blanks in grid

Hi jgjill,
I have tried looking at your page but I stopped at a work-in-progress gate.

Most of these issues can be fixed with a tweak of the CSS. Most themes allow custom CSS to be inserted and that’s the best way to solve it.

If you let me pass over that gate I can try suggesting you some code to try.

Hi,

I have encountered a similar problem with my website. The galleries now have spaces in the grid and I can’t seem to solve the problem. I think it has happened since I updated WordPress or Jetpack.

I like the SimplestGallery plugin, but I ned to find a solution to this problem if anyone can find one please.
Regards,
M

Hi,

More problems! SimplestGallery has stopped another of its functions. I used to have it set with no labels ahowing in the gallery, but when you clicked on an image to make it larger you could hover your mouse over the image to get details. This no longer functions. So now you either have to have it set for no labels at all, or have it set to show labels and the label sits permanently over your image.
The galleries are a really important part of my website so I would appreciate some help on this if possible please.
Regards,
M

I discovered my captions were too long and that pushed images below them out of place thus creating blanks in the grid.

Most of these problems are due to CSS code which conflicts with the theme’s CSS code.

In simple words, Simplest Gallery has its own instructions to format galleries, but your specific theme has its own instructions too.

These instructions are contained in files with .css extension.

The last being loaded is the one which has the precedence. This is why after an update you might see different behaviour: the plugins might get a different loading order and precedence might change (not always, but it might be).

Luckily, these problems are relatively easy to spot and to fix.

First, try to inspect a gallery thumbnail with the right click-“Inspect Element” function of your browser. This will let you see which CSS rules are applied and which are overwritten.

You can usually force a rule to be applied by putting a “!important” tag next to it or by copying the CSS rules in a specific “Custom CSS” field that many themes have for these purposes.

The above are general advices, then in the specific case I would need an URL to be visited.

Of course if it is a common problem, I can change the CSS classes names in Simplest Gallery in order to minimise the risk of these issues.

Update on the issue.

Since the problems mentioned above occurred when I updated my WordPress and Jetpack, I have had a look through what they offer. The new Carousel feature in Jetpack seems to offer the simplicity I need so I have now converted my galleries to that and no longer use SimplestGallery.

I would like to say thank you to SimplestGallery! It was a very useful feature on my website, but I only needed it at the most basic level. I am sure for those who want more advanced features it continues to be an excellent plugin.

Thanks,
I’ll mark this as closed