by Helen Hou-Sandi 4.8 (10 reviews)

Really Simple Gallery Widget

Name: Really Simple Gallery Widget
Rating: 4.8 (10 reviews)
Author: Helen Hou-Sandi

Simple widget for displaying images from the Media Library with plenty of configurable options.

Really Simple Gallery Widget ranks #8,092 among WordPress.org plugins with 700+ active installations, is #1,080 of 8,538 in the Customization category, a 4.8/5 rating from 10 reviews, and was last updated Aug 9, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.8 (Current: 7.1)

v1.4 Current Version v1.4

Updated 9 years ago Last Update on 09 Aug, 2017

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,080 of 8,538 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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45.2K

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Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (10 reviews)

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.4
Last Updated: Aug 09, 2017
Requires WP: 2.8+
Tested Up To: 4.8
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Helen Hou-Sandi

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 10
Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display images from their Media Library in a widget. It solves the problem of showing galleries without extra uploads or custom post types, letting users pull images from a specific post, the whole library, or chosen attachment IDs.

Display images from specific post
Display images from entire Media Library
Display images by attachment IDs
Select number of images shown
Select registered image size
Show or hide captions
Link images to post, file, or attachment page
Use rel attribute for lightboxes

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Really Simple Gallery Widget

For the time being, galleries that use the ids parameter (similar to the already-existing include parameter) will not influence the widget unless you copy-paste the list of IDs and use the Attachment IDs option. Old style galleries that would just use the [gallery] shortcode will work as expected, as will images attached/uploaded to a post. This has to do with how attachments work in WordPress, which is the basis for this plugin. New-style galleries no longer depend on attachments to a specific post.

This widget can only grab images that were uploaded into your Media Library. See the WordPress Codex for more information.

The image is probably not associated with a post or page and will default to linking to the file if a link option is chosen. To associate (attach) an image with a post or page, go to your Media Library and click on the Unattached link next to the item to choose a post to attach it to. See the WordPress Codex for more information. The link behavior can be altered via filter.

The easiest way is to mouseover or click an edit link for the post or page in question. The ID number will appear in the URL; e.g. http://yoursite.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=41&action=edit indicates that the ID of the post or page you want to reference is 41.

The anchor link relies on the ID that WordPress automatically generates when you insert an image with a caption. If you inserted the image manually or without a caption, the anchor won't jump you to the spot in the page. The ability to specify an anchor may be added at a later time, or you can just add the ID (attachment_##) to the img tag. I selected a registered size but the images are showing up huge or in the wrong size. The images may be missing the thumbnails of that size and by default will pull the full size image instead. Try using Viper007Bond's fantastic Regenerate Thumbnails plugin to create new versions for any new or changed image sizes.

See Styling the Really Simple Gallery Widget for more information and some examples of what you might do.