Instead of directly containing images, NextGEN albums hold galleries or other albums. Show them with Justified Image Grid but continue to use NextGEN's interface to manage them and their contents. Below you can observe JIG vs. native NextGEN and compare their looks and how they work. Note the very useful breadcrumbs - the small navigation above the grid - which comes bundled with the plugin, and how well JIG utilizes the space that is given to it. Feel free to drill down into this multi-level hierarchy: album » album » gallery. See about 700 images neatly organized here. Once you reach the thumbnails you can see that they show title, description and tags of any photo.
Showing NextGEN albums with JIG
Cold but fun.
Panorama of Swiss alps
with snow and sunshine
Jungfrau Peak (4158m)
Switzerland - UNESCO Heritage- <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/115367221.jpg" title="Solden Austria - Purple">
Mountains ski resort
Solden Austria - Purple - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/117429748.jpg" title="wearing red - Child, Girl, Red">
Girl sledding at winter time
wearing red - Child, Girl, Red - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/118366168.jpg" title="prepared piste and sunny day - Man">
Skier in mountains
prepared piste and sunny day - Man - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/120782392.jpg" title="in high mountains - Man">
Skier
in high mountains - Man - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/121385920.jpg" title="in high mountains - Man">
Snowboard jumping
in high mountains - Man - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/122375572.jpg" title="with the camera on tripod at sunset - Man, Photographer">
Photographer on snowy mountain
with the camera on tripod at sunset - Man, Photographer - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/130895741.jpg" title="going down in bobsleigh - Child, Girl, Mother">
Mother with small girl
going down in bobsleigh - Child, Girl, Mother 
Would you like to sunlounge...
...in the mountains of France?
Sunset in the woods
light shines through- <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/150266150.jpg" title="over Verbier, Swiss Alps - Blue">
Sunburst
over Verbier, Swiss Alps - Blue - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/159883550.jpg" title="mountain in the background - Child, Girl">
Two girlfriends hugging
mountain in the background - Child, Girl - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/164177771.jpg" title="trees in the left corner align in a funny way - White">
Beautiful winter landscape
trees in the left corner align in a funny way - White - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/57255199.jpg" title="as it appears through ski goggles - Orange">
Top of the mountains
as it appears through ski goggles - Orange 
Beautiful winter landscape
at sunset with fog and snow- <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/61537732.jpg" title="in a winter park - Child, Father, Girl, Mother">
Family having fun
in a winter park - Child, Father, Girl, Mother - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/62662105.jpg" title="at a ski resort - Child, Girl">
Playing in snow
at a ski resort - Child, Girl 
Trees in the winter
after a blizzard in Russia- <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/66578350.jpg" title="on ski vacation - Child, Girl">
Little skier
on ski vacation - Child, Girl - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/67081765.jpg" title="in winter outdoors - Boy, Child, Father">
Portrait of father and son
in winter outdoors - Boy, Child, Father 
Deciduous forest
on a foggy December morning
Winter sea sunset and tree in Finland
reminds me of the poster of Big Fish, the movie- <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/86393764.jpg" title="snowy mountains in background - Child, Girl">
Portrait of cute girl
snowy mountains in background - Child, Girl - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/87883948.jpg" title="mountains covered with snow - Blue">
Sun in the winter
mountains covered with snow - Blue - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/88197892.jpg" title="on wide piste - Blue">
Skiers having fun
on wide piste - Blue 
People walking in the beautiful winter park
much snow and sunshine- <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/93437587.jpg" title="in winter time - Boy, Child">
Portrait of a little boy
in winter time - Boy, Child - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/95413351.jpg" title="the photographer follows her on ski - Woman">
Woman snowboarding
the photographer follows her on ski - Woman 
High mountains
under fresh snow in the winter season- <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/97300775.jpg" title="very foggy I like it - Road, White">
Smooth winter landscape
very foggy I like it - Road, White - <a href="https://justifiedgrid.com/wp-content/gallery/outdoors/winter/98479262.jpg" title="in Grindelwald, Swiss Alps - Woman">
Observing the valley
in Grindelwald, Swiss Alps - Woman
The above example uses the following, generated shortcode (how to use):[$justified_image_grid caption=slide last_row=flexible mouse_disable=yes load_more=click load_more_limit=20 ng_album=10 ng_breadcrumb=yes ng_bc_home=custom_text ng_bc_home_text="Overview album" ng_description=yes]
The same thing shown with the original NextGEN
How does showing NextGEN albums work exactly?
They use the same URL structure and conventions as original NextGEN, that's why you can see them in parallel.
What can be displayed on the thumbnails?
- Title of galleries and albums.
- Description of NextGEN albums and galleries, also above the grid. Interestingly, NextGEN does not make use of this.
- Photo count of a gallery in an album, for example "48 Photos".
- Count of NextGEN albums and galleries in an album. This appears separately, for example "2 Albums, 5 Galleries".
How does the integration work?
- The thumbnail order is the same as in original NextGEN.
- You can select multiple NextGEN albums to combine their contents in a grid.
- JIG ensures that each album and gallery has a cover photo (NextGEN does not acquire one automatically, if missing).
- Sort the contents of the album using the global sort options in NextGEN, by their Title or ID - this feature is added by JIG.
I like that breadcrumbs thing, what's the deal with that?
- Show or hide it. Also to even include it on the topmost level or not.
- Change the separator character like arrows, slashes between path elements and optionally at the end.
- Set your own text prefix, for example the 'You are here:' text.
- Re-write the home element or automatically get the title of the current post or the album's name.
- Decide if the home and/or the current content's title should be clickable.
Album management
NextGEN Gallery's album editing screen lets you drag and drop galleries and albums into your desired album.
How do the settings look like?
NextGEN
NextGEN
