Pics
The objective is to have something that is functional, accurate, timely and easily maintainable rather than a work of art. But it must work on mobile phones.
The options seem to be these:
| Feature | Pros | Cons |
|---|---|---|
| Native WordPress | Comes with basic system. More robust. Better maintained. | Pop-up and slideshow behaviour poor. Media library system poor. |
| ncvp image gallery | Good slideshow behaviour. No change to normal pages or workflow. Can be removed without breaking anything. Based on Fancybox. | Needs maintaining |
| Easy FancyBox Now called Firelight Lightbox | Good slideshow behaviour, but not as configurable as ncvp image gallery | This, and plugins like it, tend to come and go. They also tend to use old versions of FancyBox |
Conclusions: I’ll use ncvp-image-gallery while it works. Firelight Lightbox when it’s broken.