Title: [Plugin: File Gallery] Does not work&#8230;
Last modified: August 19, 2016

---

# [Plugin: File Gallery] Does not work…

 *  [Tamara-IT](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tamara-it/)
 * (@tamara-it)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-file-gallery-does-not-work/)
 * Hello, I’ve tried to have the plugin working, but nothing to do. I’ve deactivate
   any other plugin that could make a mess with this one but, again, it does not
   work for me. Is there any known issue or conflict?
    Because I’ve followed the
   help provided but my pages don’t show any gallery 🙁 Thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/file-gallery/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/file-gallery/)

Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)

 *  Plugin Author [Aesqe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aesqe/)
 * (@aesqe)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-file-gallery-does-not-work/#post-1883558)
 * [@tamara-it](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tamara-it/): when you’re on 
   the single post editing screen, do you see the File Gallery metabox with thumbnails
   of pictures attached to that post?
 * If yes, please check that on WordPress media settings page, the very first File
   Gallery option – “Disable ‘File Gallery’ handling of [gallery] shortcode?” – 
   is not checked.
 * If you don’t see the File Gallery metabox, please check if it’s enabled via Screen
   options tab (right top of the page).
 *  Thread Starter [Tamara-IT](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tamara-it/)
 * (@tamara-it)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-file-gallery-does-not-work/#post-1883559)
 * Thanks; the plugin works now. There must be some strange conflict with the lighbox
   gallery plugin (if I activate this one after File Gallery, nothing is displayed).
   
   My aim was to have File Gallery showing the full images in some kind of lightbox
   but it seems that they don’t get along together 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Aesqe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aesqe/)
 * (@aesqe)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-file-gallery-does-not-work/#post-1883698)
 * [@tamara-it](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tamara-it/): you can display
   gallery images in a lightbox easily using File Gallery.
 * WordPress comes with Thickbox included – it is a bit dated by today’s standards,
   but works just fine.
 * When inserting a gallery, just set the link class to ‘thickbox’ (without quotes)
   and, if it’s not already there, also add ‘thickbox’ under **‘Auto enqueue lightbox
   scripts for which link classes (separate with commas)?’** option on the media
   settings screen – and that’s it 🙂
 * I’ll add a section about it in the help file, but here’s how lightbox support
   is implemented in File Gallery:
 * 1) register your lightbox script in WordPress (or install a plugin of it)
    2)
   that same script name you used to register lightbox with WP, add it to the ‘Auto
   enqueue lightbox scripts for which link classes (separate with commas)?’ option
   field 3) use that same script name as link class in your gallery 4) File Gallery
   will try to enqueue that script automatically
 * I’ll still have to implement support for a variety of lightbox scripts, but the
   basic support is there for most of them.
 * Hope this helps 🙂
 *  [llprice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llprice/)
 * (@llprice)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-file-gallery-does-not-work/#post-1883706)
 * I can’t get the plugin to work and I’d like more clarification. When I look at
   source or html view, I see this:
 * [gallery link="file"]
 * I know how to use the style sheet, but how, exactly do I change this line — if
   it is this line, to make lightbox or thickbox or greybox work? Can you provide
   an example?
 *  [llprice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llprice/)
 * (@llprice)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-file-gallery-does-not-work/#post-1883707)
 * I found the found the “link class” box in the File Gallery section the bottom
   of the insertion page, and changed it, then added “thickbox to the media settings
   as described, but still no thickbox effect.
    What “lightbox” type scripts are
   recommended if I tried another?
 *  [llprice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llprice/)
 * (@llprice)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-file-gallery-does-not-work/#post-1883710)
 * I did have to add thickbox in media setting as described above.
    Then I found
   the correct “link class” box for thickbox on the insert page, in the File Gallery
   section (way down below).
 * In the File Gallery section, I clicked the tab buttons opposite the “a gallery”
   and “single files” buttons (just above the image thumbnails), which drops down
   the additional options I hadn’t seen before.
 * This is a nice plugin. I understand why it has a high rating, now that I’ve found
   my way around.
 *  Plugin Author [Aesqe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aesqe/)
 * (@aesqe)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-file-gallery-does-not-work/#post-1883751)
 * [@llprice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llprice/): I’m glad you’ve found
   your way around 🙂
 * There are a few bugs regarding my options system, and sometimes the default options
   override those already – I hope to have that fixed for both old and new users
   soon.
 * The manual is a bit outdated too, but I hope I’ll be able to do something about
   it in the following weeks.
 *  [yunck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yunck/)
 * (@yunck)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-file-gallery-does-not-work/#post-1883801)
 * Hi – great work on one of the most useful wordpress plugins. I am trying to call
   it from the page template using:
    `echo do_shortcode('[gallery size="Slide" link
   ="none" template="slideshow-plain"]');` which works fine when I manually call
   the .js script from the footer. Is it true that it doesnt automatically enqueue
   the script if it is used within the page template?
 * I ask because on other pages, the order of the scripts causes an issue with shadowbox,
   which must be enqueued before this. As shadowbox also dynamically adds itself
   to the footer I cannot control where I paste the call to the js script for this.
 * I believe if I could have it automatically enqueue like it would if I pasted 
   the shortcode within the editor then it would work. It would also mean the script
   would only enqueue on the relevant pages, rather than occur in the footer of 
   all pages if I paste it there.
 * Any help would be appreciated.
 * cheers.

Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)

The topic ‘[Plugin: File Gallery] Does not work…’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/file-gallery_fdfbfb.svg)
 * [File Gallery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-gallery/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-gallery/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/file-gallery/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/file-gallery/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/file-gallery/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/file-gallery/reviews/)

 * 8 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [yunck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yunck/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-file-gallery-does-not-work/#post-1883801)
 * Status: not resolved