How to add a photo gallery to a Shopify store (no code)
Add a masonry, grid or carousel photo gallery to any Shopify page from the theme editor in five minutes, with no Liquid edits and nothing left behind.
5 min read · Updated September 27, 2026Guides
Getting more out of photos in a Shopify store
Practical walkthroughs written from the theme editor, not from a press release. Every guide can be followed on Snug Gallery's free plan unless it says otherwise.
How to make a shoppable lookbook on Shopify
Turn editorial photos into a shop-the-look page: pin products onto images so shoppers can add them to the cart without leaving the lookbook.
6 min read · Updated September 27, 2026Shopify gallery not loading? Why gallery apps vanish
Why a Shopify image gallery stops loading when the app's server or SSL certificate fails, how to diagnose it in minutes, and how to pick one that can't.
8 min read · Updated September 28, 2026Cozy Image Gallery alternative: a 20-minute migration
Looking for a Cozy Image Gallery alternative? How to get your photos out, rebuild each gallery in Snug Gallery and place it with the theme editor, no code.
9 min read · Updated September 28, 2026Who owns your gallery images? Shopify Files vs app-hosted
How to export images from a Shopify gallery app, tell whether they live in your store's Files or on the developer's server, and what survives an uninstall.
8 min read · Updated September 28, 2026Shopify app still charging after uninstall? What to do
Why a Shopify app can keep billing after you uninstall it, how to cancel a Shopify app subscription for good, and why Shopify-managed billing just stops.
8 min read · Updated September 28, 2026How to tell if a Shopify app is abandoned: a checklist
Eight checks before installing a Shopify app: recent reviews, developer replies, a support test, where your data lives, billing and what breaks if they go.
9 min read · Updated September 28, 2026Masonry, grid, carousel or collage: Shopify gallery layouts
Grid vs masonry gallery, when a Shopify image carousel app is the right call, and which of nine layouts fits home, about, lookbook and portfolio pages.
9 min read · Updated September 28, 2026Accessible Shopify image gallery: an EAA-era checklist
What the European Accessibility Act means for Shopify image galleries: alt text, keyboard navigation, motion and lightboxes, with a ten-minute checklist.
9 min read · Updated September 28, 2026Instagram feed broken on Shopify? Own your customer photos
Why Instagram feed apps keep disconnecting from Shopify stores since the Basic Display API shutdown, and how to collect customer photos you own instead.
9 min read · Updated September 29, 2026Shopify video gallery: upload, YouTube or Vimeo?
Three ways to put video in a Shopify gallery, what each one does to page speed, and how to mix uploaded clips with YouTube and Vimeo without a slow page.
9 min read · Updated September 30, 2026Protecting gallery images on Shopify: right-click blocking
An honest look at image protection on a Shopify gallery: what a right-click block really prevents, what it cannot, and how to decide whether to turn it on.
8 min read · Updated September 30, 2026Does a photo gallery slow down your Shopify store?
How a 40-image gallery affects LCP, CLS and page weight on Shopify, what Snug Gallery does about each, and the one placement mistake that undoes all of it.
9 min read · Updated September 30, 2026Shopify gallery images in Google Images: an SEO guide
How Google finds and ranks the photos in a Shopify gallery: HTML, alt text, captions, file names and sitemaps, and what a gallery app must get right.
9 min read · Updated October 1, 2026Shopify Canvas and Snug Gallery: what works today
Canvas themes can't use app blocks yet. Learn how to spot the Canvas badge and choose a theme that works with Snug Gallery in the standard editor.
3 min read · Updated October 1, 2026Build a Shopify gift guide page that is not a collection
Make a gift guide shoppers can browse by recipient and budget: a page with a filterable, shoppable gallery instead of another collection grid.
7 min read · Updated October 1, 2026Replaced an image in Shopify but the old one still shows?
Since April 2026 Shopify no longer purges a replaced file from its CDN. Why the old image sticks, how to tell CDN cache from browser cache, and the fix.
6 min read · Updated October 2, 2026