Every Gallery has its own public web page, separate from any page where you have embedded the Gallery with a shortcode or block. This view page gives a Gallery a permanent, shareable URL of its own — useful for sending a client a single link, or for letting a Gallery live as a standalone page without building a post around it.
Location FotoGrids → Settings → View Pages
What a view page is #
A view page is the address WordPress gives a Gallery so it can be opened directly in a browser. Gallery view pages live under a /fotogrids/gallery/ path, followed by the Gallery’s slug. You can reach a Gallery’s view page from the editor admin bar using the native View link, the same way you would preview a post.
The view page is independent of embedding. You can embed the same Gallery on as many posts or pages as you like with the shortcode or block, and the view page remains available alongside them as the Gallery’s own canonical address.
The look of every view page is controlled from one place — the View Pages settings tab. One configuration styles all Gallery and Album view pages across the site, so they stay consistent without per-Gallery setup.
Page layout mode #
The first choice on the View Pages tab is how the page renders. The Layout mode setting offers two approaches.
| Setting | Layout mode |
| Options | Integrated Standalone |
| Default | Integrated |
- Integrated — the Gallery is treated as a normal post inside your active theme. Your theme owns the header, footer, sidebar, and navigation, and FotoGrids contributes the Gallery itself. The page looks like the rest of your site.
- Standalone — FotoGrids renders a theme-less shell that owns the whole page. The theme is bypassed, and the appearance comes entirely from the standalone settings below.
Both modes keep their settings saved, so you can switch between them at any time without losing the configuration of the mode you are not using.
Integrated view pages #
These settings apply when Layout mode is set to Integrated. They control how a Gallery behaves as a post within your theme.
Show title block above gallery
Displays the FotoGrids title and item count above the Gallery. Most themes already render the post title on their own, so this is off by default to avoid showing the title twice.
| Setting | Show title block above gallery |
| Default | Off |
| Visible when | Layout mode is set to Integrated |
Hide featured image
Suppresses your theme’s featured-image render on view pages. The Gallery is the visual content of the page, so an extra featured image above it is usually redundant. This is on by default.
| Setting | Hide featured image |
| Default | On |
| Visible when | Layout mode is set to Integrated |
Allow comments
Lets visitors leave comments on view pages, if your theme renders a comment area. Off by default.
| Setting | Allow comments |
| Default | Off |
| Visible when | Layout mode is set to Integrated |
Include in author and date archives
When on, view pages appear in your theme’s author and date archives alongside blog posts. Off by default, which keeps Galleries out of those archive listings.
| Setting | Include in author and date archives |
| Default | Off |
| Visible when | Layout mode is set to Integrated |
Previous / next navigation
When on, previous and next links on a view page stay within Galleries, letting visitors move from one Gallery’s view page to another. When off, that navigation is suppressed.
| Setting | Previous / next navigation |
| Default | Off |
| Visible when | Layout mode is set to Integrated |
Standalone appearance #
These settings apply when Layout mode is set to Standalone. They control the look of the theme-less shell and apply to every standalone view page.
Accent color
The colour used for buttons, links, and highlights on the page.
| Setting | Accent color |
| Default | #3c46f0 |
| Visible when | Layout mode is set to Standalone |
Theme
The base colour scheme of the page.
| Setting | Theme |
| Options | Light Dark |
| Default | Light |
| Visible when | Layout mode is set to Standalone |
Maximum width
How wide the Gallery content can grow on large screens, in pixels.
| Setting | Maximum width |
| Default | 1200 |
| Range | 320–3000 |
| Units | px |
| Visible when | Layout mode is set to Standalone |
Show page header
Displays the title and item count at the top of the view page. On by default.
| Setting | Show page header |
| Default | On |
| Visible when | Layout mode is set to Standalone |
Saving changes #
The View Pages tab saves with its own save bar. After changing any setting, use the save bar at the bottom of the tab to apply your changes, or discard them to return to the last saved configuration.
Enhanced View Page Editing (Pro) #
The free plugin gives view pages the shared configuration on the View Pages tab. FotoGrids Pro adds enhanced view page editing — richer control over how a Gallery view page is laid out and presented, beyond the global layout mode and appearance settings.
On free installations the shared View Pages settings remain fully available; the enhanced editing controls appear with a Pro badge.
