DeviantArt is an excellent and probably the most popular platform for artists to exhibit and discuss their work. Art is organized in a comprehensive category structure, primarily in digital art and photography. The vast amount of beautiful artwork is overwhelming, it was not easy to select a few for showcase on this page, to say the least. Once you start surfing on DeviantArt, it's hard to stop.
This feature is aimed at artists who wish to show their DeviantArt portfolio on their own website too. Justified Image Grid provides an easy way to show off latest deviations through WordPress. Your work in this DeviantArt gallery will appear as a beautiful grid, without cropping. Why not do your artist friends a favor and showcase them on your site as well? You can avoid any double work, because everything remains sourced and managed at DeviantArt. Your very own WordPress DeviantArt gallery will update itself over time as new content is published.
A collection of favorites
Favorites on DeviantArt can be as-is or neatly organized to collections. In any way, there is an RSS feed available so you can connect favorites to your site. You can curate content for a certain niche, maybe just for this feature. This DeviantArt gallery shows the beautiful favorites in the Still Life - Food collection by Undergr0und--x8 (R. Stessy) of DeviantArt.
The above example uses the following, generated shortcode (how to use):[$justified_image_grid caption=slide caption_opacity=1 caption_bg_color=rgba(0,0,0,0.2) caption_match_width=yes-rounded overlay=off specialfx=captions specialfx_type=blur specialfx_options=amount:1 last_row=flexible load_more=click load_more_limit=20 rss_url=http://backend.deviantart.com/rss.xml?q=favby%3Aundergr0und--x8%2F54403453&type=deviation rss_links_to=image rss_link=yes rss_link_text="Go see this on DeviantArt"]
A single gallery folder
On DeviantArt, creations are put into gallery folders by the users. It's an easy way to group things that belong together. Each gallery folder has its own RSS Feed, so you can show the latest items from them. This DeviantArt gallery features the excellent Bokehs and much more gallery folder by MintLights (Marián) of DeviantArt.
The above example uses the following, generated shortcode (how to use):[$justified_image_grid preset=17 prettyphoto_theme=dark_square last_row=flexible load_more=click load_more_limit=10 rss_url=http://backend.deviantart.com/rss.xml?q=gallery%3Amintlights%2F41173854&type=deviation rss_links_to=image rss_link_text="Show your appreciation on DeviantArt"]
New deviations by user
The most straightforward way to use this feature is to fetch the latest work of a deviant. Regardless of what category or gallery the artworks are in, a feed that includes anything you/they added recently. These are the updates from Enji Night, a talented cosplayer artist, presented in a justified DeviantArt gallery. This minimal lightbox is called Magnific Popup.
The above example uses the following, generated shortcode (how to use):[$justified_image_grid preset=11 lightbox=magnific mobile_lightbox=magnific last_row=flexible load_more=click load_more_limit=20 rss_url=http://backend.deviantart.com/rss.xml?q=gallery%3AEnjiNight+in%3Aphotography%2Fpeople+sort%3Atime&type=deviation rss_links_to=image rss_link=yes rss_link_text="Check out EnjiNight on DeviantArt"]
Combined DeviantArt gallery of multiple users
Interleave the moments of different people at the same event. Find a topic to which multiple people contributed deviations. It's possible to seamlessly combine multiple feeds together and sort the artworks or photos by date. This allows you to go beyond the limit of 60 images as it only applies per feed. The following DeviantArt gallery features cosplays of a sweet couple - Tazzie and Gergely Piroska. The two gallery folders combined are this and this.
The above example uses the following, generated shortcode (how to use):[$justified_image_grid preset=13 link_title_field=title img_alt_field=off prettyphoto_theme=dark_rounded last_row=flexible load_more=click load_more_limit=10 rss_url=http://backend.deviantart.com/rss.xml?q=gallery%3Atazziecosplay%2F34328894&type=deviation,http://backend.deviantart.com/rss.xml?q=gallery%3Asheep-person%2F29258021&type=deviation rss_links_to=image rss_description=datetime]
A category gallery of a deviant
All deviations belong to categories. You can look at someone's portfolio by categories instead of gallery folders. These categories all have a feed, so leverage that to sync the latest content to your WordPress site. This is the Cosplay category of Candygirl-Lucy on DeviantArt.
The above example uses the following, generated shortcode (how to use):[$justified_image_grid caption_opacity=1 caption_bg_color=rgba(80,55,100,0.5) caption_text_color=white last_row=flexible load_more=click load_more_limit=10 rss_url=http://backend.deviantart.com/rss.xml?q=gallery%3ACandygirl-Lucy+in%3Aphotography%2Fpeople%2Fcosplay+sort%3Atime&type=deviation rss_links_to=image rss_link=yes rss_link_text="See original at DeviantArt"]
What makes a WordPress DeviantArt gallery useful?
Most importantly, your portfolio remains at DeviantArt while at the same time it shows up on your site.
Setup the galleries once, then they automatically update as you extend your DeviantArt portfolio.
What can I use as the source of a DeviantArt gallery?
- New deviations by any user.
- A gallery created by a user or a group.
- A category gallery of a user.
- All favorites or a specific collection by a user or a group.
- Show up to 60 photos per feed! Multiple feeds can be combined, contents will be merged and sorted by date.
- Images are well-sized in DeviantArt feeds so they are suitable for a lightbox gallery.
- A link back to the original DeviantArt page is available, in the lightbox or instead of the lightbox. Give credit and send some traffic to the deviant who published the artwork you display on your site.
How do the settings look like?
