The multi-talented Jetpack plugin brings the processing power and additional capabilities of WordPress.com to your site – and most of the add-ons are free! The two options featured here are the Carousel and Tiled Galleries.

You’ll see that the image gallery in this post displays in an interesting mosaic (tiled gallery) instead of a stack of individual images.  When you click on one, it opens a full-screen lightbox with sliding images.

Interior of bank in Sterling, Kansas in 1884

Green Mountain House hotel, Sterling, Kansas

Back of Green Mountain House picture

(Thanks to Sterling Free Public Library for sharing images from their new digital collection!)

Activating these two Jetpack features adds options to your site’s Media Settings page:

Simply make your selections in the settings, upload media to a post and create a gallery, and the display is created automatically!