# Gallery

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Display multiple images in a rich gallery.

- **Name:** `core/gallery`
- **Category:** [media](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-media/)
- **API Version:** [3](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-api-versions/)
- **Block Type:** [Hybrid](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/) (static save + server enhancements)
- **Keywords:** `images`, `photos`

## Block Relationships

**[Allowed](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/#allowed-blocks) inner blocks:**
- [`core/image`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-media/core-block-image/)

## Attributes

_Defined via the [`attributes`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/) property in block.json._

| Attribute | [Type](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#type-validation) | [Default](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#default-value) | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `images` | `array` | `[]` | [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#value-source): `query`. [Selector](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#value-source): `.blocks-gallery-item` |
| `ids` | `array` | `[]` | — |
| `navigationButtonType` | `string` | `"icon"` | [Enum](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#enum-validation): `icon`, `text`, `both` |
| `shortCodeTransforms` | `array` | `[]` | — |
| `columns` | `number` | — | — |
| `caption` | `rich-text` | — | [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#value-source): `rich-text`. [Selector](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#value-source): `.blocks-gallery-caption`. [Role](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#role): `content` |
| `imageCrop` | `boolean` | `true` | — |
| `randomOrder` | `boolean` | `false` | — |
| `fixedHeight` | `boolean` | `true` | — |
| `linkTarget` | `string` | — | — |
| `linkTo` | `string` | — | — |
| `sizeSlug` | `string` | `"large"` | — |
| `allowResize` | `boolean` | `false` | — |
| `aspectRatio` | `string` | `"auto"` | — |

## Supports

_Defined via the [`supports`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/) property in block.json._

- [`anchor`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#anchor): `true`
- [`align`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#align): `true`
- [`html`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#html): `false`
- `units`: `"px"`, `"em"`, `"rem"`, `"vh"`, `"vw"`
- [`spacing`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#spacing):
  - `margin`: `true`
  - `padding`: `true`
  - `blockGap`: `["horizontal","vertical"]`
- [`color`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color):
  - [`text`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-text): `false`
  - [`background`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-background): `true`
  - [`gradients`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-gradients): `true`
- [`layout`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout):
  - [`allowSwitching`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-allowswitching): `false`
  - [`allowInheriting`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-allowinheriting): `false`
  - [`allowEditing`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-allowediting): `false`
  - [`default`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-default): `{"type":"flex"}`
- [`interactivity`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#interactivity):
  - `clientNavigation`: `true`
- [`listView`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#listview): `true`

## Context

_Defined via the [`usesContext` and `providesContext`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-context/) properties in block.json._

**Uses context:**

- `galleryId`

**Provides context:**

- `allowResize` → attribute `allowResize`
- `imageCrop` → attribute `imageCrop`
- `fixedHeight` → attribute `fixedHeight`
- `navigationButtonType` → attribute `navigationButtonType`

## Block Markup

This is a [**hybrid block**](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/). It saves static markup that the server may enhance during rendering.

```html
<!-- wp:gallery {"linkTo":"none","className":"columns-2"} -->
<figure
	class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped columns-2"
>
	<!-- wp:image {"id":1421,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} -->
	<figure class="wp-block-image size-large">
		<img
			src="https://sergioestevaofolio.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/cropped-img_9054-1.jpg?w=190"
			alt="Image gallery image"
			class="wp-image-1421"
		/>
	</figure>
	<!-- /wp:image -->

	<!-- wp:image {"id":1440,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} -->
	<figure class="wp-block-image size-large">
		<img
			src="https://sergioestevaofolio.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/cropped-l1001498-1.jpg?w=580"
			alt="Image gallery image"
			class="wp-image-1440"
		/>
	</figure>
	<!-- /wp:image -->
</figure>
<!-- /wp:gallery -->
```

## Source

- [block.json](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/gallery/block.json) ([reference](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/))
- [Source directory](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/gallery/) — browse `edit.js`, `save.js`, `index.php`, and more.

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