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Creating Your First Gallery

Creating a gallery in Robo Gallery is a simple and intuitive process. In just a few steps, you can create a new gallery, upload images, customize its appearance, and publish it on your website.

This guide walks you through the entire process — from creating a gallery to displaying it on the front end.

You can create a new gallery in two ways:

  • From the WordPress admin menu: Robo Gallery → Add New Robo Gallery
  • Or by clicking the Add New Robo Gallery button on the gallery list page

Once clicked, a dialog window will open where you can select the gallery type.

Robo Gallery supports multiple gallery types, including both free and premium layouts.

  • Select the gallery type that best fits your use case
  • Each gallery type has its own layout behavior and configuration options
  • You can always change the gallery type later using the Change Gallery Type button

After selecting the type, click Create Gallery to proceed.

After the gallery is created, you can start adding images.

  1. Click the Manage Images button
  2. Upload new images or select existing images from the WordPress Media Library
  3. Images will be added directly to the gallery instance

You can drag and drop images to reorder them at any time.

Step 4: Configure Image Options (Optional)

Each image in the gallery can have its own settings, such as:

  • Title
  • Caption
  • Description
  • Alt text
  • Tags
  • Link (PRO)
  • Video link (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)

These options allow you to mix different behaviors in the same gallery:

  • Images opening in a lightbox
  • Images linking to external pages
  • Images opening videos in a lightbox

This gives you complete creative freedom when building galleries.

Below the image section, you will find the gallery settings panel.

Here you can configure:

  • Layout and grid behavior
  • Responsiveness and mobile settings
  • Thumbnail sizes and spacing
  • Navigation and lightbox options
  • Sorting and ordering rules

Robo Gallery automatically adapts the gallery layout to different screen sizes, from mobile devices to ultra-wide and retina displays.

Once everything is configured:

  1. Enter a gallery title
  2. Click Update Gallery or Publish
  3. Your gallery is now ready to use

You can preview the gallery instantly using the generated permalink.

There are several ways to display your gallery on the front end:

  • Shortcode Copy the generated shortcode and paste it into any post or page
  • Gutenberg Block Use the Robo Gallery block in the block editor
  • Elementor Widget Insert the gallery using the Robo Gallery widget
  • PHP Template (Advanced) Embed the gallery directly in theme templates

Choose the method that best fits your workflow.

What’s Next?

Now that your first gallery is live, you can explore advanced features such as:

  • Fusion Grid (v5) layouts
  • Albums and nested galleries
  • Video galleries
  • Hover effects and animations
  • Performance optimization and caching
  • PRO gallery types and customization options

You’re ready to build powerful, responsive, and visually stunning galleries with Robo Gallery 🚀

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