SCF Gallery Docs

Before you install SCF Gallery, make sure your site has:

• WordPress 6.0 or newer;
• Secure Custom Fields (SCF) installed and active;
• PHP To fill in: minimum PHP version.

SCF Gallery is free. There is no license key to buy or activate.

1. In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin.
2. Search for SCF Gallery.
3. Click Install Now, then Activate.

You can also download the .zip file from the SCF Gallery page on WordPress.org and upload it under Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin.

Tip: Activate Secure Custom Fields first. SCF Gallery adds its field to SCF, so it needs SCF to be running.

1. Go to SCF → Field Groups and open a field group, or click Add New.
2. Click Add Field and choose the field type To fill in: exact field type name, for example Gallery.
3. Give it a label and a name, for example Project Gallery and project_gallery.
4. Under Settings → Location Rules, choose where the field appears, for example Post Type is equal to Page.
5. Click Save Changes.

Now edit a post or page that matches the location rule. Add images to the gallery field from the Media Library, drag them into the order you want, and click Update.

SCF Gallery can show a gallery in three ways:

• Slider: one image at a time that visitors click or swipe through.
• Lightbox: thumbnails that open full size over the page.
• Masonry: a grid that fits images of different sizes neatly together.

Where to choose it: To fill in: the field setting or shortcode option that sets the layout.

To display a gallery field on the front end, use: To fill in: the shortcode or PHP function that outputs the gallery, with an example.

Place it in the page content, a widget, or your theme template where the gallery should appear.

New versions come from WordPress.org and appear in Dashboard → Updates and on the Plugins screen, like any other plugin. Click Update Now, or turn on auto-updates for SCF Gallery on the Plugins screen.

Tip: Back up your site before updating any plugin. Release notes are on the Changelog page.

• The gallery field type is missing: check that both Secure Custom Fields and SCF Gallery are active.
• Nothing shows on the page: check that the field name in your shortcode or template matches the field, and that the post has images saved.
• The lightbox or slider does not work: clear your cache and turn off JavaScript minifying or combining in your cache plugin, then test again.

Still stuck? Open a support ticket and include your WordPress, SCF and SCF Gallery versions.