Divi Glimpse Gallery

Photos hidden inside your words.

A Glimpse Gallery is a paragraph with a secret. Somewhere in the text is a word or two that hold . Hover it and a small slideshow appears beside the text. Click it and the paragraph steps aside for the full gallery, with thumbnails, a back button and fullscreen.

DG Glimpse Gallery is a Divi 5 module that hides a photo gallery inside your text. Hover the highlighted words and a small slideshow appears beside them; click them and the paragraph steps aside for the full gallery, with thumbnails, a back button and full screen. Ten real uses below, each with a different trigger effect.

Below are ten real uses, each with a different trigger effect: underlines, animated gradients, outline text, reveal wipes and hand-drawn highlights. Try each one: hover, then click.

Live examples

Explore 15 Divi glimpse gallery examples

In each paragraph below, hover the highlighted words for a glimpse, then click them for the gallery. Underlines, circles, brackets, markers and animated gradients mark the trigger words.

USE CASE 01 · JEWELLERY & LUXURY BRANDS

A collection hidden in one sentence

A gold hand-drawn circle rings the collection name as it scrolls in. The pieces show whole on black, never cropped.

Each piece is cast by hand in our Geneva atelier, then finished at a single bench. This season the bench belongs to : warm gold, soft curves and stones chosen one at a time.

Highlight: gold circle · Photo fit: contain on black · Tooltip: side column, 1:1 · Trigger underline off

USE CASE 02 · BOUTIQUE HOTELS & B&BS

The room tour lives in the welcome

A drawn box frames the suite name, and a tall postcard of the room pops up right under the words.

Our twelve rooms sit between the olive trees and the sea. Most guests book for two nights and stay for five, usually because of , where breakfast arrives on a silver tray at nine.

Highlight: drawn box · Tooltip: near the word, 3:4 postcard · Fullscreen: espresso brown

USE CASE 03 · FASHION & LOOKBOOKS

A lookbook that shimmers in the copy

The collection name glows with a slow vertical pink shine, so the eye lands on it before the reader does. Tall 3:4 photos for full looks.

The new collection was shot in one long afternoon on the cliffs, with wind in every frame. Take a look at before the first drop sells out on Friday.

Trigger: vertical shine animation, pink · Tooltip: side column, 3:4 · Fullscreen: blush

USE CASE 04 · INTERIOR DESIGNERS

Step inside the project from one line

A moss-green block opens from the centre and uncovers the project name, like curtains drawn back on a room.

We redesigned a 1930s townhouse for a family of five, keeping every old beam and adding light wherever we could. Step inside and see how oak, linen and clay soften the whole place.

Reveal: centre block in moss green · Tooltip: near the word, 3:2 · Fullscreen: deep forest

USE CASE 05 · PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS

Forty faces behind one word

Hollow outline letters keep the series quiet until you hover. Then the portraits fade in one after another, and the fullscreen goes pure black.

I photograph people the way I see them on a quiet afternoon: no props, one window and plenty of time. Last winter I made in a single room in Lisbon.

Trigger: hollow outline text · Tooltip: side column, 3:4 portraits · Fullscreen: pure black

USE CASE 06 · TRAVEL BLOG

Stories that show the place

A travel blog paragraph where the best moment opens into the photos.

Last spring we drove the whole Portuguese coast in an old van. Some nights we slept above the sea, and every morning started in with strong coffee and grilled sardines. Nobody was in a hurry, so neither were we.

 

Hover the underlined words for a glimpse, click them for the gallery.
Trigger: plain underline · Tooltip: beside the text · Photos: 7

USE CASE 07 · RESTAURANT

Make the menu mouth-watering

The dish name in the story opens a gallery of the real plates.

Our oven came from Naples in 1987, and it has not cooled down since. Every evening, from six until late, it bakes in ninety seconds flat: blistered crust, San Marzano tomatoes, and mozzarella from a farm twenty minutes away.

 

Hover the underlined words for a glimpse, click them for the gallery.
Trigger: hand-drawn circle · Tooltip photos: square (ratio 1)

USE CASE 08 · REAL ESTATE LISTING

A house tour inside the description

Buyers read about the rooms, then step into them with one click.

Casa Luz sits on a quiet hill ten minutes from the beach. Inside are , a kitchen built around a long oak table, and windows that face the sunset. Viewings on Saturday, 11 am to 2 pm.

 

Hover the underlined words for a glimpse, click them for the gallery.
Trigger: box highlight · Gallery height: 460 px

USE CASE 09 · WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

A portfolio that feels like a love letter

Portrait photos, a gold shimmer on the trigger, and a calm cream gallery.

I photograph weddings the way you will remember them: loose, warm and a little bit wild. My favourite moment is always , when the light turns soft and the two of you finally have a quiet minute together.

 

Hover the underlined words for a glimpse, click them for the gallery.
Trigger: gold shine animation · Tooltip photos: portrait (0.75) · Photo fit: contain

USE CASE 10 · PRODUCT LAUNCH

Loud launch, one hidden gallery

Huge condensed type with an outlined, moving-gradient trigger.

THE RUN LIGHT 2 WEIGHS 190 GRAMS, BOUNCES BACK ON EVERY STEP AND COMES IN . PICK ONE FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

 

Hover the underlined words for a glimpse, click them for the gallery.
Trigger: outline text + moving gradient · Text: 64 px condensed

USE CASE 11 · GYM & COACHING

Meet the team without leaving the page

A pink block wipes across the trigger words before the gallery opens.

No mirrors full of strangers, no loud music, no judgment. Just small groups of six and , who plan every session around you. First week is free, and so is the coffee.

 

Hover the underlined words for a glimpse, click them for the gallery.
Trigger: reveal wipe from the left · Text: uppercase, condensed

USE CASE 12 · ARCHITECTURE STUDIO

Quiet, editorial, precise

Small caps, bracket marks and the glimpse opening right next to the words.

We design buildings that are calm to live in and honest about what they are made of. Over twenty years we have built in eleven cities, and we still draw every first idea by hand.

 

Hover the bracketed words: the glimpse opens right next to them. Click for the gallery.
Trigger: bracket highlight · Tooltip: near the word · Frame lines: off

USE CASE 13 · MUSIC FESTIVAL

Relive last year in one click

A trippy colour animation that matches the festival poster.

Three nights, forty artists and one long beach. If you missed , this is your sign: early-bird tickets for July are on sale until Friday.

 

Hover the underlined words for a glimpse, click them for the gallery.
Trigger: trippy colour animation · Tooltip photos: portrait

USE CASE 14 · COFFEE ROASTERY

Small-batch coffee, big photos

A hand-drawn underline and a slower slideshow for a relaxed shop.

Every Tuesday we roast small batches by hand in our shop on Rua da Rosa. This month that means from Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya and Brazil. Taste them all at the bar, or take a bag home.

 

Hover the underlined words for a glimpse, click them for the gallery.
Trigger: hand-drawn underline · Slideshow: 1.6 s per photo

USE CASE 15 · SKINCARE BRAND

A routine you can see

A soft marker highlight and portrait product photos.

Good skin is not about twelve steps. It is about the right few, every day. Start with : a gentle cleanser, a vitamin C serum and a light cream. Made in small batches, with nothing you can’t pronounce.

 

Hover the underlined words for a glimpse, click them for the gallery.
Trigger: marker highlight · Tooltip photos: portrait