Seth Carstens

sethmatics

Gallery plugin that’s simple because it leans on existing WordPress gallery features provided by http://sethmatics.com/.
NEW TO WORDPRESS? Please read about how the default gallery works at https://codex.wordpress.org/Gallery_Shortcode
We decided that the default gallery that WordPress builds is lacking some very simple features. 
Enhance your gallery’s without having to learn a completely new interface! Upload images as you 
normally would, insert the “gallery” tag as you normally would, with the plugin enabled BAAM! 
Your gallery is not in a beautiful showcase. Wait, don’t have room on your page for a showcase? 
No problem, we got you covered! Ad a simple attribute (modal) to the gallery code and define a 
thumbnail image… now you have a thumbnail that opens an overlay box on the page with your gallery showcase 
in it. No, it doesn’t navigate away from the current page, its very similar to a lightbox effect.
But wait, you want more you say? Oh you mean you use the featured image enhancement from WordPress? 
Good news, we even offer you the ability to link your featured image to your gallery showcase. It 
will cause the featured image, when clicked, to open the sexy overlay box for you. Snazzy!
Great…. so now I have to worry about 10 more javascript libraries on my page… Nope! The only 
scripts we are loading on the page are jQuery UI and small gallery plugin for jQuery. This means it 
shouldn’t conflict with any of your other site features. Well, if your not sold yet, just try it out 
and see for yourself how quick and easy it is to extend the gallery WordPress features.
Features include:
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<li>uses the existing WordPress gallery shortcode to keep inserting galleries easy and simple</li>
<li>tiny plugin, overhead media files and scripts are minimal</li>
<li>scripts optimized to be loaded at proper times to keep page load time down</li>
<li>extends featured images to link them to a gallery of your choosing</li>
<li>built as part of the SM plugins group which is being compiled to optimize page load speeds when using SM plugins together by minimizing files loaded on the site to 1 library. Stop loading 50 stylesheets and 39 javascript files, instead using the SM Plugins will pull from a single library and detect whats been loaded to keep you site load time down.</li>
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Features Coming in version 2, Next Version Updates:
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<li>javascript post-load images upon visibility to reduce page load time</li>
<li>modal box will load its contents with AJAX to reduce page load time even more</li>
<li>some styling options inside the wordpress interface (currently only available using CSS)</li>
<li>ability to select more plugin options while inserting the gallery from the WordPress media popup</li>
<li>ability to select an existing image from the media gallery for use as a gallery thumbnail image</li>
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SM Gallery

Gallery plugin that's simple because it leans on existing WordPress gallery features provided by http://sethmatics.com/.

Marcus Kober

You need more than one featured image for posts, pages and/or custom post types? Then this plugin is for you!
Enable multiple featured images for all post types (including custom post types and WooCommerce products) and show the images with a widget or the handy shortcode.
<h4>Features</h4>
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Add as many featured images as you need.
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Add the featured images to any post type (post, page or even custom post types and WooCommerce products).
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It is possible to use different featured images for different post types. Easily you can add two new featured images to pages and three to posts, if you need it that way.
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Fully customizable output – so it’s multilingual.
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Handy shortcode for displaying the featured images everywhere.
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Widget for displaying featured images in sidebars, etc.
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<h4>History</h4>
For one of my customers I had to assign two featured images to pages. One featured image was used as the header image and the other as a small button for the submenu. The images had to be different too (so I couldn’t simply use different images sizes) and so I wrote this little plugin.
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IMPORTANT NOTE TO THOSE UPDATING FROM 0.3: The Plugin comes with a new method for registering featured images and updates the post meta key. It is fully backwards compatible, but if you are calling the post metas directly then please update your code accordingly. The new format of the post meta key is kdmfi_YOUR_ID.
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<h4>Contribute</h4>
Feel free to ask if you have problems with this plugin. But please keep in mind, that this plugin is developed in the author’s spare time – so it may take some time to answer. 
Feature requests are welcome too!

Multiple Featured Images

I have been using this for years.  I can't even begin to count how many times I've been handed a design for a theme to build where the designer had a thumbnail for one gallery, then a totally different type of thumbnail for some other section of the site.  Nothing flashy here, just the perfect tool for the job.

This plugin makes adding extra featured image types a breeze.  It's a tool for developers, tho and not a simple plug-n-play solution. It doesn't simply add a second thumbnail to your posts, it does require some really lite code tinkering, so if you're not comfortable monkeying around in the functions file(s), this won't solve the problem for you.

A great tool for custom theme developers

Hi,

This is my first review, this plugin made me review it because it is so awesome.

Makes life easier. Thank you :)

Amazing plugin

Enables multiple featured images for all post types (including custom post types and WooCommerce products). Comes with a widget and a handy shortcode  …

SM Gallery vs Multiple Featured Images