Title: Adding Galleries &#8211; &#039;Save&#039; doesn&#039;t function
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Adding Galleries – 'Save' doesn't function

 *  [beeeerock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beeeerock/)
 * (@beeeerock)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-galleries-save-doesnt-function/)
 * I’ve been asked to fix a box that was hacked at some point and restored completely
   from a backup. WordPress was 2.7.1 and Nextgen was 1.2.something, or so I’m told.
   OLD!!! They upgraded WordPress to current and Nextgen to 2.0.66 before I arrived
   on the scene.
 * The basic problem now is that it seems impossible to add an album to a page, 
   so that a thumbnail for each contained gallery is displayed. This evidently worked
   prior to the upgrades. Using [album id=3] (what they had when I started poking
   around) in the page text editor will show the thumbnails, but clicking one simply
   brings up the beginnings of the viewer and the spinning wheel… which goes nowhere.
   All the gallery thumbnails seem to have the same link associated (the page we’re
   already on), which doesn’t work as I noted.
 * Looking at: [http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/adding-galleries/](http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/adding-galleries/)
   I can see the process needed to add an album or gallery to the page. Trying this
   I get the window with:
 * – Select a display type
    – What would you like to display? – Customize the display
   settings – Sort or exclude images [save]
 * The first appears to be OK. The second behaves oddly and doesn’t alway seem to
   want to display what it should – the list of galleries doesn’t appear as the 
   nextgen page suggests it should. The third appears to be OK. The fourth (sort
   or exclude) shows nothing in the dropdown. And most importantly, the ‘save’ button
   does absolutely nothing. So I looked for conflicting plug-ins.
 * The only other installed plug-in is ‘events calendar’ by Luke Howell… which is
   evidently also as old as the hills. Deactivating it seems to allow the save function
   to work, and the drop downs appear to function properly. However, the page editor(
   visual mode) inserts a red exclamation mark in a triangle where the album would
   reside.
 * Viewing the page produces the same result as manually inserting the [album] tag.
   Thumbnails appear, but the link they correspond to is the page already displayed.
   The screen darkens and the spinner spins, to no effect. The page editor (text
   mode) shows the insert function to have dropped this into the page (URL modified
   to protect the innocent)…:
 * <img class=”ngg_displayed_gallery mceItem” src=”[http://www.website.com/index.php/nextgen-attach_to_post/preview/id–4137&#8243](http://www.website.com/index.php/nextgen-attach_to_post/preview/id–4137&#8243);
   alt=”” />
 * I can accept that the plugin calendar is part of the problem. They won’t want
   to switch to something else, but I can deal with that. However, disabling it 
   doesn’t seem to completely solve the problem, so I don’t think it’s entirely 
   to blame.
 * Suggestions as to what I should try next? Thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-galleries-save-doesnt-function/page/2/#post-5138702)
 * [@beeeerock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beeeerock/) – The Reset Option
   under Gallery > Other Options should correct that (and may correct the rest of
   the issues as well) … or you may need to use our external Reset Tool plugin (
   which I am not strongly suspecting) to correct these problems.
 * You will need to send us a Bug Report still, but just start by requesting the
   Reset Tool and see if that helps.
 * – Cais.
 *  [GabrielbcSantos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabrielbcsantos/)
 * (@gabrielbcsantos)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-galleries-save-doesnt-function/page/2/#post-5138703)
 * I have the same issue! :/
    The “save” button does not work.
 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-galleries-save-doesnt-function/page/2/#post-5138705)
 * [@gabrielbcsantos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabrielbcsantos/) – Then
   it would be best for you to start your own topic if this one has not provided
   you any solutions or ideas for troubleshooting.
 * Thanks!
 * – Cais.
 * Please read this article: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post)
 *  Thread Starter [beeeerock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beeeerock/)
 * (@beeeerock)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-galleries-save-doesnt-function/page/2/#post-5138708)
 * [@photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) – Thanks Cais,
   the Reset Option didn’t solve the problem. I’ll fill in the Bug Report and request
   the Reset Tool, as it definitely is beginning to feel like there is a problem
   deeper down than can be accessed from the admin tools.
 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-galleries-save-doesnt-function/page/2/#post-5138727)
 * [@beeeerock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beeeerock/) – Thanks. I believe
   I have already responded to your Bug Report. Let’s keep the conversation there
   for the time being if so.
 * – Cais.

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