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title: How to Open Slideshows in a Gallery Window
description: If you want your MetaSlider slideshow to open up into a gallery window when the user clicks on it, you can use MetaSlider Gallery, a separate plugin that extends the MetaSlider Slideshow. A slideshow allows you to create a beautiful…
url: "https://www.metaslider.com/docs/slideshows-lightbox-modal/"
updated: "2026-05-16"
category: MetaSlider Gallery
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# How to Open Slideshows in a Gallery Window

If you want your MetaSlider slideshow to open up into a gallery window when the user clicks on it, you can use MetaSlider Gallery, a separate plugin that extends the MetaSlider Slideshow.

A slideshow allows you to create a beautiful showcase of images for your visitors. You can enhance your slideshow with a gallery feature. Visitors can view your slideshow and then click on an image and see a larger, higher-resolution version of the image or other media.

MetaSlider Gallery currently supports every kind of slideshow created with MetaSlider except Layer Slides and Custom HTML.

- Start with the main MetaSlider Slideshow plugin installed.
- Install the MetaSlider Lightbox plugin.
- Once you have created a slideshow in MetaSlider, look in the right sidebar for the Gallery settings.
- Scroll down and check the "Open in gallery" setting.

![Gallery settings for slideshow](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/gallery-options.png)

Now go and visit your slideshow on the front of your site. This image below shows a normal slideshow.

![Slideshow example](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/slideshow-example-no-gallery-1024x698.png)

Click on any of the images in your slideshow, and you'll see a full pop-up window. You can navigate through the images. Notice that there is thumbnail navigation to allow users to browse the media. There is also a count in the top-left corner showing how many items are in the gallery.

![Slideshow plus gallery example](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/slideshow-plus-gallery-1024x565.png)