WordPress comes with a built-in gallery feature for posts and pages. We wrote an article on how to add a gallery in WordPress with a lightbox effect. But there were two issues that were raised from that article. One was that the gallery shortcode pulls all images that were attached to the post, and there is no option to select which images to display in the gallery. The other issue was that you are limited to only one gallery per post. Well in this article, we will share a plugin called Multiple Galleries which fixes both issues. It allows you to select which images to show in each gallery thus allowing you to have as many galleries in your WordPress posts and pages.
First thing you need to do is install and activate Multiple Galleries plugin. If you need help then refer to our step by step guide to installing a WordPress plugin.
Once you have installed the plugin, then open an existing post/page or create a new post. Then click on the upload media icon.
Now you should see a checkbox next to images you have uploaded to a gallery in this post. Selecting checkboxes will include those images in a particular gallery.
To create another gallery within the same post, simply choose Insert Gallery and select the images.
Thank you! I have been searching for a way to do this for awhile now...wordpres should really add this to the core product. Seems very simple to do without having to add yet another plugin.
Thanks again!
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