Thanks for the reply pdamsten.
I ended up integrating Galleria into the theme itself:
1- Loading the CSS and Scripts in header.php
<link rel='stylesheet' id='galleria-fs-css' href='<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>/galleria/themes/twelve/galleria.twelve.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<script type='text/javascript' src='<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>/galleria/galleria-1.2.8.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>/galleria/themes/twelve/galleria.twelve.min.js'></script>
2- Launching the Galleria script in header.php
<script type="text/javascript"> Galleria.run('#galleria', { height: 0.75 }); </script>
3- Modifying the [gallery]
shortcode output in functions.php
/**
* Modifies WP Gallery functionality to use Galleria
* AdalDesign.com
*/
//Deactivate WordPress Gallery function
remove_shortcode('gallery', 'gallery_shortcode');
//activate own function
add_shortcode('gallery', 'ad_gallery_shortcode');
//the own renamed function
function ad_gallery_shortcode($attr) {
global $post, $wp_locale;
static $instance = 0;
$instance++;
// Allow plugins/themes to override the default gallery template.
$output = apply_filters('post_gallery', '', $attr);
if ( $output != '' )
return $output;
// We're trusting author input, so let's at least make sure it looks like a valid orderby statement
if ( isset( $attr['orderby'] ) ) {
$attr['orderby'] = sanitize_sql_orderby( $attr['orderby'] );
if ( !$attr['orderby'] )
unset( $attr['orderby'] );
}
extract(shortcode_atts(array(
'order' => 'ASC',
'orderby' => 'menu_order ID',
'id' => $post->ID,
'itemtag' => 'dl',
'icontag' => 'dt',
'captiontag' => 'dd',
'columns' => 3,
'size' => 'thumbnail',
'include' => '',
'exclude' => ''
), $attr));
$id = intval($id);
if ( 'RAND' == $order )
$orderby = 'none';
if ( !empty($include) ) {
$include = preg_replace( '/[^0-9,]+/', '', $include );
$_attachments = get_posts( array('include' => $include, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby) );
$attachments = array();
foreach ( $_attachments as $key => $val ) {
$attachments[$val->ID] = $_attachments[$key];
}
} elseif ( !empty($exclude) ) {
$exclude = preg_replace( '/[^0-9,]+/', '', $exclude );
$attachments = get_children( array('post_parent' => $id, 'exclude' => $exclude, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby) );
} else {
$attachments = get_children( array('post_parent' => $id, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby) );
}
if ( empty($attachments) )
return '';
if ( is_feed() ) {
$output = "\n";
foreach ( $attachments as $att_id => $attachment )
$output .= wp_get_attachment_link($att_id, $size, true) . "\n";
return $output;
}
$itemtag = tag_escape($itemtag);
$captiontag = tag_escape($captiontag);
$columns = intval($columns);
$float = is_rtl() ? 'right' : 'left';
$output = apply_filters('gallery_style', '<div id="galleria">');
$i = 0;
foreach ( $attachments as $id => $attachment ) {
$image_title = $attachment->post_title;
$description = $attachment->post_content;
$galleryImgURL = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $id, 'medium', false );
$galleryImgURL = $galleryImgURL[0];
$galleryThumb = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $id, 'thumbnail', false);
$galleryThumb = $galleryThumb[0];
$fullscreenURL = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $id, 'large', false);
$fullscreenURL = $fullscreenURL[0];
$output .= '<a href="' . $galleryImgURL. '"><img src="' . $galleryThumb . '" data-big="' . $fullscreenURL . '" data-title="' . $image_title . '" data-description="' . $description . '"></a>';
}
$output .= '</div>';
return $output;
}