The NextGEN Gallery Widgets

Posted on | July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

Another great feature of the NextGEN Gallery plugin is the widget it comes with. This widget makes it easy to display pictures on your WordPress sidebar without having to use another plugin or to write any code.

Using the widget is easy.

1. Follow the steps in WordPress Widgets to drag the NextGEN Gallery Widget or the NextGEN Gallery Slideshow widgets to your sidebar.
2. Define the title of either or both widgets (what you want to be displayed over your pictures or slideshow)
3. Select what galleries the pictures are coming from through the gallery selection in the NextGEN Gallery Slideshow or by inserting the gallery ID (found in ‘Gallery’ and then ‘Manage Galleries’) and selecting whether these should be included or excluded in the NextGEN Gallery Widget.
4. For the NextGEN Gallery Widget, select how many images you want to be displayed, whether they should be thumbnails or the original photos, and whether they should be in random order or in the order they were added.
5. Select the width and height of each. This is how big the single picture in the slideshow widget will be, or how big each of the Gallery pictures will be.

NextGEN Gallery Widgets

It’s as easy as that. Click ‘Save’ at the bottom of the widget and they should be displayed the next time you visit your WordPress site.

The NextGEN Gallery Widget in Action

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