CSS for All Available WordPress Gallery Columns

In WordPress these days, you can create galleries and set the number of columns you’d like those galleries to appear in, from 1 to 9.

After you’ve clicked the Add Media button, tap Galleries there on the left, click on the images you want, and choose Create Gallery. You’ll then get an option like this:

screenshot showing the dropdown where you can select from 1 to 9 columns

Maybe you’re creating a theme, and you’d like this option to actually work. Or, considering that theme developers (even on WordPress.org) are only required to support the default 3 galleries, maybe your theme just doesn’t work.

Well here you go, code that will make it all come together for you. Just plop this CSS in where you can find a good fit for it and you’ll be columnizing your galleries like a New York hustler:

.gallery:after {content:"";display:table;clear:both;}

img.aligncenter, div.aligncenter, figure.aligncenter, img.wp-post-image {display:block; margin:1em auto;}
img.alignright, div.alignright, figure.alignright {float:right; margin:1em 0 1em 2em;}
img.alignleft, div.alignleft, figure.alignleft, img.wp-post-image.attachment-thumb {float:left; margin:1em 1em 2em 0;}
figure {max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin:1em 0;}
p img.alignright, p img.alignleft {margin-top:0;}

.gallery figure img {max-width:100%; height:auto; margin:0 auto; display:block;}

.gallery figure {float:left; margin:0 2% 1em 0;}

.gallery.gallery-columns-1 figure {width:100%; margin:0 0 1em 0; float:none;}

.gallery.gallery-columns-3 figure {width:32%;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-3 figure:nth-of-type(3n+3) {margin-right:0;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-3 figure:nth-of-type(3n+4) {clear:left;}

.gallery.gallery-columns-2 figure {width:49%;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-2 figure:nth-of-type(even) {margin-right:0;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-2 figure:nth-of-type(odd) {clear:left;}

.gallery.gallery-columns-4 figure {width:23.25%;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-4 figure:nth-of-type(4n+4) {margin-right:0;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-4 figure:nth-of-type(4n+5) {clear:left;}

.gallery.gallery-columns-5 figure {width:18%;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-5 figure:nth-of-type(5n+5) {margin-right:0;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-5 figure:nth-of-type(5n+6) {clear:left;}

.gallery.gallery-columns-6 figure {width:14.2%;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-6 figure:nth-of-type(6n+6) {margin-right:0;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-6 figure:nth-of-type(6n+7) {clear:left;}

.gallery.gallery-columns-7 figure {width:12%;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-7 figure:nth-of-type(7n+7) {margin-right:0;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-7 figure:nth-of-type(7n+8) {clear:left;}

.gallery.gallery-columns-8 figure {width:10.2%;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-8 figure:nth-of-type(8n+8) {margin-right:0;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-8 figure:nth-of-type(8n+9) {clear:left;}

.gallery.gallery-columns-9 figure {width:8.85%;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-9 figure:nth-of-type(9n+9) {margin-right:0;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-9 figure:nth-of-type(9n+10) {clear:left;}

@media (max-width:767px) {
img.alignright, div.alignright, figure.alignright, img.alignleft, div.alignleft, figure.alignleft, img.wp-post-image.attachment-thumb {display:block; margin:1em auto; float:none;}
.gallery.gallery-columns-4 figure, .gallery.gallery-columns-5 figure, .gallery.gallery-columns-6 figure, .gallery.gallery-columns-7 figure, .gallery.gallery-columns-8 figure, .gallery.gallery-columns-9 figure {width:100%; margin:0 0 1em 0; float:none;}
}

There’s some image alignment stuff at the top there, too, which you may want to delete (not the .gallery:after bit though, that’s important) if you find it’s messing up your content images.

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