RSS Image Widget

This plugin provides you with a widget to display images from a feed. It requires the SimplePie plugin to be installed.

Author:zackdesign (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:6.0
WordPress version tested:6.9.1
Plugin version:3.0.0
Added to WordPress repository:05-03-2008
Last updated:23-02-2026
Rating, %:60
Rated by:2
Plugin URI:https://zackdesign.biz/
Total downloads:32 863
Active installs:60+
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RSS Image Widget fetches images from any RSS/Atom feed that uses enclosures and displays them in a responsive grid with a built-in lightbox. Works as both a classic widget and a Gutenberg block.

Features:

  • Widget + Block — Use in sidebars (classic widget) or anywhere in the block editor
  • Lightweight — No jQuery, no external CDN. Just a tiny vanilla JS lightbox (~2 KB)
  • Responsive grid — CSS Grid layout adapts to any container width
  • Lazy loading — Images use native browser lazy loading
  • Accessible — Lightbox supports keyboard navigation (Escape to close)
  • Zero configuration — Just add a feed URL and go

Upgrading from v2.x:

The Bootstrap classes (row, col-xs-12) and external Lightbox2 CDN have been replaced with clean semantic HTML, a responsive CSS Grid layout, and a bundled vanilla JS lightbox. If you had custom CSS targeting the old classes, you will need to update it to use the new .rss-image-gallery BEM classes.

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