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WordPress Basics | Media Milwaukee
  • Introduction
  • Accessing Media Milwaukee
    • Accessing Media Milwaukee
    • Logging in to Media Milwaukee
    • Resetting Your Password
    • Switching From Dashboard to Live Site
  • Working With Text and Links
    • Creating a Post
    • Adding Text
    • Creating or Editing a Link
    • Adding an Image
    • Aligning and Resizing an Image
    • Adding an MP3
    • Adding a Video
    • Adding a Slideshow
    • Aligning and Resizing a Video
    • Adding a Caption to an Image, MP3, or Video
    • Adding Alt Text to an Image
    • Adding a Heading
    • Adding a Blockquote
    • Moving and Deleting Items in a Post
    • Setting a Featured Image
    • Switching Between Default and Advanced Post Template
    • Previewing a Post
    • Submitting a Post for Review
  • Administrator Actions
    • Editing and Publishing a Pending Story
    • Assigning Categories and Adding Story to Home Page
    • Changing Publication Date and Time
    • Working with Roles and Adding Users
  • Troubleshooting
    • Panels in Editor Are Missing
    • Unable to Log In
    • Did Not Receive Password Reset Email
    • Featured Image is Wrong, Upside Down or Sideways on Social Media
    • Block Toolbar is Missing
    • Document and Block Tabs Don’t Appear on Right
    • Left Panel Items Are Icons (Not Words)
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  1. Working With Text and Links

Adding a Slideshow

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Creating a slideshow

  1. If you haven't already done so, upload your images to the Media Library.

  2. In a post, click the Add block button (plus sign.) Search for and select the Slideshow block (Note: Do not select Slideshare or Image Compare.)

  3. In the Slideshow block, click Select Images. In the fly-out menu that appears, select Media Library.

  4. In the Media Library, select all of the images you'd like to add your slideshow. A checkmark will appear in the upper-right corner of selected images. When finished, click Create a new gallery.

  5. In the Edit gallery window, click and drag images to rearrange the order of the slideshow. Click within the Caption field to add a caption (or override an existing caption.) When finished, click Insert gallery.

  6. To change the width of the slideshow within the post, click the slideshow to select it. Then use the to change the width of the slideshow. (Generally, the Wide width option is a good choice for slideshows.)

Editing a slideshow

  1. In the post, click the slideshow to select it.

  2. Click the Edit button in the block toolbar.

  3. In the Edit gallery window, make any necessary changes to your slideshow. When finished, click Update gallery.

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Adding a slideshow to a post.