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by maff 5 (2 reviews)

NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget

A widget to show NextGEN galleries in your sidebar.

NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget ranks #8,942 among WordPress.org plugins with 500+ active installations, is #1,199 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Feb 6, 2012. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.3 (Current: 7.1.4)
v0.4.3 Current Version v0.4.3
Updated 14 years ago Last Update on 06 Feb, 2012
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#1,199 of 8,848 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Review 5 out of 5
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners using NextGEN Gallery who want to display links to entire galleries, not just single images, in a sidebar widget. It solves the limitation of NextGEN's built-in widgets, which only support showing single images.

  • Set maximum galleries shown
  • Order galleries (random or by date)
  • Choose gallery thumbnail source
  • AutoThumb integration for resizing
  • Custom output width/height
  • Default link ID for pages
  • Exclude galleries by ID
  • Customizable output templates

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget

NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget has 500+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget holds a 5 out of 5 star rating based on 2 user reviews on WordPress.org.
NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget is developed by maff and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget requires WordPress 2.8 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 3.3.
NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget has been downloaded 108,812+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget is 0.4.3. It was last updated on February 6, 2012.
Yes. NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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