dgwoolley

Hi there – I’m using the free version that does not allow the Legacy Rendering Method. I managed to get a maximum of 5 tables to load without errors using Ajax rendering, but performance takes a hit of course.

Any way of using the Legacy Rendering Method with the free version?

Cheers
Dave

Hi – I emailed you some details of the shop on Monday morning.
Not sure if you received it?

Hi – I’ve fixed the problem. The missing images are now connected and showing in the media library.

Cheers
Dave

Thanks Jordy

BTW you should update this page:
https://meowapps.com/meow-gallery-tutorial/#Randomize_images

to show the ORDER BY RAND() instead of ORDER BY 1

Cheers
Dave

Thanks a lot Jordy

Now it’s working as it should. Brilliant!
I managed to put a refresh button above the random gallery to load a new one.
OK it reloads the page then goes to an anchor just above the gallery. I suppose one could use an input button using AJAX so the whole page does not reload, but have not got there yet.

To exclude a range of IDs from the random Gallery, I used this SQL SELECT statement in your code:

$ids = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_mime_type = 'image/jpeg' <strong>AND ID NOT BETWEEN 647 AND 672</strong> ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 9 ");

It’s a pity that the WP gallery shortcode does not provide for a range of values in the id, include & exclude attributes.

Cheers
Dave

Thanks Jordy

Some feedback on the Randomize Gallery code:

I uncommented these 2 lines:

if ( !isset( $atts['random'] ) || $atts['random'] !== 'true' )
return false;

Adding a gallery with this shortcode:
[gallery ids="" layout="justified" random="true"]

only lists the first 5 images that I uploaded to the media library.
Changing the LIMIT to say 8, lists the first 8 images that were posted to the library.
No randomization.

Also my galleries from Lightroom using WP/LR Sync with for example this shortcode:
[gallery layout="masonry" wplr-collection="2"]
reports the MEOW gallery empty when the 2 lines of code above are uncommented.
However if I include random=”true”:

[gallery layout="masonry" random="true" wplr-collection="2"]

The gallery displays all images in that collection.

But all other WPLR collections report gallery empty – so they must all contain the random attribute.

“ORDER BY 1” means sorting on the first column in the table which is the post ID.
I removed that in your code, and the script selects another 5 images (always the same 5 images) so not random.

Quite a bit of troubleshooting to keep track of! ??

BTW I tried to update the latest version of the plugin v3.5.5 now and got an error message:
“Update Failed: Download failed. Unauthorized”

Cheers
Dave

Hi Jordy – I would prefer the full size images to load without a lightbox on a phone, as the galleries are viewed in a single column anyway. In the case of a mobile phone (iPhone 8), the lightbox navigation does not seem to work, so hard to escape back to the gallery. Also left and right arrows do not work, but swiping does work of course. Maybe an iOS thing?

Everything works fine on tablet & desktop – I’d like to keep that as it is.

Thanx Dave

Thanks Jordy – checking the All Meta box has fixed the problem, so that any changes made to Title or Captions mark the images for republishing.
Cheers
Dave

An update – I was using the Neve Child theme that I had just installed, and that had no customizations. So I activated the parent Neve theme again, and all customizations intact. Phew! So I exported these with the Customizer Export/Import plugin, then imported into the Neve child theme. All fine and dandy!
Thanks
Dave

Thanks a lot Rodica

That works!

Additional CSS gives a ! warning about flex, but I suppose one should ignore this.

Dave

Thanks a lot Jordy

Thanks a lot Jordy – maybe there’s a plugin for that ??

Hi Jordy

I don’t have MEOW Gallery Pro, but still have an option to change the animation in the block editor. Perhaps this animation option should be disabled when one is using the free version.

I see now from the MG settings that animations are only for the PRO version.

I suggest that you should add animations to the list of items only available in the PRO version.

Thanks a lot!
All sorted now.
Dave