Title: [Plugin: Gallery] Slideshow issues
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Gallery] Slideshow issues

 *  Resolved [Kiern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiern/)
 * (@kiern)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-slideshow-issues/)
 * Great plugin. Thank you. 🙂
 * I am having an issue with the slideshow. It is a nice feature, and I like it,
   but the slide show starts from whatever image was clicked, and runs to the last
   image. That’s great if they click on the first image, but not so good if they
   click on the second to last image, since it would only run for two images, then
   stop.
 * I think it would be much better if the slideshow looped, so that no matter which
   image they clicked they would eventually see all of them. It would also be nice
   if you could place one image on a page and have it run the slideshow of all the
   images in the gallery from that one image.
 * Is it at all possible to do either of these things?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gallery-plugin/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gallery-plugin/)

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 *  Plugin Author [bestwebsoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bestwebsoft/)
 * (@bestwebsoft)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-slideshow-issues/#post-3010895)
 * Hello,
 * 1) There is no necessity to restrict the users from which slider to view the 
   image in the slideshow. What if user interested in the latest three images and
   doesn’t want to see the previous images? If user wants to see all image, usually
   he\she is chosing the first image.
 * 2) There is no such kind of option in our plugin (currently only 1 image is displayed
   and all images for the slideshow). We prefer provide an ability for users to 
   choose: to see or not, zoom or not. In our opinion it is better if user see the
   quantity of images and has an ability to see tangentially all of them and after
   that decide which exactly user wants to zoom.
 * Best regards,
    Oksana
 *  Thread Starter [Kiern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiern/)
 * (@kiern)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-slideshow-issues/#post-3010916)
 * Hi,
 * 1) I didn’t say that I wanted to restrict the users. In fact, the way it is now,
   the plugin does the restricting. They will only see the full slideshow if they
   click on the first image. After that, the plugin restricts the slideshow to that
   image and the ones that come after it. Yes, it is possible that they may not 
   want to see the ones prior to the one they clicked. If that is the case, however,
   then isn’t it just as likely that they don’t want to see the ones after it? It
   doesn’t make sense to only restrict it in one direction “intentionally”.
 * It’s possible that a user does like the ones before the one they selected, but
   something about that one caught their eye first, so they click it and get the
   slideshow that runs until the last image. They then see one that is a few images
   before the previous one they clicked, and see a couple of different images, and
   then the rest of the slideshow they have already seen, but still not seeing any
   of the images before the one they clicked. I think it would be far more annoying
   for them to get shown the same images over and over than to be shown all the 
   images in one go.
 * The way it is now doesn’t give the users any more of a choice. In fact, slide
   shows are not meant to give the users the choice, other than to close it. If 
   we want the users to only see the images they want to see, then we wouldn’t even
   use the slideshow option. It is a design decision to have a slideshow, or not.
   If users are fine with a slideshow, it makes sense to allow them to see the whole
   slideshow, rather than a truncated version. Most users will not know that they
   need to click on the first image to see the whole slideshow.
 * I think it would be better if the slideshow looped, so that no matter which image
   is clicked, they see the entire slide show. There could always be an option to
   turn looping on or off. Though, I was really just wondering if there was a work
   around way to change it in the code.
 * If it is a technical issue where it is too difficult (or impossible) to implement,
   I get that. I just wanted to know if it was possible…which wasn’t answered. Is
   it a hard-coded restriction, or is there a way to edit something to allow it 
   to loop?
 * 2) OK. I didn’t see an option, but I thought there might be a way to do it. My
   thought was that, if it was possible, it would allow you to put one image on 
   the page (saving on loading time), and still allow people to see the full gallery,
   in full size, without having to leave the page. For what I am currently working
   on, it seemed like an interesting idea, but it’s not a big deal.
 *  Plugin Author [bestwebsoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bestwebsoft/)
 * (@bestwebsoft)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-slideshow-issues/#post-3010917)
 * Thank you for the broadened description of your situation.
    Unfortunately, script
   which we are using doesn’t allow to make ‘circle’ slideshow. We understand your
   desire, but maybe for now will be more acceptable to use a plugin for the slideshow(
   not for the gallery)?
 * Best regards,
    Oksana
 *  Thread Starter [Kiern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiern/)
 * (@kiern)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-slideshow-issues/#post-3010918)
 * OK, Thank you for the follow up.
 * Actually, I really like the way the gallery works, so I will likely use that 
   for most things. The slideshow gave me some nice ideas for certain projects, 
   but i will likely get much more use out of the Gallery.
 * Thanks again. Great plugin. 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [bestwebsoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bestwebsoft/)
 * (@bestwebsoft)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-slideshow-issues/#post-3010919)
 * And many thanks for your interest to our plugin and new ideas.
 * Sincerely,
    Oksana

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 * Last reply from: [bestwebsoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bestwebsoft/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-slideshow-issues/#post-3010919)
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