The goal of writing to the plugin was to demonstrate how to use the built-in image gallery as a selection tool. I select an image, and it is passed along to a Wordpress option, custom field, etc. The core assumption that allows this technique to work is that you are already working on something in the wp-admin, or back-end side of Wordpress. In my case, it was how to create a page to update banner ads without reinventing the wheel–a task that would only be performed inside wp-admin.

Because this technique requires the wp-admin functionality, it cannot be used within a theme without bootstrapping the entire admin interface. I’m not even sure that this is possible. If it is, I certainly would advise against it.

If you are looking for the ability to display a gallery, I highly recommend NextGEN Gallery. If you are looking for the ability to have users upload the images to the gallery, I recommend that look into having them log into the wp-admin side of things and upload the content. If you are looking for image submissions from public users, I recommend that you use a form that collects the image and stores it to a safe directory location.

How do I work this into the front end though?
I’m trying to create a portfolio image gallery on the homepage of the blog.

Got the plugin all set up and customized, but no idea how to get the images on the front page (in my theme).

Sorry for the confusion.

I’ve tried this with my own plugin, but I’m seeing odd behaviour where the popup frame to select an image from the media library doesn’t close after clicking ‘Insert into post’.

The image is successfully passed to my send_to_editor function. Stepping through the code with a debugger didn’t yield any clues.

How did you solve this issue in your example?

Cheers,
Andrew