To create your first album gallery, head over to the plugin’s admin menu (WP Main Menu -> Siga -> Add New Gallery).
Give your album a name, then give the album some images in the metabox. (You can edit your image’s attributes by clicking on the image.)
![add-new](https://ninjateam.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/add-new-1030x522.png)
Change your album’s settings in the “Settings” metabox.
![album settings](https://ninjateam.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/album-settings-1030x522.png)
+ Use shortcode in the “Shortcode” input and place it whatever you need.
+ Images per row: the number of images you want to display per row.
+ Rows per page: the number of rows you want to display per page.
Eg: You’ve choosen 3 for “Images per row” and 3 for “Rows per page”. You’ll have 9 images that will display each page on your album, if your album has more than 9 images, a pagination block will automatically appear.
+ Lightbox Style: Select lightbox style you for your gallery. Currently the plugin has 3 styles: Magnific Popup, FancyBox, PrettyPhoto.
+ Thumbnail size: choose thumbnail size for each image. You can select some options in the dropdown, or add new custom sizes you want by clicking the “Add new thumbnail size ?” link.
+ Image full width: if you choose Yes, the image’s size will be 100%.
+ Image Style: defines how the image’s caption is displayed.
While editing page or post (or any custom post type), you can use the “S” button to insert gallery or list-gallery into your post.
![insert-shortcode](https://ninjateam.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/insert-shortcode-1030x522.png)
+ If you want to insert album gallery: select “Album” from Type dropdown. Then select album,images per row, rows per page… and click the button titled “Insert”.
![insert-album-shortcode](https://ninjateam.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/insert-album-shortcode-1030x522.png)
+ If you want to inset list-gallery: select “Playlist”, choose albums and finally click the “Insert” button. (If you wish to insert more than one album, hold the Ctrl
key to select an additional album)