How to create your first WordPress gallery with Modula

Here is how to create a WordPress gallery with Modula, from start to finish. You make the gallery, add your images, pick a layout and put it on a page.

Create a new gallery

1. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Modula → Galleries.

2. Click New gallery.

   

3. Click the pencil next to the gallery name at the top. Give the gallery a name you will recognize later.

4. Add your images. Click Add and pick files from your computer or from the Media library. You can also drag files onto the preview.

   The arrow next to Add has the other ways, such as A ZIP archive, A folder on the server, A video or Instagram.

   

   To see which files work, read Supported file types.

5. Pick the look in Layout. Set the Type (Masonry, Uniform grid, Slider and the others), the number of Columns and the Spacing between images. The preview changes as you go. The device buttons under it show the gallery on a tablet and a phone.

6. Click an image, then click Edit image on it. Give the image alt text, a title and a caption. Alt text is a short description of the image for search engines and screen readers.

   

   To fill in the texts for all images in one table, use Bulk edit. To change the order, use Sort.

7. Check the status next to the gallery name. If it says Draft, click it and pick Published. If you don’t, the gallery won’t show on your site.

There is no save button. The editor saves every change on its own and shows All changes saved at the top.

The other sections (Lightbox, Filters, Motion and so on) are explained in A tour of the gallery editor.

Start from saved settings

If you have saved settings, you can use them as a starting point. Read more in Modula Presets.

1. Open Layout.
2. Scroll to More settings.
3. Open Presets.
4. Click Apply preset.

Show the gallery on your website

Your gallery is ready, so now you can put it on a page. You do this with a shortcode, a short piece of text that WordPress swaps for your gallery.

1. Click Embed at the top right of the editor.

2. Click Copy next to the shortcode. It looks like this, with your gallery’s ID:

   MARKUPCopy Code

   [modula id="89"]

   

3. Open the page or post where the gallery should appear.
4. Paste the shortcode. In the block editor you can also add the Modula Gallery block and pick the gallery from its list.
5. Publish or update the page. Your gallery now shows on that page.

Page builders such as Elementor, Divi and Beaver Builder are covered in Insert Modula galleries in posts and pages.