Title: intermittent thumbnails
Last modified: August 22, 2016
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# intermittent thumbnails
* [Lisa E. A. Dickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisadkrsn/)
* (@lisadkrsn)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/intermittent-thumbnails/)
* Testing this plug-in on my site and its only working intermittently.
It will
make and place fancy thumbnails on first upload of file but after that it won’t
re-use the file or re-upload the same file and place a thumbnail again?
* The document descriptions are showing up even though they are de-selected in
the dash
* And is there a way to change the items per “document-icon-wrapper” from 4 to
3?
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/document-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/document-gallery/)
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* Plugin Author [Dan Rossiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danrossiter/)
* (@danrossiter)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/intermittent-thumbnails/#post-5562173)
* Hi Lisa,
* Addressing your last question first, configuring the number of columns is not
currently possible. It is on our TODO list though.
* For your first question, I’m not sure what you mean… Can you show me an example
of the behavior you are describing?
* Can you please go to to `Dashboard -> Settings -> Document Gallery -> Advanced`
and paste the entire contents of the the big text box at the bottom of that page?
Also, can you please paste the shortcode (ie: `[dg ...]`) that you are currently
using?
* -Dan
* PS: If you’ve found this plugin useful, please take a moment to [rate it](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/document-gallery#postform).
Thanks! 🙂
* Thread Starter [Lisa E. A. Dickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisadkrsn/)
* (@lisadkrsn)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/intermittent-thumbnails/#post-5562183)
* ```
//advanced tab content
array(6) {
["thumber"]=>
array(6) {
["thumbs"]=>
array(10) {
[35]=>
array(4) {
["timestamp"]=>
int(1418159555)
["thumb_url"]=>
string(82) "http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/DelMarCycle-thumb-300-thumb.png"
["thumb_path"]=>
string(86) "/home/leadkrsn/theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/DelMarCycle-thumb-300-thumb.png"
["thumber"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(10) "DG_Thumber"
[1]=>
string(19) "getImagickThumbnail"
}
}
[324]=>
array(4) {
["timestamp"]=>
int(1418159555)
["thumb_url"]=>
string(78) "http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/MojoGalleryTiming-thumb.png"
["thumb_path"]=>
string(82) "/home/leadkrsn/theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/MojoGalleryTiming-thumb.png"
["thumber"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(10) "DG_Thumber"
[1]=>
string(19) "getImagickThumbnail"
}
}
[323]=>
array(4) {
["timestamp"]=>
int(1418159561)
["thumb_url"]=>
string(79) "http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/WP-Engine-SignUp-3-thumb.png"
["thumb_path"]=>
string(83) "/home/leadkrsn/theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/WP-Engine-SignUp-3-thumb.png"
["thumber"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(10) "DG_Thumber"
[1]=>
string(23) "getGhostscriptThumbnail"
}
}
[328]=>
array(4) {
["timestamp"]=>
int(1418167312)
["thumb_url"]=>
string(80) "http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/WP-Engine-SignUp-31-thumb.png"
["thumb_path"]=>
string(84) "/home/leadkrsn/theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/WP-Engine-SignUp-31-thumb.png"
["thumber"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(10) "DG_Thumber"
[1]=>
string(23) "getGhostscriptThumbnail"
}
}
[336]=>
array(4) {
["timestamp"]=>
int(1418167583)
["thumb_url"]=>
string(91) "http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/intelcorei7comparisonchartrev5-thumb.png"
["thumb_path"]=>
string(95) "/home/leadkrsn/theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/intelcorei7comparisonchartrev5-thumb.png"
["thumber"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(10) "DG_Thumber"
[1]=>
string(23) "getGhostscriptThumbnail"
}
}
[347]=>
array(4) {
["timestamp"]=>
int(1418171404)
["thumb_url"]=>
string(72) "http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/MainPage960-thumb.png"
["thumb_path"]=>
string(76) "/home/leadkrsn/theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/MainPage960-thumb.png"
["thumber"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(10) "DG_Thumber"
[1]=>
string(23) "getGhostscriptThumbnail"
}
}
[348]=>
array(4) {
["timestamp"]=>
int(1418171407)
["thumb_url"]=>
string(77) "http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/brewers-960-blog-thumb.png"
["thumb_path"]=>
string(81) "/home/leadkrsn/theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/brewers-960-blog-thumb.png"
["thumber"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(10) "DG_Thumber"
[1]=>
string(23) "getGhostscriptThumbnail"
}
}
[349]=>
array(4) {
["timestamp"]=>
int(1418171410)
["thumb_url"]=>
string(85) "http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/brewers-960-blog-listing-thumb.png"
["thumb_path"]=>
string(89) "/home/leadkrsn/theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/brewers-960-blog-listing-thumb.png"
["thumber"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(10) "DG_Thumber"
[1]=>
string(23) "getGhostscriptThumbnail"
}
}
[350]=>
array(4) {
["timestamp"]=>
int(1418171413)
["thumb_url"]=>
string(81) "http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/brewers-960-Mainpage-thumb.png"
["thumb_path"]=>
string(85) "/home/leadkrsn/theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/brewers-960-Mainpage-thumb.png"
["thumber"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(10) "DG_Thumber"
[1]=>
string(23) "getGhostscriptThumbnail"
}
}
[351]=>
array(4) {
["timestamp"]=>
int(1418171415)
["thumb_url"]=>
string(87) "http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/brewers-960-ServiceSubPage-thumb.png"
["thumb_path"]=>
string(91) "/home/leadkrsn/theams.aliaslead.com/wp-content/uploads/brewers-960-ServiceSubPage-thumb.png"
["thumber"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(10) "DG_Thumber"
[1]=>
string(23) "getGhostscriptThumbnail"
}
}
}
["gs"]=>
string(11) "/usr/bin/gs"
["active"]=>
array(4) {
["av"]=>
bool(true)
["gs"]=>
bool(true)
["imagick"]=>
bool(true)
["google"]=>
bool(false)
}
["width"]=>
int(200)
["height"]=>
int(200)
["timeout"]=>
int(30)
}
["gallery"]=>
array(9) {
["fancy"]=>
bool(true)
["images"]=>
bool(true)
["localpost"]=>
bool(true)
["order"]=>
string(3) "ASC"
["orderby"]=>
string(2) "ID"
["relation"]=>
string(3) "AND"
["attachment_pg"]=>
bool(false)
["descriptions"]=>
bool(false)
["ids"]=>
bool(false)
}
["css"]=>
array(4) {
["text"]=>
string(0) ""
["last-modified"]=>
string(25) "Tue, 09 Dec 2014 23:02:43"
["etag"]=>
string(32) "8c6bf53508d553b943941997f8fb727c"
["version"]=>
int(4)
}
["version"]=>
string(5) "2.2.7"
["validation"]=>
bool(false)
["logging"]=>
bool(true)
}
//shortcode
[dg]putty-shell-commands
WordPress-How-to
WP-Engine-SignUp-3
```
* Thread Starter [Lisa E. A. Dickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisadkrsn/)
* (@lisadkrsn)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/intermittent-thumbnails/#post-5562189)
* [http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/?p=309](http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/?p=309)
[http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/?p=327](http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/?p=327)
[http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/?p=343](http://www.theams.aliaslead.com/?p=343)
* Plugin Author [demur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/demur/)
* (@demur)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/intermittent-thumbnails/#post-5562379)
* Hi **lisaDkrsn**!
* According to the provided information we would like to draw Your attention to
some significant moments:
* By default Document Gallery displays files attached to the post where it’s stated.
To grasp the concept please [have a quick peek at the part of Dan’s video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/pCQsx5z-uOU?start=368&end=478&version=3)
presented on the [Description page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/document-gallery/).
So, there is no need for _manual_ pasting links of desired files; use just **_[
dg]_** for displaying post attachments.
If You’ll face necessity to unattach
and reattach any file please have a look [here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unattach-and-reattach).
* Also You can use shortcode with the option **_[dg localpost=false]_** to display
all the attachments through Your WordPress instance in the gallery.
* As well You can specify IDs of needed attachments to be displayed **_[dg ids=
10,2,4,42]_** (mentioned IDs only as an example, You have to determine Yours).
To define IDs of desired attachments, please go to Your media library in the
dashboard, hover mouse over the thumbnail image on the left or any link related
to the attachment, look down, in the very bottom edge of your browser window
You’ll see targeting URL. It will look either _…/wp-admin/post.php?post=**XXX**&
action=edit_ or _…/?attachment\_id=**XXX**_, where **XXX** is desired _numerical_
ID value.
* Please let us know if You have any further questions!
* Thread Starter [Lisa E. A. Dickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisadkrsn/)
* (@lisadkrsn)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/intermittent-thumbnails/#post-5562393)
* Hi thanks for your response.I see that you notice the links inserted after the
short code[dg].
I did not put those in.
* I put in [dg] and added media to the post and that was the output.Hence my confusion.
* I’m also only getting thumbnail inserted if I upload new media each time.
* Plugin Author [Dan Rossiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danrossiter/)
* (@danrossiter)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/intermittent-thumbnails/#post-5562408)
* Hi Lisa,
* It sounds like you are clicking “Insert into page.” This is not necessary and
will have no effect on how Document Gallery behaves. You can safely remove everything
after the [dg] that you did not intend to include and everything should work
properly.
* -Dan
* PS: If you’ve found this plugin useful, please take a moment to [rate it](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/document-gallery#postform).
Thanks! 🙂
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* Last reply from: [Dan Rossiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danrossiter/)
* Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/intermittent-thumbnails/#post-5562408)
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