Title: WP Media Stories
Author: SuitePlugins
Published: <strong>November 27, 2018</strong>
Last modified: March 16, 2022

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Media Stories

 By [SuitePlugins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/suiteplugins/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-media-stories.0.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-media-stories/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-media-stories/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-media-stories/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-media-stories/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-media-stories/)

## Description

WP Media Stories is a little different to other galleries. Yes, you can add photos
but the goal is to turn your photos to stories. Add photos, title and desription
and let your viewers, read as the watch. Build an SEO rich photo gallery or use 
WP Media Stories for your media site.

#### Features

 * Sortable Images
 * Standalone Gallery View
 * Embeddable Galleries
 * Custom Lightbox Slideshow
 * HTML image captions
 * Language Localization ready

#### Features being worked on

 * Copyright/disclaimer field
 * Additional caption field
 * Widgets and Shortcodes
 * Different layouts

#### Shortcodes

 * Galleries – Displays a list of media galleries
 * Inline – Embed a gallery inside of a post and open the gallery in a popup or 
   on its own page.

### Documentation

#### Shortcodes

**Inline Embed**

    ```
    [wp_media_story_inline id="123"]
    ```

You can embed a preview of a gallery into posts, pages, widgets or any where that
shortcodes are accepted. The shortcode uses the following attributes:

 1. id – The ID of the gallery

**Galleries List**

    ```
    [wp_media_story_galleries]
    ```

You can embed a preview of a gallery into posts, pages, widgets or any where that
shortcodes are accepted. The shortcode uses the following attributes:

 1.  category
 2.  exclude_category
 3.  tags
 4.  exclude_tags
 5.  relation
 6.  number
 7.  show_image
 8.  show_title
 9.  layout
 10. orderby
 11. order
 12. ids

Both the category and tags parameters accept a comma separated list IDs. For example:

    ```
    [wp_media_story_galleries category="8,15"]
    ```

The exclude_category and exclude_tags parameters are used to prevent galleries with
specific categories or tags from being displayed. Use a comma separated list of 
IDs for each.

The order parameter accepts either “DESC” or “ASC”.

The orderby parameter accepts the following options:

 1. id
 2. random
 3. post_date (default)
 4. title

The number parameter accept a numerical value. Specify the maximum number of categories
you want to outputted by the shortcode. For example:

    ```
    [wp_media_story_galleries number="25"]
    ```

The ids parameter accepts specific gallery IDs. You can specify multiple gallery
IDs using comma separated values. For example:

    ```
    [wp_media_story_galleries ids="1,9,15,20,90"]
    ```

The layout parameter accepts either grid or list. It will display the galleries 
in a grid or list. For example:

    ```
    [wp_media_story_galleries layout="grid"]


    [wp_media_story_galleries ids="list"]
    ```

The show_image and show_title parameters are used to Show/Hide the image and title.
The parameter accepts true or false. For example

    ```
    [wp_media_story_galleries show_title="false" show_image="true" ]
    ```

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Embedded Gallery
 * [[
 * Embedded Gallery Modal
 * [[
 * Gallery edit form
 * [[
 * Gallery Single View with titles and caption

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   WP Media Stories

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/wp-media-stories` directory,
    or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

## FAQ

### What plugins do I need?

None! The plugin is totally independent.

### Where can I place the translation file?

The files can be placed in **wp-content/languages/plugins/** with the file name **
wp-media-stories-en_US.mo**.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Media Stories” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ SuitePlugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/suiteplugins/)
 *   [ wpmediastories ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpmediastories/)

[Translate “WP Media Stories” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-media-stories)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-media-stories/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-media-stories/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-media-stories/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-media-stories/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1.1

 * Revived plugin.
 * Maintenance: Made compatible with WordPress 5.9.2
 * New: Started work on Gutenberg integration

#### 0.1

 * Released

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1.1**
 *  Last updated **4 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.9.13**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-media-stories/)
 * Tags
 * [gallery](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gallery/)[image gallery](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image-gallery/)
   [wordpress gallery](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wordpress-gallery/)
   [wordpress gallery plugin](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wordpress-gallery-plugin/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-media-stories/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ SuitePlugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/suiteplugins/)
 *   [ wpmediastories ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpmediastories/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-media-stories/)

## Donate

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