Title: Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery Author: Syed Balkhi Published: 23 April, 2007 Last modified: 16 Septimber, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/nextgen-gallery/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2083961) ![](https://ps.w.org/nextgen-gallery/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2083961) # Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery Troch [Syed Balkhi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/nextgen-gallery.4.5.0.zip) * [Details](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#description) * [Resinsjes](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#reviews) * [Ynstallaasje](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#installation) * [Ûntwikkeling](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers) [Stypje](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextgen-gallery/) ## Beskriuwing #### WordPress Gallery Plugin NextGEN Gallery has been the industry’s standard **WordPress gallery plugin** since 2007 and continues to receive over 1.5 million new downloads per year. It’s easy to use for simple photo galleries, but powerful enough for the most demanding photographers, visual artists, and imaging professionals who need a comprehensive photo gallery solution. NextGEN Gallery offers complete WordPress gallery management with the ability to batch upload photos, import metadata, easily add, delete, rearrange photos and create an unlimited number of galleries. You can even simply provide a zip file or choose a folder to upload photos. But our photo gallery plugin doesn’t stop there! > **NextGEN Pro** > This plugin is the lite version of the NextGEN Gallery plugin, > which offers all the gallery features you’ll need like photo albums, lightboxes, > backups, search, sharing, filtering, print fulfillment, eCommerce, animations, > and tons more. [Click here to purchase the best photo gallery plugin for WordPress now!](https://www.imagely.com?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion) The free version of NextGEN gallery provides three main gallery styles (slideshow, thumbnail, and imagebrowser galleries) and two album styles (compact and extended), all of which come with a wide array of options for controlling size, style, timing, transitions, controls, lightbox effects, and more. Learn more about [NextGEN WordPress Gallery Plugin features.](https://www.imagely.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion) The best gets better with full support for the Gutenberg block editor. Now you can add a photo gallery or album anywhere on your site, with a page builder type feel directly in the WordPress editor. We truly make creating, building, and editing galleries easy. #### Feature List We’ve built NextGEN Gallery to be extremely powerful and full of features. * **Albums** Organize multiple photo galleries into albums for easy sorting and viewing * **Tags** Group multiple images together with tags, with easy-to-update renaming and management * **eCommerce** Sell images from your photo gallery, or sell entire galleries with our built in payment processing. Works with Stripe and PayPal. * **Slideshows** Make your galleries automatically rotate through a series of images * **Themes** Access 84+ different types of themes to showcase your galleries * **Animations** Create visual interest with 25+ different types of animations for each gallery * **Watermarks** Protect your work with image and text-based watermarks. * **Capabilities** Customize who can read, edit, and publish galleries with refined permsisions controls * **Image Proofing** Let your customers choose which photos to purchase and improve your workflow. * **Print Fulfillment** Sell your photos and ship prints directly to customers with automated print lab fulfillment and zero commissions * **Auto Tax calculations** Automatically calculate sales tax when required for your customers. * **Coupons** Offer discounts and incentives to increase your gallery sales * **Lightroom Integration** Automatically sync and create photo galleries from Adobe Lightroom into NextGEN Gallery without any need to update your website. * **Social Sharing** Create viral social media opportunities when your images are optimized for Open Graph and X * **Image Commenting** * Add deep engagement to your images within the lightbox to increase gallery engagement * **Deep Linking** Link directly to a specific image from one of your galleries * **Frontend Search** * Add powerful filtering for your gallery based on tags * **Hover Captions** * Add social sharing, tiles, and descriptions for each image * **Digital Downloads** Offer digital downloads of your images for free, or chage for them with our eCommerce gallery plugin * **Right Click Disable** prevent images in your galleries from being downloaded with easy right click and drag/drop protection. * **Customization** * We’ve built in lots of individual customizations for each of our features so that you can make NextGEN Gallery perfect for you As you can see, we’ve built a photo gallery plugin that is suitable for everyone! Want a specific or missing feature? Just let us know. **NEXTGEN GALLERY DEMOS** *[Basic Thumbnail Gallery](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/basic-thumbnail-gallery/)* [Basic Slideshow Gallery](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/basic-slideshow-gallery/)* [Basic Imagebrowser Gallery](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/basic-imagebrowser-gallery/)* [Basic Compact Album](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/basic-compact-album/)* [Basic List Album](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/basic-extended-album/) **NEXTGEN PRO DEMOS** *[Photo Print Sales](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/pro-ecommerce-demo/)* [Photo Proofing](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/pro-proofing-demo/)* [Digital Downloads](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/digital-download-demo/)* [Pro Mosaic Gallery](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/pro-mosaic-gallery/)* [Pro Masonry Gallery](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/pro-masonry-gallery/)* [Pro Tile Gallery](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/pro-tiled-gallery/)* [Pro Filmstrip Gallery](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/pro-filmstrip-gallery/)* [Pro Lightbox](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/pro-lightbox-demo/) #### About Imagely NextGEN Gallery is a WordPress gallery plugin maintained by Imagely. We’re the WordPress photography experts. In addition to NextGEN Gallery, NextGEN Plus, and NextGEN Pro, we also make WordPress themes for photographers, providing beautiful turnkey websites for photographers. Learn more or connect with us: *[Imagely Website](https://www.imagely.com?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion)* [WordPress Themes for Photographers](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-photography-themes?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion)* [Turnkey Photography Sites](https://www.imagely.com/sites?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion)* [NextGEN Gallery Documentation](https://www.imagely.com/docs/nextgen-gallery?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion) ### Credits Copyright: Imagely 2016-2024 ### Shortcodes NextGEN Gallery offers an easy-to-use Insert Gallery Window, which means you never need to work with shortcodes again when inserting and manageing galleries – if you would prefer not too. If you do want to work with shortcodes, there is a powerful shortcode system as you’d expect of a popular WordPress gallery plugin. [Learn About NextGEN Gallery Shortcodes](https://www.imagely.com/docs/nextgen-gallery-shortcodes/). For more information, feel free to visit the official website for the NextGEN Gallery [WordPress Gallery Plugin](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/). ## Skermôfbyldings [⌊Thumbnail Gallery⌉⌊Thumbnail Gallery⌉[ Thumbnail Gallery [⌊Slideshow Gallery⌉⌊Slideshow Gallery⌉[ Slideshow Gallery [⌊Imagebrowser Gallery⌉⌊Imagebrowser Gallery⌉[ Imagebrowser Gallery [⌊Manage Gallery Page⌉⌊Manage Gallery Page⌉[ Manage Gallery Page [⌊Insert Gallery Window⌉⌊Insert Gallery Window⌉[ Insert Gallery Window [⌊Gallery Settings Page⌉⌊Gallery Settings Page⌉[ Gallery Settings Page ## Blokken Dizze plugin jout 2 blokken. * Imagely Main Block * Imagely Nextgen Gallery ## Ynstallaasje INSTALLATION: The easiest way to start uploading your photos is to login to you WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New, search for NextGEN Gallery, and click to install the plugin. You can also download the plugin zip file from this page and upload it from the Plugins > Add New > Upload page. HOW TO USE: Just go to a page or post and add a NextGEN Gallery block. Within the block, click the Add Gallery button to open our Insert Gallery Window, where you can create, manage, customize, and display your WordPress photo galleries. You can also manage your photo galleries and gallery settings from the central options area under the “Gallery” tab on your dashboard menu. DOCUMENTATION: See [NextGEN Gallery Documentation](https://www.imagely.com/docs/nextgen-gallery/). That’s it … have fun! For more information, feel free to visit the official website for the NextGEN Gallery [WordPress Gallery Plugin](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin). ## FAQ ### Why are my photo galleries not opening up in a lightbox after I move my site? This is often due to the URL paths to the CSS and JavaScript files used by the Lightbox Effects not being changed to relevant addresses based on the new site. This article will help sort out this issue if that is the case: [Why are my galleries not opening up in a lightbox?](https://www.imagely.com/docs/galleries-opening-lightbox/). ### Do you have documentation or tutorials? Yes. See [NextGEN Gallery Documentation](https://www.imagely.com/docs/). ### Will this gallery plugin work with my theme? Yup, NextGEN is a popular and well-established WordPress gallery plugin, and has been for a long time. It will work well with most other themes and plugins in the WordPress ecosystem. ### Are the photo galleries flash based? Nope, we do not use flash elements. ### Are the galleries mobile friendly? Yes, we’ve put a lot of work into this and, NextGEN Galleries are compatible with phones and tablets, inluding Android and iOS operating systems. All photo galleries are also responsive, so galleries look good on diverse screen sizes. NextGEN Pro also includes a fullscreen, responsive Pro Lightbox with mobile gesture support. It’s great for viewing photos on mobile devices. ### What is the difference between a gallery and an album? In simple terms, Albums are collections of galleries. So Galleries contain your photos and Albums contain your Galleries. Albums act as links and placeholders to quickly and easily navigate your galleries. Galleries will actually display your images. ### Can I upload multiple images at once? Yes, you can batch upload entire photo galleries at one time or even include zip folders. ### Can I password protect galleries? Yes, WordPress allows you to password protect pages by default – which includes all photo galleries and content for the entire page. Password protection pages can be turned on and off at any time, with just a few clicks. ### Can I add a watermark to the my photos? Yes, you can add text or image watermarks to your gallery images. ### Can I crop photo thumbnails? Yes, each thumbnail image can be individually adjusted to suit your needs. ### Is there pagination for photo galleries? Yes, you can use pagination when displaying thumbnail galleries. You can adjust the amount of photos to be shown on a page at any time. ### Can I customize the lightbox? Yes, the lightbox can be configured with multiple options directly from the Dashboard, and there are multiple CSS styles, which can be applied and modified as well. If you want even more options, consider upgrading to NextGEN Pro and using the NextGEN Pro lightbox. ### Can I add HTML to photo captions? Yes, caption areas are fully HMTL capable. ### Can I add an external links to galleries? Since the captions are fully HTML capable, you can add external links and any other type of markup you wish. ### Is NextGEN Gallery available in foreign languages? Yes, our WordPress gallery plugin has been translated into dozens of languages – [click here to find out more.](https://www.imagely.com/languages/) ### More Information For more information, feel free to visit the official website for the NextGEN Gallery [WordPress Gallery Plugin](https://www.imagely.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin). ## Resinsjes ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb232bcc520d11cadf73093e36649e50feb62f0735982b4f42f19e2092b6a99b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Collapsed after 10 years](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/collapsed-after-10-years/)󠁿 [uldis23](https://profiles.wordpress.org/uldis23/) 19 Augustus, 2026 2 antwurden It all ended… 3000 galleries created in 10 years and everything collapsed in one day after another update with ''NextGEN Gallery: could not deduplicate the pictures table before adding a unique index: Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction'' ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd34479832f227476c4b9dc624d98b526abe44a52dc98f7a402d23105cafc8c1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[A Time-Tested Favorite That Keeps Getting Better](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-time-tested-favorite-that-keeps-getting-better/)󠁿 [airkagi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/airkagi/) 29 Juny, 2026 1 reakce I think this is a must-have product. I've been using it since around 2018, and it has improved tremendously over the years. I especially love the new interface and the photo management system. Uploading photos is now much faster and easier, making my workflow much more efficient. I came from building websites with HTML before switching to WordPress, so I really appreciate everything this software automates. For me, it's been a game changer. If you've always used WordPress, you may take some of these features for granted, but coming from a more manual workflow, I can truly appreciate how much time it saves. This has become one of my favorite programs because it has stood the test of time. It continues to improve with every update, and I rely on it regularly. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a reliable, well-supported platform. — ThePhotoGuy.us ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8cdfcff0f3d264de3ec6f4e6863fed754183dfbc8117b2aad5d1b361935d2df? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[“Upgrade” to Imagely 4.2.2 breaks site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-to-iamegely-4-2-2-breaks-site/)󠁿 [scratchy101](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scratchy101/) 5 Juny, 2026 1 reakce This is actually a downgrade as the whole look and feel of Nexgen is gone. Managing Albums now truncates the names of the Galleries shown in a grid, instead of the full names in a list in Nexgen. Many users are reporting problems with this update, such as HTML links in descriptions are now broken as well as back-end editing of albums and galleries. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/786b8f1704a40431792edd5e07e32b04e25c7170966cb88231966df4f30512e1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Do not “upgrade” to v4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-upgrade-to-v4/)󠁿 [webweaverToo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webweavertoo/) 26 April, 2026 1 reakce I have been using NextGEN gallery since 2011. It's been a brilliant plugin. Having just installed the latest version on a new website I'm building, all I can say is DO NOT "UPGRADE" TO v4. It's awful – horrible new interface (which I guess you could get used to) but much worse – I could not get it to work on my WP build at all. It just would not show any galleries on the "Manage galleries" page, however many new test galleries I made and however many times I refreshed. Useless. Fortunately I found a post in the forums that told me to go to plugins > nextgen-gallery > advanced Scroll to the bottom of that page where you’ll see Previous Versions where you can download v3.59.12. I have uninstalled v4 and installed v3.59.12 instead, which works fine. Phew. I'll never be "upgrading" to v4, that's for sure. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5ca00acd368c984cd372fc3766c3e9f09cbefb86101896994c65d3ed7ae426ba? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[generally good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-but-overfunctional/)󠁿 [hoveroverus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hoveroverus/) 15 Maart, 2026 1 reakce good but overfuncional for my purposes ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d2c48ac81ed2ec82575aef987c5eaabfd05cecef9fea0fb274fe69ab71da2fc2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Пользуюсь старой версией.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%b7%d1%83%d1%8e%d1%81%d1%8c-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b9-%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%b5%d0%b9/)󠁿 [oleg5korolevskiy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/oleg5korolevskiy/) 11 Maart, 2026 1 reakce Спасибо создателю этого плагина за старую версию. [ Lês alle 4.339 resinsjes ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextgen-gallery/reviews/) ## Meiwurkers & amp; Untwikkelders “Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery” is iepen boarne software. De folgjende minsken hawwe bydroegen oan dizze plugin. Meiwurkers * [ Syed Balkhi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/) * [ photocrati ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/photocrati/) * [ Imagely ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/imagely/) “Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery” is oerset yn 26 lokaasjes. Tank oan [de oersetters](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/nextgen-gallery/contributors) foar harren bydragen. [Oersette “Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery” yn jo taal.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/nextgen-gallery) ### Ynteressearre yn ûntwikkeling? [Blêdzje troch de koade](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextgen-gallery/), besjoch de [SVN-repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/nextgen-gallery/) , of abonnearje op it [ûntwikkelingslogboek](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/nextgen-gallery/) troch [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/nextgen-gallery/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Feroaringslog #### 4.5.0 – 09.16.2026 * Added: Set up payments from one guided Payments hub. Requires NextGEN Pro. * Added: Connect your own Stripe account in one click to start taking payments. Requires NextGEN Pro. * Added: A CSS class on gallery images so lazy-load and image-optimization plugins can be told to skip NextGEN galleries. * Added: A filter for developers to add lazy-load opt-out attributes to gallery images. * Fixed: Security hardening on gallery editing, image operations and settings, so accounts with limited gallery permissions can no longer reach galleries, images or site-wide settings outside their own scope. We recommend updating. * Fixed: Security hardening on ZIP imports, uploaded filenames and image serving, to better protect your site’s files. We recommend updating. * Fixed: Galleries in password-protected posts are no longer loaded for visitors who have not entered the password. * Fixed: A ZIP import that skips files now tells you which files were skipped, instead of reporting a clean import. * Fixed: An image size that cannot be generated now shows a placeholder image instead of a permanently broken image with no explanation. * Fixed: NextGEN no longer interferes with other plugins that bundle the same HTML sanitization library. On sites running CiviCRM this was filling the PHP error log with warnings on every page view. * Fixed: Other plugins’ cached sanitizer data is no longer written inside NextGEN’s own folder, where it was erased each time NextGEN updated. * Fixed: The “Move Images” and “Add Items to Album” dialogs no longer time out on sites with a large number of galleries or albums. * Fixed: Sorting images now reliably updates the grid and shows a clear message when some images could not be sorted, instead of a misleading error. * Fixed: The attach-to-post dialog no longer hangs when used inside the block editor’s iframed canvas. * Fixed: Post and page editing no longer triggers a critical error on servers that disable the PHP readfile function. * Fixed: Newly uploaded images no longer disappear from, or duplicate across, the pages of a gallery that was already sorted. * Fixed: Galleries could stay permanently empty on some database configurations because the images table could not be created, with uploads failing on a message that wrongly blamed the image’s filename length. * Fixed: A missing images table is now reported in the admin, with the database’s own explanation, instead of failing quietly. * Fixed: The warning about the duplicate-image cleanup no longer appears blank — it now names the database error behind it, and no longer blames the cleanup when the real problem is a missing table. * Fixed: The duplicate-image cleanup now tidies up after itself, and says so if it gives up, instead of leaving a temporary index on the images table without reporting anything. * Fixed: Database problems that persist are reported again after a plugin update, instead of going unreported once the first notice was dismissed. * Fixed: Database error details in admin notices are now shown only to users who can act on them. * Fixed: A database error that could appear in the error log when loading WordPress admin pages after updating. * Fixed: Gallery and album display settings could be left uncleaned when a database error interrupted the update, with no further attempt made. * Fixed: Alt Text and image links are kept when you replace an existing image — a Lightroom republish no longer resets Alt Text to the filename or changes the image’s link. * Fixed: Image links and XML sitemap entries no longer carry a changing cache-busting parameter, which was adding image URLs to Google Search Console as 404 errors and cluttering your sitemap. * Fixed: Album cover tiles, the image browser, slideshows, single pictures and the Sort Images screen now show the updated picture straight after you rotate or crop an image. * Fixed: Sites using the Envira Image CDN no longer get a cache-busting parameter appended to their CDN image URLs. * Fixed: The block’s gallery and album picker no longer stops at 999 items, so galleries created after the first 999 can be found and inserted. * Fixed: Typing a name in the block picker now searches your whole library instead of only the part already loaded. * Fixed: Searching for a gallery or album whose name contains the word “title” or “name”, or the characters % or _, now returns results instead of nothing. * Fixed: A failed load in the block picker now shows an error instead of appearing as an empty library. * Fixed: The legacy NextGEN Gallery block’s gallery picker opened as a blank window on some editor screens, including the Widgets screen and third-party page builders. * Fixed: An album’s “Display gallery descriptions” setting is now respected when the album is added with the classic [ngg] shortcode or the legacy NextGEN Gallery block, not only with the current Imagely block. * Fixed: Number columns such as Count on the Tags screen now sort numerically across your whole list, instead of alphabetically within the page you are looking at. * Fixed: Names containing numbers now sort naturally, so “Gallery 2” comes before“ Gallery 10”. * Fixed: Creating a thumbnail no longer uses memory in proportion to the size of the original photo, so galleries of large images no longer run out of memory part way through. * Fixed: Retina and HiDPI thumbnails are no longer silently skipped on sites with large original images. * Fixed: Image tags are now registered with WordPress correctly, so site audit tools no longer flag them against a content type that does not exist. * Fixed: Galleries configured in the new gallery editor now start by displaying the intended number of images instead of a lower default. Requires NextGEN Pro. * Improved: Gallery and album pickers now load in pages with search, so they stay fast regardless of how many galleries or albums exist. * Improved: The block picker loads results in pages of 50, so large libraries open quickly. * Improved: If the gallery picker cannot be opened, the block now explains why instead of showing an empty window. * Improved: The picker’s loading spinner no longer hides an already-loaded gallery picker. * Improved: New uploads are added to the end of a sorted gallery instead of jumping to the front. * Improved: Photocrati-store customers are now directed to their own account portal from the admin help and support links. * Improved: Clearer eCommerce upgrade page for Lite users. * Changed: Updated the bundled HTML sanitization library to 4.19.0, which officially supports PHP 8.4. #### 4.4.1 – 09.03.2026 * Fixed: Sites no longer break when a gallery contains an image with damaged size information. * Fixed: Albums can be saved again when their preview image has been deleted or is missing. * Fixed: Broken album and gallery links no longer fill the error log with database errors. * Fixed: Tag-based galleries now respect the image limit you set for them. * Fixed: The Sort and Exclude tab now lists only the images that belong to a tag- based gallery, instead of every image in the library. * Fixed: The lightbox now follows your global lightbox setting on pages that don’t contain a gallery. * Fixed: Removed stray markup in the image browser that could break the layout of the surrounding page. * Fixed: Settings in the gallery Customize tab no longer snap back to their previous values while you’re editing. #### 4.4.0 – 08.21.2026 * Fixed: Updating no longer slows the site down or throws errors while duplicate images are cleaned up, on sites with very large galleries. * Fixed: If that cleanup does fail during an update, you now get a notice explaining why instead of it failing quietly. * Fixed: The duplicate-image cleanup now finishes on sites using the older MyISAM database format, where it previously had to be skipped and the duplicates were left behind. * Added: The Orders screen shows each order’s live print lab status, with a “Resubmit to lab” button when a submission fails. Requires NextGEN Pro. * Fixed: Print products you had already picked stay selected when you reopen a pricelist item. Requires NextGEN Pro. * Fixed: Editing a pricelist no longer retries a failed save over and over when the print catalog is down — it now shows the real reason and keeps your edits. Requires NextGEN Pro. * Changed: Print lab payment setup now follows the plugin’s own test-mode setting instead of guessing from the site address, so the right Stripe keys are always used. Requires NextGEN Pro. #### 4.3.1 – 08.18.2026 * Fixed: Thumbnails are visible again on the legacy Sort Gallery screen (Manage Galleries open a gallery Sort images), so images can be reordered visually. * Fixed: The “Add new album” field and the Add, Delete and Edit Album controls are back on the legacy Manage Albums screen for administrators, after disappearing in 4.2.1. * Fixed: “Scan Folder for new images” no longer creates duplicate images when it is clicked more than once, and duplicates left behind by this bug are cleaned up when you update. The button now also disables itself while a scan is running. * Fixed: Album breadcrumbs now appear for sub-albums nested two or more levels deep, instead of vanishing past the first sub-album level. * Fixed: The Selected Items list in Edit Album now shows each gallery’s current image count instead of a stale “0 images”. * Fixed: Uploading an image your server cannot process now reports the real reason and lists the formats the server actually supports, instead of a misleading WebP message. Server-side upload errors also surface in the admin instead of failing silently. * Fixed: Stage aspect ratio choices such as 3:2, 4:3 and 16:9 no longer revert to “1:1 (Square)” when display settings are saved. Requires NextGEN Pro. * Fixed: The admin order detail view now shows the current name of a renamed pricelist item, matching the customer’s confirmation page. Requires NextGEN Pro. * Fixed: The legacy NextGEN Gallery block now behaves correctly inside the block editor’s iframed canvas — the gallery picker modal, its loading spinner and its close button all work — keeping it compatible with upcoming WordPress releases. * Changed: NextGEN Gallery now requires PHP 7.4 or newer and will not activate on older versions, matching the requirement already listed for the plugin. #### 4.3.0 – 08.10.2026 * Added: Instagram integration admin screens — connect an Instagram account and configure how its images build a gallery (caption, link, image size and caching), plus a control to clear cached Instagram data. Importing from Instagram requires NextGEN Pro. * Added: Display Triggers setting is now available in Pro Tile gallery settings, so share, comment and cart icons can be enabled on Tile galleries. Requires NextGEN Pro. * Fixed: Security hardening on image and gallery deletion to better protect your site’s files. We recommend updating. * Fixed: Clicking a gallery source for an add-on that isn’t activated yet no longer causes a white screen. * Fixed: Alt text, titles and descriptions are no longer mangled on save or display— words such as “description”, “manuscript”, “medieval” and “retrieval” are preserved. * Fixed: The “Set NGG Image as Featured” gallery picker no longer hangs or times out on sites with thousands of galleries. * Fixed: Image EXIF/IPTC metadata stored in non-UTF-8 encodings is now converted correctly instead of appearing garbled. * Fixed: Galleries you create, edit or delete now appear immediately on sites using a persistent object cache (Redis, Memcached) instead of after a delay of up to 30 minutes. * Fixed: The album preview in Edit Album no longer shows a rendering error for albums migrated from older NextGEN versions. * Fixed: “Sort Images” (by filename, date, ID or invert) now produces a consistent, correct order on large galleries instead of a random one. * Fixed: Per-gallery display settings are no longer silently discarded when the matching global display settings are changed. * Fixed: Simple ImageBrowser navigation now works when more than one gallery appears on the same page. * Fixed: Galleries inserted with the legacy “Attach to Post” tool are detected again, so gallery assets load on those pages — including NextGEN Pro’s lightbox, cart and image protection. * Fixed: Thumbnail generation no longer fails with a fatal error on PHP 8.4+ for large, heavily compressed JPEGs. * Fixed: A JavaScript error on every wp-admin page of a fresh install with no galleries, which broke the admin menu tooltip and other admin scripts. * Fixed: The album editor’s “Add Items to Album” modal no longer shows “No galleries available to add” on sites with 50+ galleries, and loading an album’s galleries is much faster. * Fixed: Alt Text on metadata import now uses the IPTC accessibility alt-text field when present, instead of falling back to the image filename. * Fixed: Multiple album shortcodes on one page now navigate independently — opening a sub-album no longer changes every album on the page, and breadcrumbs stay within their own section. * Fixed: A fatal PHP 8 error when saving theme page settings with some third-party themes (for example Gantry 5). * Fixed: The nextgen_load_assets_on_page filter again forces NextGEN’s core frontend scripts on pages where the gallery is rendered by a third party. * Fixed: Saving settings from the new admin now notifies add-ons of the change, so NextGEN Pro can re-register its Stripe checkout webhook when the API keys are saved. The eCommerce Payment Setup screen also warns when Stripe is enabled without a registered webhook. Requires NextGEN Pro. * Changed: The POPE framework library is now bundled with the plugin instead of being pulled in as an external dependency — no functional change, but installs and updates no longer depend on an outside package source. * Changed: Gallery folder paths are validated more strictly when saved — a shared directory such as wp-content/uploads can no longer be set as a gallery’s path. #### 4.2.4 – 07.30.2026 * Fixed: Security hardening on gallery tag pages to better protect your site. We recommend updating. * Fixed: Gallery tag pages for tags containing non-Latin characters (Cyrillic, Greek, CJK, and similar) now resolve to the correct tag instead of showing an empty page. * Fixed: The “Images tagged …” heading on a tag page now shows the tag’s name as it is saved in your gallery tags. #### 4.2.3 – 06.30.2026 * Added: Drag gallery images to a different page within the same gallery — a floating page strip appears while dragging; hover a page chip to navigate, then drop to reorder. * Added: Album items (galleries and sub-albums) can also be dragged across pages for easier organization. * Fixed: Pro Lightbox settings toggles (Display Cart, Display Comments, and others) now correctly stay OFF after being saved as off — they no longer revert to ON on page reload. * Fixed: Pro Slideshow and Pro Horizontal Filmstrip display settings (crop, pan, aspect ratio, width, transition, etc.) now apply correctly on the frontend after being saved in the gallery editor. * Fixed: The “Manage gallery” link after importing a folder now opens the correct gallery instead of showing a broken URL. * Fixed: Pro Mosaic galleries now display images correctly on sites using Imagely CDN when original files are no longer stored locally. * Fixed: Album image count (“X Photos”) now shows correctly on galleries inserted with the block-based album layouts (Basic Extended and Basic Compact). * Fixed: Bulk “Generate Thumbnails” and “Set Watermark” no longer fail with a server error when an image’s embedded metadata is incomplete. * Fixed: Thumbnails now correctly hide off-page images when “show all in lightbox” is enabled alongside “images per page”. * Fixed: PHP code no longer leaks into WordPress admin HTML (which triggered some security firewalls); the gallery insert button also no longer loads on unrelated admin pages. * Improved: NextGEN Gallery no longer loads CSS, JavaScript, or icon files on pages that contain no galleries, reducing page weight for visitors. * Improved: Gallery data is now stored in the WordPress object cache (Redis, Memcached) between page loads, significantly reducing database queries on high-traffic sites. * Improved: Display type lookups are cached, eliminating repeated database scans on every page load. #### 4.2.2 – 05.27.2026 * Added: Google Photos integration — import images directly from your Google Photos account into NextGEN galleries. * Added: Dropbox integration — import images from Dropbox into NextGEN galleries. #### 4.2.1 – 05.15.2026 * Fixed: Security hardening across the plugin to better protect site data and reinforce permission checks. We recommend updating. * Fixed: Edit Image crop tool now uses the correct aspect ratio from your gallery’s thumbnail settings and no longer briefly flickers when opening crop mode. * Fixed: Additional PHP 8.2+ deprecation notices on admin screens. #### 4.2.0 – 04.23.2026 * Fixed: Publishing galleries and albums from the Imagely Lightroom plugin could fail with a generic processing error after a recent update * Fixed: Albums created by Imagely Lightroom could appear empty on the front end with missing thumbnails and broken links * Fixed: Newly created galleries and albums sometimes did not appear in the admin list until cached data expired * Fixed: Upload error messages from the Imagely Lightroom plugin now include the underlying reason when a publish fails * Fixed: Edited images now refresh immediately in the admin without needing a manual page reload * Fixed: PHP warnings and notices no longer appear on the Albums edit screen related to display types * Fixed: PHP 8.2+ deprecation notices on admin pages and when gallery models are loaded #### 4.1.3 – 04.03.2026 * Fixed: Imagely admin no longer hammered the REST API with repeated settings requests when browsing Galleries and Albums (column visibility auto-save). #### 4.1.2 – 04.02.2026 * Added: Duplicate pricelists individually or in bulk from the Ecommerce tab with confirmation modal * Added: Column visibility on “Manage Galleries” and “Manage Albums” tables is now saved and restored when returning to the page * Added: Automatic EXIF-based JPEG rotation using ImageMagick/Imagick when available to keep uploads correctly oriented * Fixed: Multisite — subsite site administrators see Path to galleries as read- only in Imagely so uploads are not pointed at another site’s directory; the main site and network super administrators can still edit the path. * Fixed: Multisite — network Enable import function correctly turns off Import Folder for subsites (Imagely UI and REST). * Fixed: Gallery image counts now display correctly in the Albums edit page * Fixed: Image list in “Add Media > NextGEN Gallery” modal now displays with consistent row heights instead of overflowing thumbnails * Fixed: Block editor no longer reverts the preview to the saved gallery when choosing a different gallery with “Change” before inserting * Fixed: Block editor validation errors when Bluehost’s WonderBlocks feature is enabled * Fixed: Pro Masonry “Maximum image width” and “Image padding” settings now save and apply correctly * Fixed: Display type settings in the Customize tab could appear stuck or out of sync after changing layout or saving settings * Fixed: Shutter Reloaded lightbox showing double the image count on Mosaic/Masonry and in the admin live preview * Fixed: PHP 8.4 deprecation notices for implicit nullable parameters and dynamic properties * Fixed: Image slug not regenerating when alt text is updated in the manage gallery screen * Fixed: Rapid price edits in pricelists sometimes not saving * Fixed: “Display link to license terms?” and “Allow free downloads from cart sidebar” checkboxes reverting after save * Fixed: Pricelist name and item fields sometimes not showing on load * Fixed: Order links in the eCommerce Orders admin view now point to the configured thank-you page instead of always using /thanks/ * Fixed: Album pages crashing on PHP 8.x when a sub-album has no images * Fixed: Cases where JPEG uploads with EXIF rotation could appear as failed even though files were created successfully * Fixed: Multi-word tag search now works correctly by preserving full phrases before sanitization * Improved: Gallery path validation is shared between REST and classic Image Options( safer relative paths). * Improved: JPEG upload handling to be more memory-aware on hosts with older GD libraries #### 4.1.1 – 03.13.2026 * Fixed: PNG and WEBP watermarks no longer lose transparency when applied to images * Fixed: Fatal error when using NextGen Gallery with older Pro add-on versions that reference the legacy C_NextGen_Settings class * Fixed: SinglePicture display no longer crashes when width/height settings are not configured * Fixed: Imagebrowser now opens to the correct image when viewing images within albums (Thumbnails display type) #### 4.1.0 – 03.11.2026 * Added: Features page for discovering and managing available integrations * Added: CDN menu item in the admin sidebar * Added: Gallery deletion functionality from the Image Uploader * Added: Dynamic image size options in gallery settings * Added: Caching for gallery and album queries for improved performance * Added: Batch gallery fetching for better admin performance * Fixed: Gallery images now display correctly in ImageBrowser and Slideshow layouts * Fixed: REST gallery response cache is now invalidated on image changes * Fixed: Settings page data saving issue * Fixed: Basic layout fatal error * Fixed: Media file import issue * Fixed: Server error messages are now shown instead of generic fallback messages * Fixed: Thickbox style issue * Fixed: Undefined array key notice * Fixed: Gallery image count now refreshes correctly after preview loads * Fixed: EXIF rotation guard restored — images with non-rotation orientations no longer trigger unnecessary re-processing * Fixed: Metadata methods (get_IPTC, get_XMP) now correctly return the full array when called without arguments * Fixed: Gallery list cache is now per-user, preventing incorrect permission display across different user roles * Improved: Upgrade links now include utm_content tracking for analytics * Improved: Extensive PHPCS code quality fixes across the entire codebase (security, sanitization, escaping, naming * conventions) * Improved: Image uploader UI styling and layout * Improved: Error handling for gallery deletion and image operations #### 4.0.5 – 02.12.2026 * Fixed: Unresolved template. * Added: Convert WordPress galleries to Imagely — convert a single gallery from the block editor (“Convert to Imagely Gallery” in the sidebar) or bulk convert from Imagely Settings Convert Galleries; supports classic [gallery] shortcodes and Gutenberg Gallery blocks; preserves image metadata and backs up original content before conversion. * Fixed: Legacy Template dropdown no longer shows internal template files; only valid legacy templates appear in the list. * Fixed: Imagely Widget displays correctly again after legacy template dropdown improvements. * Improved: PHP 8.1+ compatibility; resolved deprecation warnings when previewing galleries or using legacy templates with empty image or gallery descriptions. #### v4.0.3 – 12.18.2025 • Added: REST endpoint to scan a gallery folder and import newly added images, and a client hook to trigger it. • Added: legacy template selector and exposed available legacy templates to the admin app. • Added: shared Pagination component and applied it across admin list screens (galleries, albums, tags, orders). • Added: Image ID field to the image metadata modal. • Added: Digital Downloads section in order details with a direct download link. • Fixed: 403 rate-limiting issues by debouncing display/ settings saves (longer debounce) in gallery/album customize flows. • Fixed: legacy template loading security by blocking traversal attempts and only allowing templates from approved directories • Fixed: Upgrade menu item and related admin styles/targeting to show only for Lite installs. • Fixed: duplicate-column errors when adding DB columns by checking column existence directly • Fixed: order resubmission-to-lab flow (improved success/error handling) and improved order item file details display.• Fixed: missing UTM parameters in upgrade links. #### V4.0.2 – 12.15.2025 * Fixed: Missing thumbnails on the gallery edit page for some users * Fixed: Creating galleries from server subfolders * Fixed: User and capabilities page showing for all users #### V4.0.1 – 12.10.2025 * Fixed: Edit gallery user permissions #### V4.0.0 – 12.09.2025 * Improved: Admin area user interface #### V3.59.12 – 04.23.2025 * Fixed: Lightbox allowed html discrepancy #### V3.59.11 – 04.17.2025 * Fixed: SQL formatting error on plugin activation * Fixed: Translation warning in some admin pages #### V3.59.10 – 01.28.2025 * Fixed: Frontend search not working in some cases #### V3.59.9 – 01.16.2025 * Fixed: Title and caption allowed html tags. #### V3.59.8 – 01.06.2025 * Fixed: Apostrophes not being added to image title * Improved: Fields sanitization #### V3.59.7 – 12.05.2024 * Fixed: Links and styles on about page * Fixed: Readme update #### V3.59.6 – 11.05.2024 * Fixed: Title and captions escaping * Added: Onboarding wizard * Added: Optional usage tracking * Fixed: Blurry images on cropping #### V3.59.5 – 09.24.2024 * Fixed: Improved security #### V3.59.4 – 07.18.2024 * Fixed: Warning on WP import file * Added: Create gallery nudge * Added: Notifications count to the navbar menu * Fixed: Duplicated gallery name in the Gutenberg block * Fixed: Gutenberg block not working when adding into the page template * Added: Link on the header section logo and make it clickable * Fixed: Duplicate thumbnail in basic thumbnails carousel #### V3.59.3 – 05.29.2024 * Fixed: Improved transient registration. * Fixed: Rendering shortcodes on rest endpoints. * Fixed: Album name sanitization. * Removed: Deprecated admin notices. * Fixed: PHP 8.2 warnings #### V3.59.2 – 04.10.2024 * Fixed: Various bugs and improved UI/UX in various places. #### V3.59.1 – 04.03.2024 * Fixed: Warning when saving settings. * Fixed: Show ordered filenames on order details page. #### V3.59 – 03.14.2024 * Fixed: URI too long prevents “Sort or exclude images” from loading images. * Fixed: Correcting Lightroom clients being unable to sync image . * Fixed: Prevent PHP warning / error when watermarking. * Fixed: Sorting images from a Classic Editor launched IGW. * Fixed: Shutter lightbox randomly failing to load the captions. * Fixed: PHP notices and warnings. * Fixed: Addressed a bug reported by Dmitrii Ignatyev of Cleantalk. #### V3.58 – 02.08.2024 * Fixed: A potential fatal DivisionByZeroError caused by image files being deleted outside of NextGEN. * Fixed: A potential fatal error in the XML-RPC controller. * Fixed: An issue with classic (non-block) themes could break Pro’s “Open album children in the Pro Lightbox” feature. * Fixed: Assorted potential PHP notices and warnings. * Fixed: Manage Galleries’ “Images per Page” feature was not working. * Fixed: Passing ‘gallery_width=”auto”‘ to a Slideshow shortcode could result in a fatal error. #### V3.57 – 01.10.2024 * Fixed: Albums were generating an incorrect URL to their child galleries. * Fixed: Albums could generate a fatal error when viewing a sub-album. * Fixed: Do not call opcache_reset() if it does not exist. #### V3.56 – 01.09.2024 * Fixed: “Open album children in Pro Lightbox” feature was only working with block based themes. * Fixed: Adding more than one Pro display to one page caused galleries after the first to be unstyled. * Fixed: 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