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How to Create a Image Gallery from Scratch


A hand-picked image grid allows you to manually select and display specific images in a custom gallery layout. This is ideal for showcasing product collections, portfolios, lookbooks, brand stories, or promotional content. In this guide, you’ll learn how to create and publish a hand-picked image grid using Essential Grid Gallery.



Table of Contents


  • Using Static Source
  • Add Images
  • Save & Publish Your Grid





Using Static Source & Add Images


Switch into the Source tab, and this time set the Content Source to Static:






In the Editor / Preview, under there the Add Gallery Item sub-section is there:
Click the Add Image(s) button:






The Shopify Store images library (Content-> Files) will open up. click each of the images you’d like to add to the grid, then click the Choose Images button at the bottom right corner: button at the bottom right corner:






Your selection of images will be added into the grid, and it’s now ready to publish.


Save & Publish Your Grid


Just as we did in the last two tutorials, save the grid, go to  Shopify theme customize, add an Essential Grid block to it and select the grid id:
Using the Custom Grid content type allows you to fill up a grid with a mix of just about any type of content you like. In this case we’re going to use it to showcase a selection of images chosen from the Shopify Store images (Content > Files).
Your selection of images will be added into the grid, and it’s now ready to publish.



Updated on: 13/09/2026