[mla_gallery] shortcode – it does not work

Thanks for your question. If the MLA plugin is active and the Media/Assistant screen is working there are no additional steps required to activate the shortcodes. Without more information it is hard to give you specific guidance, but here are a few general tips that might help.

First, know that you must enter the shortcode(s) directly in the post/page editor; there is no “visual” shortcode editor for the MLA shortcodes. when you add an [mla_gallery] shortcode to a post or page, what do you see? If you see the shortcode itself then something has gone wrong with the MLA code (unlikely) or the shortcode you entered is not formatted properly. Have you tried using the “Text” tab of the post/page editor to enter the shortcode?

By default, [mla_gallery] displays only those images “attached” to the post/page on which you ente the shortcode. You must add parameters to the shortcode to get other results. If you simply don’t see any gallery display, try a very simple shortcode such as this one:

[mla_gallery post_parent=all posts_per_page=12]

That should display 12 images from your media library. Does that work?

I hope the above suggestions are helpful. I will leave this topic unresolved until I hear back from you. Any additional details you can provide will be very helpful. Thanks for your interest in the plugin.

Thank you for your update and for your efforts to work through the problem. I regret that you’re still having trouble.

You wrote “The wizard can be seen.” MLA does not have any “wizards”; does this mean you see the “Assistant” submenu item in the Media admin section and can access the Media/Assistant screen? Do you see the “Media Library Assistant” submenu in the “Settings” admin section?

If the MLA admin screens are present but the shortcodes are not working there may be information in the error log that can help me investigate further. You can find more information about how to access the error log in this recent topic:

Bulk Edit on Media Assistant View generates An ajax.fail error

It would be great if you can activate the MLA Error tab or get the error log information in some other way and then contact me so I can get the information from you. Let me know if you need any other details on how to do that. Thanks for your patience and persistence.

Thank you for taking the time to activate the debug tab and post some of the messages in your error log.

The messages you have posted are not coming directly from MLA. It looks like you are using another plugin to add Login and Menu widgets to your site; is that right?

I do not think these messages have anything to do with the MLA problems you are having, unless you are trying to put the [mla_gallery] shortcode in one of these widgets, which seems unlikely.

If you are using the MLA Settings/Debug tab, can you take these steps:

1. Go to the Settings/Media library Assistant Debug tab
2. Click “Reset” below the Error Log text area to clear out the log
3. Run some tests that cause the error. In other words, visit the page(s) with [mla_gallery] shortcodes that do not work
5. Go back to the Settings/Media library Assistant Debug tab
6. Click “Download” below the Error Log text area to get a complete copy of the error log file
7. Send me the file

It would also be good to see a list of the other plugins you are running on your site, and your theme.

Finally, can you answer the questions in my last post?

You wrote “The wizard can be seen.” MLA does not have any “wizards”; does this mean you see the “Assistant” submenu item in the Media admin section and can access the Media/Assistant screen? Do you see the “Media Library Assistant” submenu in the “Settings” admin section?

Thanks for any additional information you can provide.

Welcome back! Thanks for your update and the log messages.

The two messages you posted above are not from MLA. The ‘oembed-cache’ and ‘wp-remove-post-lock’ actions look like they are generated from WordPress as you edit a post/page.

It would be very helpful if you can confirm that you are using [mla_gallery] in the content of a post/page and show me the full source text of the post/page. Then, can you follow the steps I gave in my most recent post and answer the questions I asked in my post?

Thanks for your patience and persistence!