Title: basic functionality missing, difficult to implement
Last modified: September 3, 2016

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# basic functionality missing, difficult to implement

 *  [anthony.professionel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthonyprofessionel/)
 * (@anthonyprofessionel)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-functionality-missing-difficult-to-implement/)
 * Installed and attempted to use the imagebrowser feature. The alt text is displayed
   above each image. How do you get rid of it? Good luck! Wait, I have to install
   another plugin just to do this, and make custom fields, and then make changes
   to the template files with code from a support forum that’s five years old? What
   about just letting me enter nothing in the alt text field that’s already provided?
 * Nope.
 * Let’s not even get started on allowing your images to link to something other
   than a lightbox enlargement of themselves. What’s crazy is plain ol’ WordPress
   without any plugins already lets you do both the alt text customization and the
   URL links. So you install this and lose functionality, just so you can get “previous”
   and “next” in buttons underneath your images, and a border around them that you
   don’t even want? No thanks.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-functionality-missing-difficult-to-implement/#post-7880359)
 * [@anthony](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthony/).professionel – We have
   tried to add the most commonly requested fields of data and in most cases a minor
   tweak to an existing template (saved as a new template) will sort out layout 
   changes like you suggested.
 * If there is any option or feature you think we are missing, please feel free 
   to share your thoughts on them here: [http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/feature-voting/](http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/feature-voting/)
 * Those most voted will be much more likely to be implemented sooner so every vote
   counts … and new ideas are more than welcome as well.
 * Thanks for your feedback here as well, all constructive criticism is also much
   appreciated, too.
 * – Cais.
 *  [edanzer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edanzer/)
 * (@edanzer)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-functionality-missing-difficult-to-implement/#post-7880360)
 * [@anthony](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthony/).professionel – thanks
   for taking the time to leave feedback. A few thoughts:
 * *You can edit the actual alt text, just not the front end display of that gallery
   without using a template. I think that’s probably similar to WordPress.
 * *You’re right though, that you can’t link a thumbnail to, say, a page. That’s
   a popular feature request and something that’s definitely on our radar. For what
   it’s worth, you can do this using NextGEN’s album functionality.
 * *While you can’t link an image to a specific URL, NextGEN does add a few hundred
   other options for image management and displays. I think most people who opt 
   to use NextGEN are using it as a whole package for image management.
 * In any case, it sounds in this case like NextGEN may not have been the solution
   you need. That’s a bummer. But we appreciate you leaving the feedback, and hope
   you find an alternative that does work great for you.
 * Thanks (Erick).
 *  [edanzer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edanzer/)
 * (@edanzer)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-functionality-missing-difficult-to-implement/#post-7880361)
 * [@anthony](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthony/).professionel – Quick
   follow up. Do you really think the issues you described above warrant a 1 star
   review, taking into account all the other things you can do with NextGEN? If 
   so, that’s definitely fine. If not, just wondering if you can adjust it with 
   the whole 1 to 5 star scale in mind. Thanks again.
 * Erick

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