=== WP Easy Gallery - Easy to Use WordPress Gallery Plugin ===
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Tags: gallery, wordpress gallery plugin, photo gallery, wordpress gallery, image gallery, wordpress photo gallery, wordpress photo gallery plugin
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 4.9
Stable tag: 4.4

Easy to use, feature rich WordPress gallery plugin for creating and managing unlimited image galleries through a simple admin interface.

== Description ==

### WordPress Gallery Plugin

WP Easy Gallery is the best free **WordPress gallery plugin** for creating and managing you WordPress image galleries. WP Easy Gallery allows you to easily create and edit unlimted image/photo galleries through a simple admin interface.

Quickly displaying images in your WordPress posts or pages is extremely easy with WP Easy Gallery. 

= Gallery plugin features include =

- Display galleries as default WordPress style galleries (option is on settings page)
- Enhanced social sharing for images in your gallery.
- Newly added class name (wp-easy-gallery) for easy thumbnail styling.
- Upload unique thumbnail image for galleries and set custom dimensions.
- Include multiple galleries on a page or post.
- Set the 'sort order' of images in the galleries.
- Uses WordPress short code for easy content integration.
- Pop-up preview for each image - see how each gallery image will look in the pop-up window on your site.
- Short code button for easy content insertion.
- And much more...

For more information about this *simple image gallery* see the demo: <a href='http://plugingarden.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/' title='Simple WordPress Gallery Plugin'>WP Easy Gallery</a>

= Pro gallery plugin features =

- All of the above features, plus...
- Multiple image uploads to quickly populate your galleries.
- Improved admin panel for easier gallery and image navigation.
- Ability to show or hide social sharing buttons.
- Ability to show or hide gallery overlay.
- Galleries use 1st image in gallery for thumbnail by default. This can be changed for each individual gallery.
- Set global thumbnail dimensions for all galleries. This can be overwritten for each gallery.


<a href='http://plugingarden.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/' title='WordPress Gallery Plugin'>WP Easy Gallery Pro &#187; WordPress Gallery Plugin</a>

= Easy to Use WordPress Gallery Plugin =

<a href='http://plugingarden.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/' title='WordPress gallery plugin'>Upgrade to WP Easy Gallery Pro</a>

= WordPress Plugins =

Be sure to also check out these other WordPress Plugins. 
<a href='http://plugingarden.com/wordpress-gallery-plugin/' title='WordPress Image Gallery Plugin'>WP Easy Gallery Pro</a>, 
<a href='http://plugingarden.com' title='WordPress Image Gallery Plugin'>WP Easy Gallery Premium</a>, 
<a href='http://plugingarden.com' title='Responsive WordPress Photo Gallery'>ReFlex Gallery</a>, 
<a href='http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-donations/'>Custom Post Donations</a>, 
<a href='http://plugingarden.com' title='PayPal for WordPress'>Custom Post Donations Premium</a>, 
<a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-translate/'>WP Translate</a>, 
<a href='http://plugingarden.com'>WP Translate Pro</a>, 
<a href="http://codecanyon.net/item/wordpressjquery-email-obfuscate-plugin/721738?ref=HahnCreativeGroup">Email Obfuscate</a> and <a href='http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/prosperity/'>Prosperity</a>.

**License Notice**

The developer of this plugin is not in any way affiliated to the developer of the prettyPhoto jQuery plugin.
prettyPhoto is being developed by [Stephane Caron](http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com) and licensed under the [GPLv2 license](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html). As the developer states, prettyPhoto is "totally free to use (...) in all projects, even commercial ones".

For more information on prettyPhoto please visit the project page:
[prettyPhoto project page](http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/projects/prettyphoto-jquery-lightbox-clone/ "prettyPhoto project page")

Please consider a donation to the author of prettyPhoto in order to support the project!

Complete list of <a href='http://plugingarden.com'>WordPress Plugins</a> by HahnCreativeGroup.

== Screenshots ==

1. PrettyPhoto style pop-up WordPress gallery.
2. Plugin gallery overview admin panel. Easily maintain multiple galleries.
3. Add Galleries admin panel.
4. Edit Galleries admin panel.
5. Add Images admin panel.

== Installation ==

1. Upload the `wp-easy-gallery` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
1. Create new galleries in the `Add Gallery` Panel.
1. Add images to galleries in the `Add Images` Panel.
1. Add generated shortcode to content to display gallery.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

**What is the best way to load images?**

* Click the 'Upload Image' button.
* Select the 'From Computer' tab.
* Click the 'Select Files' button.
* Choose the desired image to upload.
* After image has completed, click the 'Insert into post' button.

**Why can't I add galleries to my site?**

* WP Easy Gallery requires PHP 5 to work properly, please check your web hosting WordPress configurations.

== Changelog ==

**v4.4**

* Converted admin section to be AJAX enabled.
* Updated upload image UI.
* Changed admin page namespacing for consistency and to prevent conflicts.

**v4.3.7**

* Fixed several admin style bugs.

**v4.3.6**

* Corrected deprecated links.

**v4.3.5**

* Fixed bug preventing album style galleries with titles from sitting next to each other.

**v4.3.4**

* Fixed deprecated links in plugin

**v4.3.3**

* Fixed image title issue with extra slashes being added when editing
* Increased length of image property text boxes

**v4.3.2**

* Fixed error with image upload process not populating textbox with image path.
* Changed image upload button style for UI consistency.
* UI refinements
* CSS refinements for default thumbnail style

**v4.3.1**

* Rewrite of RSS feed in admin section

**v4.3.0**

* Cleaned up setting page options by showing or hiding options depending on gallery type used
* Changed admin navigation name to 'WP Easy Gallery' to prevent confusion with other plugins

**v4.2.1**

* Fixed error with database update function

**v4.2.0**

* Extracted prettyPhoto theme variable to JS file to allow theme to persist

**v4.1.6**

* Increased gallery name field in database from 30 to 60 characters
* Added database version check to update database table structure

**v4.1.5**

* Fixed possible XSS vulnerability
* Removed hard-coded file paths
* Corrected short code button AJAX method
* Show short code with key instead of slug when creating a new gallery

**v4.1.3**

* Converted sort order to number field

**v4.1.2**

* Slight style modifications and verified WP 4.3 compatibility

**v4.1.1**

* Updated prettyPhoto.js to version 3.1.6, fixed XSS vulnerability in JS

**v4.1**

* Added ability to display gallery name
* Added ability set alignment of gallery display name

**v4.0.1**

* Fixed layout issue with RSS feed

**v4.0**

* Added ability to render gallery as default WordPress style gallery
* Added ability to customize number of columns for gallery display
* Fixed bug with settings page not showing in admin section
* Extracted RSS feed to an asynchronous call to allow admin pages to load quicker

**v3.8.3**

* Verified WordPress 3.9.2 compatibility

**v3.8.2**

* Code clean-up

**v3.8.1**

* Bug fixes to short code button

**v3.8**

* Added button to post/page editor for inserting short code.

**v3.7**

* Added option to turn gallery thumbnail dropshadows on or off.

**v3.6.3**

* replaced deprecated mysql escape calls for WordPress 3.9 compatibility.

**v3.6.2**

* Changed short code to use key instead of name. Change is backwards compatible and will not break or require changing existing gallery short codes.

**v3.6.1**

* Bug fix: corrected an issue with options
* Improved thumbnail style CSS
* Added ability to disable new thumbnail style

**v.3.6**

* Added thumbnail style on hover

**v3.5**

* Ability to save all image changes in one click
* Selected gallery images remain selected after making images edits
* Selected gallery remains selected after making gallery edits
* Preview image in modal window from within admin section
* converted strtolower() function to mb_convert_case() for better UTF-8 character handling

**v3.1**

* Fixed issue that prevented galleries with same names from being properly displayed.

**v3.0**

* Added ability to insert custom styles for thumbnails. New field is on settings page.

**v2.8**

* Updated prettyPhoto JS script to version 3.1.5

**v2.7.6**

* Fixed improper JS file path

**v2.7.5**

* Fixed ability to hide galleries and added ability to hide social sharing buttons.

**v2.7.3**

* Added CSS to prettyPhoto stylesheet to correct arrow alignment and issue with mini-gallery spilling over the popup window.

**v2.7.3**

* Added jQuery Migrate script for jQuery 1.9.1 compatibility

**v2.7.2**

* Fixed bug related to security fix that prevented the ability to upload images

**v2.7.1**

* Critical security patches

**v2.7**

* Added the ability to hide the social sharing icons / links in the gallery pop-up

**v2.6**

* Style update to fix social sharing button layout issue
* Addition of settings page and functionality to hide thumbnail overlay from settings

**v2.5**

* Updated prettyPhoto.js jQuery script to version 3.1.4 for various bug fixes and added social sharing abilities

**v2.4**

* Added handling for default thumbnail dimensions

**v2.3**

* Updated Add Images interface for easier deletion of images

**v2.2**

* Code fixes to admin pages to fix HTML validation issues

**v2.1**

* Added Help (FAQ) page to plugin

**v2.0**

* Tighted security against remote scripting attacks

**v1.9**

* Changed the manner in which JS files are called into theme

**v1.8**

* Fixed vulnerability found in code base: Input passed via the "select_gallery" or "galleryId" parameter to wp-admin/admin.php (when "page" is set to "edit-gallery") is not properly sanitised in wp-content/plugins/wp-easy-gallery/admin/edit-gallery.php before being returned to the user.

**v1.7**

* Critical bug fixes and code enhancements

**v1.6**

* SEO enhancements

**v1.5**

* Additional bug fixes

**v1.4**

* Bug fixes addressing undefined variable warnings

**v1.3.1**

* Fixed issue preventing custom database table prefixes from passing through on gallery specific code

**v1.3**

* Fixed issue preventing custom database table prefixes from passing through

**v1.2**

* Cursor now shows pointer when gallery thumbnail is in hover state.
* Added functionality to show gallery name on hover.

**v1.1**

* Fixed bug that caused screen jumping when gallery launched.

**v1.0**

* Initial release