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Which WP Gallery plugin will do this... -->

by Mr Bill
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Hi, normally I can find and source most of what I need but this time I'd thought I'd ask for opinions.

I have a new client who wants a gallery page with thumbnail images in 3 column rows going all the way down thee page. He wants that when one thumbnail is clicked it will...
  • Pop up a window showing a larger version of the image.
  • Have left and right arrows to scroll back and forth through the other images on the same page
  • Send the user to the very large original image (in it's own tab or window) if clicked.
So, they want thumbnails, a way to browse larger versions of those thumbnails then go to the larger image when clicked. The want to upload full size digital images straight off the camera and they must reveal the detail (insurance damage pics).

I'd prefer free (naturally). If I have to pay, I want a developers license that doesn't cost the earth. I've created plenty of galleries on dozens of sites but this trifecta of features has me a little stumped.

Any suggestions? Thanks for looking.
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  • Profile picture of the author jpweb
    I haven't bumped into any gallery that currently will shoot you into a new tab or pop-up of essentially the original image and let the browser handle it. It seems that most now all use lightboxes / modals of some sort.

    You'll probably need to find the one that's the closest and then modify it to use a new window instead of a lightbox.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr Bill
    Thanks but I only want it to go to a new page (or tab) if the user wants to see the full very large image. Lightbox style functionality is ok for displaying a "bigger-than-the-thumbnail" version and scrolling through the images. I just need the massive version of the image to open in a new page if clicked on while being viewed in the lightbox.

    I think most lightbox type gallery displays close the lightbox when clicked so this might be a problem. If I can't get the largest image to display in new tab then maybe there's a good "magnifier" lightbox I can use like they do on ebay images? That would be cool.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Bill, you don't really need a plugin for that: WP has a built-in feature for creating a gallery (using the default 2014 it even has a post_type called gallery).

    When creating the gallery the user just need to set it for "link to attachment page" and then:
    1. you have a thumbnail grid with the number of columns as you set them
    2. an attachment page view (you set the size of it in Settings > Media and WP resizes it during the upload)
    3. On this view there is also a link to the full size uploaded image

    (unfortunately, I have such a setup only on localhost here on my machine so I can't show it... I am experimenting with the latest TwentyForteen theme... perfect for media rich stuff)

    HTH
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr Bill
    Thanks Istvan.

    Does that give me arrow navigation of all pics on the page though? Must try. It's been a long time since I battled WP's native gallery feature. I'll give it another shot. Hopefully this was a dumb question. Finger's crossed.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Not arrow but text links: next image - previous image...
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr Bill
    I can work with that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr Bill
    Ok, I finally got around to trying your suggestions but it must be a theme thing because the theme I'm using (quite plain) only has three actions;

    I can set up a gallery with three per row thumbnails but I only get three choices when I click the images.

    Nothing - when set to none.
    A link to the full size image - when set to media
    A link to an attachment place to a larger thumbnail - when set to attachment.

    It doesn't pop up a scrollable slideshow which I can set to link to the big media image. I'll find a plugin and post what I found. If you have a favourite or I've missed something, I'm all ears.
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  • Profile picture of the author kamran9868
    Well, for this reason, you may use lightbox 2 and use images as attachment.
    I did similar work for one of my client, that when thumbnail is clicked it popups the larger image and when image is clicked user can be re-directed to image attachment page.
    While creating gallery use image as attachment, built-in feature of WordPress.
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