February 15, 2013

New WordPress image galleries

By Mindy Messenger

Here’s a late Valentine’s gift from Dane and Kilian: beautiful new image galleries for your WordPress sites. Take the gallery below for a spin to see the magic in action (and to admire Katherine’s photos).

Marine Biology

Students survey the diversity of invertebrates and algae in the rocky intertidal area of Alki Beach. Katherine B. Turner

Puddles on Red Square

Reflection of students in a puddle on Red Square. Katherine B. Turner

Commencement 2012

Graduates line up outside CenturyLink Field. Katherine B. Turner

Suzzallo Library

Suzzallo at dusk Katherine B. Turner

Outdoor Adventure

Newly admitted UW freshman participate in an Advising & Orientation Outdoor Adventure on Whidbey Island. Katherine B. Turner

Cherry Blossoms

A student walks through the Quad with the Cherry Blossoms in full bloom. Katherine B. Turner

Gerberding

Sunrise over Gerberding. Katherine B. Turner

Summer Campus

Summer scenes around the UW Seattle campus in July, 2012. Katherine B. Turner

Huskies vs Hawaii

Husky TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins (#88) celebrates after receiving a touchdown pass in the third quarter. Katherine B. Turner

Flash Mob

The Make-A-Wish foundation organized a flash mob on Red Square on Friday, Feb. 10th 2012 as a part of Alex's MISSION POSSIBLE: ROBOT PROTOCOL wish. 11-yr old Alex wants to bring peace to others and he believes robots will help us accomplish this. Katherine B. Turner

  • 0
  • 1

There’s a lot of awesomeness packed in this gallery design, but here are my favorite features:

  • A cleaner, less cluttered way to include many images on page.
  • A slideshow experience without bloated code or the need for yet another plugin.
  • Social sharing links that are automatic for expanded images.
  • Title and optional caption overlay appear on hover (both for thumbnails and the expanded image).

If your site is hosted by the Marketing Web Team, then you already have the new gallery at your fingertips. (Those of you self-hosting our theme can download the latest release at the usual place.)

Finally, you may also notice that the Media Library in WordPress is quite different—this comes with a WordPress update Dane made in tandem with the gallery update. Our step-by-step image tutorial now reflects these changes.

Leave a Reply