[Resolved] Image gallery slider interval and disable popup

Hi Joe-

No apologies necessary, we’re happy to help!

I’ll start with the easy question first. To disable the pop-ups, click the Edit (Pencil) to show your Gallery Settings menu, and choose Link To: None
.

As for adjusting the gallery sliding duration, unfortunately there’s not an easy way to do that with a Gallery. It’s possible with some custom coding, but I think you might have a better time using a Content Slider instead.

To find it, hit the Add Block Component (+) button, and look for the content slider option.

This will give you a lot more flexibility. You can add captions or other content, control the look and feel of the navigation controls, and yes, adjust the autoplay duration:

Hi Joe-

Sure, no problem!

First, navigate to Plugins > Add New and use the search bar to look for Code Snippets.

Once that’s installed, you’ll see a new menu item for Code Snippets on the left. Head to Snippets > All Snippets and look for the one called Example JavaScript snippet, and make a clone of that snippet. Edit your new clone, and you’ll see this code:

add_action( 'wp_head', function () { ?>
<script>

	/* write your JavaScript code here */

</script>
<?php } );

Modify that code to this:

add_action( 'wp_footer', function () { ?>
<script>

	jQuery.wcflexslider.defaults.slideshowSpeed = 2000;

</script>
<?php }, 99 );

I’ve made a few changes here. First, I changed the wp_head hook to wp_footer. This will be better for your website’s performance than placing it in the head.

Second, the main code jQuery.wcflexslider.defaults.slideshowSpeed = 2000; . That value of 2000 is in milliseconds, so that’s 2 seconds. You can modify that to suit your needs, say 3500 for 3 and a half seconds.

Last, I modified the last line to add a priority of 99, which will ensure that this code gets loaded very last on your page, which will make sure that it supersedes the default value of 7000 milliseconds.

Finally, I’d like to strongly urge you to select the option for Only run once the first time you save your new snippet. That way, if you’ve made any typos, your site will only crash once, and you’ll be able to simply reload the page and your site will be fine.

If your site doesn’t crash when you run it once, select the option to Only run on site front-end, and finally click Save Changes and Activate.