H. Peter Pfeufer

The NextGEN widgets only allow showing of single images, I needed a solution to show links to galleries, so I wrote this widget. You can specify the following parameters:
<ul>
<li>Maximum Galleries: the number of galleries you want to show</li>
<li>Gallery Order: you can select random, date added ascending or date added descending</li>
<li>Gallery Thumbnail: which image should be taken as thumbail in the sidebar (preview set in NGG, first or random image)</li>
<li>AutoThumb parameters: if you got <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/autothumb/" rel="ugc">AutoThumb</a> installed, the widget will use its functions to resize the image to your needs. Use a string like <code>w=80&h=80&zc=1</code> here to show 80×80 square thumbnails.</li>
<li>Output width/height: if you don’t use AutoThumb, the plugin will set the HTML attributes width & height.</li>
<li>Default Link Id: the widget assumes that you set up pages for each gallery and link the gallery to that page (you can use the NGG Gallery Editor to do this). If a gallery has no link set, it will use the default link (id of a page or post).</li>
<li>Exclude galleries: exclude galleries by specifying their ID as comma separated list</li>
</ul>

NGG Sidebar Widget

A widget to show NextGEN galleries listed in your sidebar.

MantraBrain

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<ul>
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</ul>
<h4>🚀 Quick Start Guide</h4>
<ol>
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</ol>
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</ul>
<h4>🔧 System Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or higher (PHP 8.4 supported)</li>
<li>GD Library OR ImageMagick extension</li>
<li>Sufficient server memory for image processing (256MB+ recommended)</li>
<li>Write permissions for WordPress uploads directory</li>
</ul>

Ultimate Watermark – Protect Images with Professional Watermarks

Automatically protect your images with professional watermarks. Add text or image watermarks to WordPress media uploads with advanced positioning.

NGG Sidebar Widget vs Ultimate Watermark – Protect Images with Professional Watermarks