Uploading Images

This is where WordPress really shows some of its strengths, All you have to do is upload the images while you are in the post or page editing page. When you upload the images from here they are automatically attached to the post or page as attachment images. Just one shortcode later and you will have an image gallery displaying on your site.

The WordPress Gallery Shortcode

At its most basic usage it is simply [gallery] this will use the defaults to display the WordPress gallery.

Most WordPress gallery features can easily be edited using attributes for the shortcode the size of the images the number of columns even the order of the images can be edited.

• id – This attribute if set will use the gallery from a post I’d that is not currently being displayed.
• columns – This will edit the number of columns that are displayed in the WordPress gallery on your site
• link – This will change the location of the link the image links to. Default options are image and file useful if you are having a JavaScript popup to display the full size image in an overlay
• image size – This changes the size of the image to display in your WordPress gallery. This can be any default size or any custom image size you have running in your site
• order – This can be set to ASC or DESC and changes the order of the images in your WordPress gallery
• order by – This changes what defines the order your images are displayed in your WordPress. The default is “menu_order” but some other options are: “ID”, “title” and “date”

Using Attributes

Attributes in any WordPress shortcode can be modified like so:

[gallery attribute="value"]

A general rule of thumb is to have the quotation marks around the value as this enables you to have spaces if necessary in the value. Also you should have a space between any attributes.

Gallery Shortcode Examples

As you can see from the below examples, there are many options available to change the way the WordPress gallery is displayed on your site.

[gallery columns="3" size="thumbnail"]

[gallery columns="3" size="thumbnail" link="file"]

[gallery columns="2" size="medium" link="file"]

[gallery columns="1" size="full" link="file"]

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