Title: autogallery setup
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# autogallery setup

 *  [jpgalea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpgalea/)
 * (@jpgalea)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autogallery-setup/)
 * hi can someone explain to me in easy terms how to setup the autogallery script?
   I have installed and activated the plugin but am stumped as to how to proceed.
   Thanks 😀

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 *  [jwurster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwurster/)
 * (@jwurster)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autogallery-setup/#post-295799)
 * I read the instructions and it looks like you have to set up a directory for 
   each article/post in which you want the image to be displayed. Plus you need 
   to edit the plugin file and change the settings variables $usehostname, $image_root,
   $thumbnail_prefix, and $allowed_files. Once these are all set, you need to put
   the tag <!–gallery–> in your Post.
 * I hope this helps. This seems a little bit complicated for me, although it may
   not be for you.
 *  Thread Starter [jpgalea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpgalea/)
 * (@jpgalea)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autogallery-setup/#post-295890)
 * variable settings should be ok altough i am not sure what the image_root should
   be. at the mom my dir looks like this: public_html/wordpress/images. Images is
   the folder i created to put all my images in. also i am not sure where to put
   the directory for each article/post as you mentioned.
 *  [jimatwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimatwork/)
 * (@jimatwork)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autogallery-setup/#post-295900)
 * Look at the php file and readme to get additional information. That’s what I 
   read. From what it says, the post directory should be under the images directory.
 *  Thread Starter [jpgalea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpgalea/)
 * (@jpgalea)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autogallery-setup/#post-295904)
 * so this is how i made my settings:
    as i said my images folder is in public_html/
   wordpress/images. did i set the image_root correctly in the php file? thanks
 *  $usehostname = “yes”; // If You want to use the hostname in image-URLs set to
   yes.
    $image_root = “/images/”; // Set this to Your image-root. $thumbnail_prefix
   = “^(150|thumbs|thumb)\-“; // Your thumbnail-prefixes as “regexp” $allowed_files
   = “(jpg|png|gif)”; // Allowed files as “regexp”.
 *  Thread Starter [jpgalea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpgalea/)
 * (@jpgalea)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autogallery-setup/#post-295908)
 * I have made a post in this address:
    [http://home.um.edu.mt/chaplaincy/wordpress/?p=21](http://home.um.edu.mt/chaplaincy/wordpress/?p=21)
 * Then went into public_html/wordpress/images/21 and inserted images there, however
   still nothing appears in the post :S
 *  [jimatwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimatwork/)
 * (@jimatwork)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autogallery-setup/#post-295909)
 * I didn’t see the <!–gallery–> tag in your post. Did you add it?
 *  Thread Starter [jpgalea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpgalea/)
 * (@jpgalea)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autogallery-setup/#post-295911)
 * well i added it when i made my post somehow its not showing up in the source 
   of the page though :S am i doing something wrong here?
 *  [jimatwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimatwork/)
 * (@jimatwork)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autogallery-setup/#post-295918)
 * As I said before, this does not appear to be easy. I think it is easier to use
   the WP Admin-Upload option. It puts the file in imagese directory and then displays
   a link for you to copy and paste into the Post. This seems easier to me. Why 
   did you want autogallery in the first place?
 *  Thread Starter [jpgalea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpgalea/)
 * (@jpgalea)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autogallery-setup/#post-295919)
 * i just wanted to add a photogallery option to my website, with different albums
   each containing a number of images. are there any better solutions? thanks

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