Title: Adding Album thumbnails to widget
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Adding Album thumbnails to widget

 *  Resolved [TSemmes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsemmes/)
 * (@tsemmes)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-album-thumbnails-to-widget/)
 * I thought there would be an option to a grid of album thumbnails to a widget.
   Each thumbnail would link to the related gallery. I don’t even see this option
   in the Pro version. I thought I might be able to cut and paste the code where
   I inserted a NextGen Basic Compact Album on a a page but that doesn’t work. Any
   chance this option is available or there is a work around that can accomplish
   the same thing?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/)

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 *  [Edward Caissie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cais/)
 * (@cais)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-album-thumbnails-to-widget/#post-5377647)
 * [@tsemmes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsemmes/) – Have you looked at
   using a shortcode in a text widget to do this?
 * If you theme does not support shortcode structures in text widgets this article
   may be of assistance: [http://wpfirstaid.com/2012/10/use-shortcodes-in-text-widgets/](http://wpfirstaid.com/2012/10/use-shortcodes-in-text-widgets/)
 * ~Cais.
 * Useful link: [http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/nextgen-gallery-shortcodes/](http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/nextgen-gallery-shortcodes/)
 *  Thread Starter [TSemmes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsemmes/)
 * (@tsemmes)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-album-thumbnails-to-widget/#post-5377692)
 * Thanks. I wonder why the style edits I made don’t carry over to shortcode? I 
   removed all the boxes around the thumbnails in the nggallery.css file but they
   are back again. You can see what I mean on the sidebar at [http://www.tomsemmes.com/gallery/windows-and-doors/](http://www.tomsemmes.com/gallery/windows-and-doors/).
   I wanted just a simple thin rule around the thumbnail. And I had that on this
   page [http://www.tomsemmes.com/gallery/](http://www.tomsemmes.com/gallery/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-album-thumbnails-to-widget/#post-5377717)
 * [@tsemmes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsemmes/) – You may need to be
   more specific with your custom CSS definitions for it to work with the sidebar
   instance.
 * – Cais.

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 * [album](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/album/)
 * [widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widgets/)

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 * Last reply from: [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-album-thumbnails-to-widget/#post-5377717)
 * Status: resolved