Title: [Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Widget Functionality Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Widget Functionality * 758340 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-widget-functionality/) * Hi there, * First of all…as you already know.. this is a great plugin. Keep up the good work. 🙂 * My problem is with the widget functionality… which is very “cool” with all those effects… but it’s pointing no where… And that seems to be a problem… Many people are frustrated because they click on that images… but are not redirected to a post or a page. (as they expect) * Would you like to add an option to the plugin… so users can link the widget to an post, page, or any other external link. This way the widget can work as a banner too. * Thank you in advance. * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/) Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Thread Starter 758340 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-widget-functionality/#post-816026) * Or give me some instructions to do it manualy…. * Thread Starter 758340 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-widget-functionality/#post-816045) * Please… * [bee-dudler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bee-dudler/) * (@bee-dudler) * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-widget-functionality/#post-816048) * Hi, as this is about the imagerotator you cpoult try to ask over there: [http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?page=forum](http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?page=forum) * best regards bee * 771835 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-widget-functionality/#post-816070) * Think I hope for the same as the requester. Make the text of the widget clickable so that it opens the full gallery. (just like you would add [gallery=8] in a page) * If you are at the wordpress controll panel and go to : Design – Widgets – Nextgen gallery Widgets * you can add 1-xx nextgen widgets to the sidebar where you can display a number of thumbnails from your gallery and give it a name. But that’s it.. you see as seen on my page 4 images per gallery and there is no way using that part of the widget to go to the full gallery. Had to make a page button to make the full gallery pages. * let’s use an example. * [http://www.japantale.com/blog/](http://www.japantale.com/blog/) * You see to the right the nextgen widget “waterfalls”, there exist 6 images but no way you can see the other 2 by clicking for example on the “waterfalls” text. Even clicking on the small thumbnail gives you a 4 image “slideshow”. (bit confusing that) * What I (we?) want is that the text will be clickable and that it reacts the same way as you would select a page-button where entered a [gallery=x] statement. * 771835 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-widget-functionality/#post-816071) * p.s. it is not the rotator to my knowledge. * It stands under widgets : NextGEN Gallery 0.98 A NextGENeration Photo gallery By NextGEN DEV-Team. * **NextGEN Gallery widget 1.22** Adds a sidebar widget support to your NextGEN Gallery By NextGEN DEV-Team. * [simbian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simbian/) * (@simbian) * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-widget-functionality/#post-816183) * I have almost the same problem, activated NextGen Gallery widget 1.22, added Nextgen Slideshow widget to sidebar, is it possible to point all the images showed to an external link? * Thanks, Simone * [beernews](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beernews/) * (@beernews) * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-widget-functionality/#post-816185) * Trying to figure this out..Right now I can only get it to take me to the homepage. * [waveminded](https://wordpress.org/support/users/waveminded/) * (@waveminded) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-widget-functionality/#post-816205) * This type of thing was driving me nuts!!!!! Was looking for the same solution with Nextgen Gallery. Unfortunately the slideshow widget that comes with NextGen out of the box won’t link its displaying images… Here’s a solution to… (no widget support though). * Get Nextgen Smooth Gallery [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-smooth-gallery/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-smooth-gallery/) to use along side Nextgen Gallery * In the Smooth Gallery plugins folder open up the file: nggSmoothSharedFunctions. php * Go to line 99 and find this * ``` $aux["link"] = BASE_URL . "/" . $picture->path ."/" . $picture->filename; ``` * change it to this * ``` $aux["link"] = $picture->alttext; ``` * Now what you’re doing is pulling the Alt Text info from Nextgen gallery images… You can now go into Nextgen Gallery and change any images Alt Text to be an internal or external link. I’m sure you could get even more creative with this possibilty. * [Milan Knizek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milan-knizek/) * (@milan-knizek) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-widget-functionality/#post-816239) * Are there any plans having NexGen widget opening the gallery as described above? Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘[Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Widget Functionality’ is closed to new replies. * 9 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [Milan Knizek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milan-knizek/) * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-widget-functionality/#post-816239) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics