Image Galleries & Slideshows

WordPress offers built-in methods for creating an image gallery or slideshow simply & quickly.

WordPress Image Gallery

A WordPress Image gallery displays a grid of thumbnail images in a post or page. Thumbnails can be clicked to open up a larger view in a Gallery window, where you can navigate through the entire gallery collection.

: Snowfall 2013

: Morning sunbeams

: Sunset over Stony Point

: From Downtown

WordPress Slideshows

WordPress Slideshows are automatically scaled to fit the width of your page. Images advance automatically every 6 seconds; user controls (previous, next and pause) appear on mouseover. The option to view full-size images is not available with WordPress slideshows.

: Snowfall 2013

: Morning sunbeams

: Sunset over Stony Point

: From Downtown

How-To

Galleries & Slideshows can be built using images already uploaded to your Media Library, or you can upload assets as you edit a post or page.

Begin by adding or editing a post or page.
In the Editor window, click “Add Media”
Add Media button in post editor window
In the Insert Media window, click the “Create Gallery” link in the left sidebar.
Create Gallery
In the Create Gallery window, click each image you wish to include in the Gallery
Select images to include in gallery, then click “Create” button
Click the “Create a new gallery” button in the lower right corner.
Next WordPress shows you the Edit Gallery page. Here you can drag & drop thumbnails to reorder the grid. In the right panel you can also edit the gallery settings, including the number of columns in the gallery grid.
Drag & drop to reorder; choose Type (Thumbnail grid or Slideshow)
Notice also the “Type” drop menu in the screengrab above. Select “Slideshow” to create a rotating slideshow of images rather than a grid.
Click “Insert Gallery”; WordPress returns to the post Editor window.
Notice the Gallery or Slideshow is represented in the Edit window as a generic media placeholder; click on this placeholder and two buttons appear over the image. One allows you to delete the image; the other opens an Edit Gallery window where you have access to both basic and advanced settings.
In editor window, an Image Gallery or Slideshow is represented by a generic icon. Click to access
Click “Publish” when you are finished editing the post.
View the post see your Image Gallery or Slideshow