improved

1.5.0 [30th July 2024]

• Added: Element caching feature added
• Updated: Dashboard system improved

1.4.11 [24th June 2024]

• Fixed: Text Domain issue fixed (Thanks to itapress)

1.4.10 [16th April 2024]

• Updated: System improved

1.4.9 [8th February 2024]

• Fixed: Image crop issue fixed in marron widget
• Fixed: Icon not showing issue fixed

1.4.8 [22th January 2024]

• Fixed: Admin script min js file not found issue fixed

1.4.7 [31th December 2023]

• Updated: System improved

1.4.6 [9th November 2023]

• Fixed: Read more issue fixed in glam widget

1.4.5 [29th October 2023]

• Fixed: conflict issue fixed

1.4.4 [29th October 2023]

• Updated: System improved

1.4.3 [12th August 2023]

• Added: Content Position option added in fixer widget

1.4.2 [25th July 2023]

• Added: Overlay color option added in lunar, lytical widget
• Added: Glassmorphism effect added in axen, craze, doodle, elixir, epoch, fabric, fever, flame, fluid, glaze, insta, koral, lumen, lunar, lytical, marron widget

1.4.1 [12th July 2023]

• Added: Glassmorphism effect added in fixer widget

1.4.0 [18th June 2023]

• Added: Glassmorphism effect added in mystic, ocean, panda, ranch, sonic, trance widgets
• Fixed: Lightbox issue fixed in lytical widget
• Fixed: Height issue fixed in wisdom widget
• Fixed: Alignment issue fixed in insta, crop, flame, lunar, mosaic, ranch, shark, sonic, trance, walden widgets

Details changelog here