jdan

I figured out how to do it. It was pretty simple, and Matt had given the answer before.

Including
<?php echo do_shortcode('[gallery]'); ?>
in single-*post-type*.php includes the gallery in the template.

and adding:

function my_gallery_to_slideshow_has_gallery( $params ){
    return true;
}
add_filter( 'mv_gallery_to_slideshow_has_gallery', 'my_gallery_to_slideshow_has_gallery' );

to functions.php makes it show as the gallery-to-slideshow

Maybe this is a silly workaround, and not the cleanest way to remove the thumbnails and change them to blocks. In my theme’s gallery-to-slideshow.css I edited the css for the pager and it works so that they display as little colored squares instead of images.

.gallery-to-slideshow .pager {
	display: inline;
	width: 100%;
	list-style: none;
	overflow: hidden;
}
.gallery-to-slideshow .pager li {
	display: inline-block;
}
.gallery-to-slideshow .pager li a {
	background-color: #858585;
	border: 1px solid #c8cdd3;
	display: block;
	height: 10px;
	width: 10px;
	margin-right: 2px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
.gallery-to-slideshow .pager li a img {
	display:none;
}
.gallery-to-slideshow .pager li.active a {
	background-color: #009de0;
}

That being said, it’s not a perfect solution because the page is still loading the image thumbnail, it’s just then set to display:none.

Hi Matt,

I’m relatively new to WordPress and the idea of plugins and hooks. I want to follow-up on your answer to the above question. I have a post-type of project, and I want the gallery to always show up on the project pages without the user having to add [gallery] manually. I’m starting to get somewhere from your answer and reading the WP codex but I’m still stuck.

Would I add something regarding “mv_gallery_to_slideshow_has_gallery” to the functions.php page and then a modified <?php add_action( $tag, $function_to_add, $priority, $accepted_args ); ?> to the single-project.php where I want the gallery to show up? Sorry that I have to ask for a more detailed answer than you gave above.

Thanks Matt! I really like your plugin, it’s really clean and easy to understand and modify to suit my needs.

I do have a child theme.

Thanks! That was the problem exactly!