Perfect for Single Images With Advanced Controls
Image Block
The Image Block is part of FolioBlocks — a premium WordPress plugin built for photographers, designers, and creative professionals who need more than the basic tools WordPress provides. Designed for clean, refined single-image presentation, it gives you full control over how individual images appear, behave, and interact inside your layouts.
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Block Features
Explore the key features that make the Image Block a refined foundation for single-image presentations. From lightbox viewing to hover overlays, EXIF metadata, image actions, and styling controls, it gives individual images the same polish as a full gallery.
Polished Single Images
Present individual images with clean rendering, responsive behavior, and precise styling controls.
Image Resolution Control
Choose the image size used on the page to balance visual sharpness and performance.
Built-In Lightbox
Open a single image in a refined Lightbox with optional fullscreen viewing along with light & dark modes.
Rich Lightbox Content
Display titles, captions, EXIF data, product details, or combined layouts inside the lightbox.
Hover Overlay Content
Show titles, captions, product information, or EXIF metadata directly on image hover.
Image Actions and Linking
Link images to media files, custom URLs, pages, posts, downloads, or WooCommerce products.
EXIF Metadata
Store and display camera metadata such as camera, focal length, shutter speed, aperture, and ISO.
Metadata Sync
Sync image titles, captions, and alt text back to the Media Library, keeping your image metadata organized and reusable across your site.
For a complete breakdown of what is included in each version, visit the Free vs Pro comparison page to see the full FolioBlocks feature list.
Screenshots
See how the Image Block is configured directly inside the WordPress editor. These screenshots highlight the settings for image metadata, lightbox content, hover overlays, click actions, WooCommerce links, downloads, and visual styling.
Guides & Tutorials
Learn how to get the most out of this block with our step-by-step tutorials and video guides. Whether you’re just getting started or exploring advanced features, we’ve got you covered.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Use the Image Block when you want one image to have FolioBlocks features like a Lightbox, hover overlay, click behavior, downloads, WooCommerce product linking, EXIF display, or extra styling. It is ideal for featured portfolio images, product visuals, hero images, and single images that need more interaction than the default WordPress Image block.
The WordPress Image block is great for basic images. The FolioBlocks Image Block adds portfolio-focused controls such as lightbox viewing, hover overlays, custom click behavior, image downloads, WooCommerce links, EXIF metadata, drop shadows, and right-click protection options.
Yes. The Image Block can open the image in a lightbox so visitors can view it larger without leaving the page.
Yes. Depending on your settings, an Image Block can link to a lightbox, media file, custom URL, page or post, download action, or WooCommerce product.
Yes. The Image Block supports hover overlays, and Pro users can choose different overlay content such as title, caption, product information, or EXIF metadata.
Yes, FolioBlocks Pro includes a metadata sync action for updating image title, caption, and alternative text in the WordPress Media Library from the Image Block.
Get FolioBlocks Pro
Unlock advanced features and get the full potential of this block with FolioBlocks Pro.
Explore More FolioBlocks
Ready to expand your creative toolkit? FolioBlocks includes a range of powerful gallery blocks, each designed to showcase your work in a unique way. Discover the right layout for your projects:
Background Video Block
Immersive responsive video backgrounds that anchor your content with motion. Perfect for hero sections that aim to engage visitors immediately.
Before & After Block
Let viewers interactively compare two images with a responsive slider. Perfect for showcasing retouching, transformations, or visual progress with clarity.
Carousel Gallery Block
Showcase your work in a sleek, horizontally scrolling gallery that draws viewers in one image at a time. Ideal for highlighting standout shots or curated image sequences with impact.
Filmstrip Gallery Block
Showcase images in a focused filmstrip layout with large primary visuals and intuitive navigation. Ideal for portfolios and visual storytelling.
Grid Gallery Block
Create clean, evenly spaced grids that maintain the original aspect ratios of your images. Perfect for portfolios with a strong focus on consistency and structure.
Image Block
Present single images with clean spacing, sharp rendering, and fully controlled styling. Perfect for highlighting key visuals with clarity and impact.
Justified Gallery Block
Create clean, edge-to-edge rows of images that automatically adjust to fit their container, maintaining a balanced, polished layout. Ideal for photographers who want to showcase their work in a professional, cohesive way.
Loupe Block
Give visitors a closer look with a smooth, responsive loupe effect. Ideal for portfolios and product images where highlighting textures, fine details, and craftsmanship is a must.
Masonry Gallery Block
For creative layouts that stack images of various sizes into a stunning, waterfall-like design. Perfect for portfolios with mixed aspect ratios or images that tell a story.
Modular Gallery Block
Mix and match rows of images with full control over spacing and aspect ratios. Build complex, multi-row layouts without compromise, perfect for creative portfolios that break the grid.
Video Block
Showcase videos with a polished, distraction-free presentation that adapts seamlessly to your layout. Ideal for portfolios where motion content needs to feel refined and professionally framed.
Video Gallery Block
Create beautiful, filterable video grids with customizable thumbnails, hover effects, and Lightbox support. Showcase your motion work with style and impact.
What Our Customers Are Saying
FolioBlocks is trusted by photographers, designers, and creative professionals around the world to showcase their work beautifully and effectively. Here’s what a few of our users have to say:
Fantastic
“Setup was quick, and block-based workflow feels natural – drop in a gallery, choose from grid or masonry styles, tweak spacing and captions. Hard to design something that doesn’t look great.”
– Will MacDonald, Developer
Verified Customer
Easy to use with good number of features
“Setup was quick, and block-based workflow feels natural – drop in a gallery, choose from grid or masonry styles, tweak spacing and captions. Hard to design something that doesn’t look great.”
– Donna
Verified Customer
A Wonderful, Full-featured Image/Video Gallery Plugin
“I tested this plugin in beta and was impressed both by how well–and intuitively–it worked “out of the box” and by how responsive its developer was when I had questions. Highly recommend.”
– Josh
Verified Customer
Great plugin and really easy to use.
“Great plugin and really easy to use. The free version is really full featured but the pro version takes it to the next level. Highly recommended.”
– Cyril
Verified Customer
Works great
“Had an opportunity to test this plugin during the beta testing period and it’s really slick. It feels native to WordPress and is incredibly full featured.”
– Johan, Web Developer
Verified Customer
Just what I was looking for!
“The Video gallery block is just want I was looking for to use my website. Straightforward and easy to use.”
– Dave Marshal, Production Designer
Verified Customer
Build Better Galleries With FolioBlocks
Join photographers, designers, and creative professionals using FolioBlocks to create faster, more flexible image and video galleries directly inside the Block Editor.