D13Gallery is a simple Wordpress plugin that allows you to quickly add thumbnail image galleries to your posts and pages. By including a simple HTML-like tag to the body of your post, a folder on your web server can be scanned for images and a gallery generated automatically.
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An example of a d13Gallery can be seen above - a folder containing 8 images has been scanned and thumbnails generated and displayed as part of a Wordpress page.
Above, an example of a post containing a simple d13gallery.
Compatibility
D13Gallery is compatible with Wordpress 2.3.x, tested with Wordpress 2.5.1 and is available to download now from the Wordpress plugin repository.
Changing your settings
Editing the settings of your d13galleries is quick and simple using the inbuilt options screen - simple adjust your settings for size, quality and layout and click “update” to apply the changes to all of your galleries.
Above, the inbuilt options screen as part of your Wordpress admin pages.
What’s new in version 3.0.x?
The plugin code has been completely re-written providing faster processing and more robust support for the Wordpress platform as well as more support for strict PHP installs. The infamous “permalink bug” has now been fixed and additional functionality has been added to support CSS layout and lightbox components.
Above, the detailed help section — getting you going quickly and easily.
The inbuilt options screen also features extensive support documentation helping you get the most from the plugin.
What’s new in version 3.1.x?
Version 3.1 extends the flexibility of the d13gallery plugin. Using the admin screens it is possible to define settings for how all of your d13galleries will appear — version 3.1 allows you to override these settings for specific galleries.
The sample gallery above uses the standard d13gallery code within the Wordpress post:
You can, however, specify a number of settings when you add a specific gallery:
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This gallery uses some specific, overriding settings:
- Number of thumbnails per column - 2 (instead of 4)
- Max width of thumbnails - 200 (instead of 100)
- Max height of thumbnails - 160 (instead of 80)
- JPEG quality - 30% (instead of 80%)
- Launch method - js (javascript popup instead of lightbox)
So, the code used within the Wordpress post to add this gallery is galleries/sample,2,200,160,30,js
Above, an example of a post containing a custom d13gallery.
What’s new in version 3.2.x?
Version 3.2.0 has had a full re-write of all admin pages and functions. The style of the admin pages now tie in with the feel of the Wordpress 2.5 releases and all settings are now held within the Wordpress database — making it a more secure, more flexible and more robust plugin.
What’s new in version 3.3.x?
This release of d13gallery brings back the ability to save created thumbnail images on your server — reducing processing time each time a gallery is displayed. Use the admin pages to turn saving on or off and choose a folder name for your thumbnails.
What’s new in version 3.3.1?
This minor release introduces the ability to increment class names for each of the images in a gallery based on their column — this means you can apply different styling to the left, middle and right images.
Installation
- Begin by downloading the plugin file using the link above.
- Extract the files to your local machine.
- Upload the whole d13gallery folder (including the folder itself) to your plugins directory - typically http://www.yourblog.com/wp-content/plugins/
- Activate the plugin using your Wordpress admin pages.
- Familiarise yourself with the documentation under “options > d13galleries”
- Get cracking!
Using a Lightbox component
There’s plenty of javascript lightbox components out there but one that is consistently reliable and easy to use is Lightbox 2 by Lokesh Dhakar. There’s also a handy Wordpress plugin to handle the script so you don’t need to manage the trouble of embedding the script and CSS into your theme.
D13design recommends Lightbox 2 by Lokesh Dhakar and the Lightbox 2 Wordpress plugin for use with d13gallery.
Need more support?
If you’ve followed the steps above or read the help documentation and still need assistance then get in touch and I’ll see what I can do.