Possible to use my own folder structure?

@john – Sure thing! Although I would recommend staying under the /wp-content/ folder you can FTP folders of images into pretty much any area of the WordPress installation and then use the Import Folder functionality to add them as galleries.

If you upload the images outside of the /wp-content/ folder you will need to add a statement to your ‘wp-config.php` file to tell NextGEN Gallery to look beyond the standard folder settings.

Use this: define( 'NGG_IMPORT_ROOT', dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/' );

Thanks!

– Cais.

Hello,

Many thanks for your feedback!
Yes, we want to keep our folders under the /wp-content/ one but what we DO NOT want for sure is having WP manage them and start putting them in those absurd chronological folders that have no sense outside of blogs. As we believe Galleries, at least ours, are NOT blogs, the chronological structure is a pure nonsense for Galleries – even if you uncehck this option you get all of your pictures in a single folder which is even worse…

If I well understand, you have an “import folder” option. What does this mean exactly? Can you promise me that this option will not simply re-arrange them in those WP chronological folders and our own original ones will remain untouched?

@john – NextGEN Gallery does not use the WordPress Media library (essentially what you are describing) so there is no need to worry about the chronological structure that is created by WordPress core. You can import from those folders if you wanted to, but I would not recommend that, yet. (We are not happy with the results due to how WordPress creates multiple images based on defined sizes and adds those to the /uploads/ folders.)

Using the FTP/Import process, you may see a default sort order relevant to the image file name but beyond that the structure and order should remain yours.

– Cais.

Thanks again, will check this further.

One precision though before I start: by “import folder” you mean importing from my local computer or importing in Gallery from existing folders on server?

I would prefer to first upload my files by my own FTP process on server and then start the Gallery process – is that how it works or I have to use your own FTP tool to first upload my files and then create Galleries??

https://www.nextgen-gallery.com/adding-images-uploadingzip-filesimage-folders/

If you want your folders under the /wp-content/ directory you can easily upload from the plugin uploader. Images will be stored in a folder named “gallery” in wp-content directory, and inside you’ll find all of your gallery folders with the name of the gallery in alphabetical order.

Thanks for this, but my question was whether I have to upload via the plugin or not.

I already have a huge archive on server and I just want to move it to specific location under my WP installation. You can imagine, I don’t want to download all those files to my computer just for having to re-upload them again at their final destination!

So my question is: how can I create Galleries from existing images found under a given folder/sub-folder structure out of the standard WP Media Library structure?