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Happy 10 Years WordPress. Here’s To Another 10!

We at Photocrati want to say Thank You WordPress, because without you so many businesses either would not exist or would be doing something very different. Thank you for allowing our friend Alex to have an amazing platform to build NextGEN Gallery on.  We are excited for the future of NextGEN Gallery and WordPress. Infographic…

How to display galleries based on tags

Tags are a powerful feature in NextGEN Gallery. You can add tags to any image individually, bulk edit/delete/change tags, and dynamically display both galleries and albums based on tags. When you specify a gallery or album based on tags, NextGEN will look for any image in any gallery that has the specified tag and pull…
Adding Functionality: Justified Image Grid

Adding Functionality: Justified Image Grid

Justified Image Grid is a WordPress plugin that enhances different types of galleries within WordPress. It works extremely well with NextGEN Gallery, so with it you can easily add many grid style galleries to pages and posts. When first setting sup the plugin, you are faced with the options to use preset gallery styles or…

NextGEN Gallery Does Not Bloat File Sizes

We noticed an article online that said NextGEN Gallery bloats file sizes. Although we knew that it did not – we decided to record a test to show how NextGEN Gallery does not bloat file sizes, but can depending on user settings. Turns out that the user found a Flash problem that was causing his…

Monochrome Thumbnails On Hover

The CSS in this article is pre-NextGEN Gallery 2.0.  If you are using the latest version of NextGEN Gallery then the CSS might be slightly different than what’s in this example.  Also, custom CSS will not work for NextGEN Pro iframe based galleries. Have you been wanting to spruce up your gallery thumbnails a bit?…

Advice On Backing Up, Security & Optimizing WordPress Performance

We published an article on security and why you should regularly update your WordPress themes and plugins on the Photocrati blog. In the article we offer some advice and then answer common questions that make their way into support conversations. We cover: Backup: Files & Database Database Optimizing Security: Monitor & Fix Security: Admin Accounts…