7S Video & Music Gallery

Descripción

Give video and music a real place inside WordPress

Your videos, soundtracks, trailers, performances, and podcast episodes should not disappear between ordinary posts.

7S Video & Music Gallery turns WordPress into a dedicated media destination where visitors can discover, watch, listen, like, and share your content.

Live Preview

See 7S Video & Music Gallery in action: Open the live gallery

Add a media source and publish. The plugin creates the gallery home page, individual media pages, players, Featured showcase, category navigation, mobile experience, and interaction tools around your content. There are no shortcodes to assemble and no separate page design to build for every media item.

Add a source and publish

Creating a video or music entry is as familiar as publishing a WordPress post. Add a title, media source, cover image, description, and category. The plugin automatically detects the platform and media type for supported URLs.

Publish from:

  • YouTube and YouTube Music
  • Vimeo
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • SoundCloud
  • Deezer
  • Direct video and audio URLs
  • Your WordPress Media Library

Direct MP4, WebM, OGV, M3U8, MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, OGA, and AAC sources are supported. Spotify tracks, albums, playlists, episodes, shows, and artist links can also be used.

Preview the player before publishing, receive a warning when the same media source is already in use, and create a consistent 16:9 fallback cover when an item has no assigned image.

More than a standard archive

The gallery home page combines distinct editorial sections that help visitors understand what matters and what to explore next.

Hero

Introduce the gallery with your own image, eyebrow, title, description, and quote.

Featured

Highlight important media with one of two editorial layouts:

  • One large card with four compact cards
  • Two large cards with three compact cards

Featured items can be reordered with drag and drop. Additional selected items remain in reserve when they fall outside the visible five-item layout.

Most Liked

Show the media your audience appreciates most from the last 7 days, the last 30 days, or all time. Choose the item count and column layout from the settings screen.

Content stream

Publish video and music in a clean stream of consistent 16:9 cards. Cards can display the media type, title, views, and likes, while an optional title limit helps keep the layout balanced.

A refined, user-friendly mobile experience

7S Video & Music Gallery does more than shrink its desktop layout for smaller screens. The gallery presentation is reorganized for comfortable viewing and interaction on mobile devices.

The renewed mobile interface:

  • Adapts the Hero and gallery sections to the available screen width
  • Reorganizes Featured content into a balanced mobile layout
  • Preserves the 16:9 presentation of media cards
  • Keeps titles and interaction details clear and readable
  • Adapts individual video and music pages for smaller screens
  • Presents the player, description, and related content in a natural flow
  • Reduces unnecessary spacing so more room remains for the content
  • Uses controls and links sized for touch interaction

A compact bottom navigation is included as part of this mobile experience. Visitors can move between All, Video, Music, and Categories without returning to the top of the page.

Navigation items can be reordered with drag and drop from the settings screen. Categories open in an icon-based bottom panel instead of sending visitors through an intermediate page. Each category can use an icon selected from the visual picker or automatic name-based icon matching.

The mobile interface uses the active theme’s computed surface and text colors, while maintaining readable contrast for the selected navigation item.

Make content easier to discover

Live search updates results as visitors type. All, Video, Music, and category navigation provide direct paths through the gallery, while category and tag archives bring related entries together.

Choose how visitors continue through the content stream:

  • Numbered pagination
  • Load More
  • Infinite scrolling

You can also control the number of items loaded at once and the default publication order.

A dedicated page for every media item

Every video or music entry receives its own permalink and individual media page. Depending on your settings, that page can include:

  • A video or audio player
  • Title and description
  • Categories and tags
  • A reversible Like button
  • Social sharing controls
  • Previous and next navigation
  • Related video and music

Related items are selected through shared categories and tags. Previous and next navigation helps visitors continue through the current category. Each section can be controlled from the settings screen, and custom slugs are available for both the gallery archive and individual media pages.

Understand what your audience enjoys

Visitors can like content without creating an account and remove their like from the same browser. Logged-in visitors’ preferences remain connected to their WordPress accounts.

The built-in Statistics screen shows:

  • Total and recent views
  • Total and recent likes
  • Most-viewed content
  • Most-liked content
  • Per-item interaction totals
  • Recent gallery activity

Statistics refresh while the screen is open and can be exported as CSV. View and like data remains on your WordPress site; it is not sent to the plugin author and does not require a separate analytics service.

Help visitors share your media

Individual media pages can include sharing controls for Facebook, X, WhatsApp, Telegram, LinkedIn, Reddit, Pinterest, and Copy Link. Each option can be enabled separately, and external share destinations are created only after a visitor chooses a sharing control.

Make the gallery belong to your website

Use your theme’s typography or give the gallery its own visual identity. Control font family, weight, and desktop or mobile size for the Hero, card titles, Featured titles, individual content titles, and interface text.

Use the theme content width or define a custom gallery width. Adjust text, muted text, line, surface, and Like accent colors from the dedicated Appearance settings.

Live desktop and mobile previews show the gallery appearance, Featured layout, content card, individual content, typography, and mobile navigation before settings are saved.

Structured data for video and audio

The plugin can generate VideoObject or AudioObject structured data based on the media type. When available, the output includes the content name, description, URL, publication details, cover image, media or embed URL, and interaction information.

Basic Open Graph and Twitter metadata can be generated when a supported SEO plugin is not active. Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress, and The SEO Framework are detected to avoid duplicate social metadata.

Build an example gallery with one click

Use the one-click demo installer in Import / Export to understand the plugin before adding your own content. It creates example video and music entries, categories, cover images, and Featured items.

Demo entries behave like ordinary WordPress content, so you can inspect, edit, or delete them. Running the installer again does not duplicate existing examples and can restore missing demo items.

Back up or move your gallery

The built-in Import / Export system packages gallery content and settings in a ZIP archive. Packages can include plugin settings, media entries, categories, tags, cover images, and eligible local media files.

The package is reviewed before an import is applied, allowing you to see what will be transferred. Use it to create a backup, move from staging to production, or transfer the gallery to another WordPress installation.

Your content remains under your control

Your video and music entries remain inside your own WordPress installation. Uninstalling the plugin does not delete published media content, categories, tags, view and like data, or files stored in the Media Library.

Made for creative and editorial websites

7S Video & Music Gallery is a natural fit for:

  • Film and culture publications
  • Music magazines and artist websites
  • Trailer collections
  • Video and audio archives
  • Festivals and performance websites
  • Podcasts
  • Creative studios and portfolios
  • Any WordPress project publishing video and music together

Highlights

  • Dedicated WordPress content type for video and music
  • YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, and Deezer support
  • Automatic platform and media-type detection
  • Player preview and duplicate-source warnings
  • Consistent 16:9 gallery cards and fallback covers
  • Configurable Hero section
  • Two Featured layouts with drag-and-drop ordering
  • Time-based Most Liked section
  • Live gallery search
  • All, Video, Music, and category navigation
  • Numbered pagination, Load More, and infinite scrolling
  • Refined, user-friendly mobile interface
  • Mobile-ready Hero, Featured, and content-card layouts
  • Reorderable compact mobile navigation
  • Icon-based mobile category panel and visual icon picker
  • Theme-aware mobile presentation
  • Individual video and music pages
  • Previous, next, and related-media navigation
  • Reversible likes and duplicate-aware view tracking
  • Live statistics and CSV export
  • Optional social sharing controls
  • VideoObject and AudioObject structured data
  • Detailed typography and appearance controls
  • Live desktop and mobile previews
  • One-click demo content installer
  • ZIP backup and site transfer

Do more than publish media. Give visitors a place built for watching, listening, and discovery.

External Services

7S Video & Music Gallery connects to an external service only when a site administrator publishes media from that service or a visitor chooses a sharing button. The plugin author does not receive this data.

Embedded players

When a supported media item is viewed, the visitor’s browser loads the player from the selected provider. That provider may process the media identifier, IP address, browser or device information, referrer data, and cookies under its own policies.

Direct external media

Administrators may enter a direct video or audio URL hosted on another domain. The visitor’s browser connects to that administrator-selected host only when the media is viewed. The site owner is responsible for that host’s terms and privacy disclosures.

The optional one-click demo installer creates direct-media examples hosted by W3C and SoundHelix. These hosts are contacted only when a visitor opens or plays the relevant demo content. Removing or replacing the demo items stops those connections.

Optional sharing

Sharing links are created locally. The visitor connects to a service only after clicking its button, which sends the content URL and title; Pinterest may also receive the cover-image URL and description.

Privacy

7S Video & Music Gallery does not send analytics or usage data to the plugin author.

To reduce duplicate views, the plugin uses a first-party cookie for up to 24 hours and temporarily stores a one-way salted fingerprint for up to six hours. Raw IP addresses and raw browser identifiers are not stored.

Guest likes use a random first-party browser token for up to one year; only its one-way salted hash is saved. Logged-in visitors are represented by a one-way salted hash of their WordPress user ID. Raw identifiers and IP addresses are not stored with likes.

Third-party embedded players may process visitor data according to the policies listed in the External Services section.

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Instalación

  1. Install and activate 7S Video & Music Gallery from WordPress.
  2. Open 7S Gallery > Settings and choose how your gallery should look and behave.
  3. Open 7S Gallery > Add New Media Content.
  4. Add a title and a media source, then publish.
  5. Add selected items to the Featured area if you want them highlighted at the top of the gallery.

If you change the gallery permalink settings, save the WordPress permalink settings once afterward.

Preguntas frecuentes

Is this a photo gallery plugin?

No. 7S Video & Music Gallery is focused on video, music, and audio content.

Which media services can I use?

YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, Deezer, direct video/audio URLs, and files from the WordPress Media Library are supported.

Do I need a featured image for every item?

No. If a cover image is not assigned, the plugin can create a 16:9 fallback cover for the content.

Can I choose what appears at the top of the gallery?

Yes. The Featured Items area lets you select and order highlighted content. You can also give the area your own title and set its title size independently.

Can visitors search the gallery?

Yes. The gallery includes live search and standard fallback navigation.

Can I choose how visitors browse more content?

Yes. You can use numbered pagination, a Load More button, or infinite scrolling.

Can I change the mobile menu order and category icons?

Yes. The navigation order can be changed from the settings screen. Each gallery category can use automatic icon matching or an icon selected from the visual category icon panel.

Does the plugin include demo content?

Yes. The Import / Export screen includes a one-click demo installer. It is safe to run again because existing demo items are not duplicated.

Can I back up or move my gallery?

Yes. The built-in ZIP export and import workflow can package gallery content and settings for backup or transfer. Import packages are reviewed before they are applied.

Does the plugin include social sharing?

Yes. You can enable or disable the sharing tools and choose which supported platforms are shown on individual content pages.

Can visitors like content without an account?

Yes. Guests can like content without signing in and can remove their like from the same browser. Logged-in visitors’ likes are tied to their WordPress account.

Can I see which content is popular?

Yes. The gallery home page can show a most-liked index for the last 7 days, last 30 days, or all time. The Statistics area shows live view and like totals, recent activity, and the most popular video and audio content.

Will it work with my theme?

The plugin is designed to work with themes that follow standard WordPress practices. It also includes its own width, typography, and appearance controls when you want the gallery to have a more independent presentation.

Does uninstalling the plugin delete my content?

No. Published media content, taxonomies, view and like data, and Media Library files are preserved. Plugin settings and temporary transfer data are removed.

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Registro de cambios

2.0.0

  • Redesigned the gallery home page with a configurable Hero Area, two Featured layouts, Most Liked, and a cleaner media stream.
  • Introduced a renewed, user-friendly mobile interface with mobile-optimized gallery sections, media cards, and individual content pages.
  • Added compact mobile bottom navigation with reorderable All, Video, Music, and Categories items.
  • Added an icon-based mobile category panel with automatic icon matching and a visual category icon picker.
  • Added drag-and-drop ordering for Featured content and gallery navigation.
  • Expanded typography and appearance controls with accurate desktop and mobile Live Previews.
  • Added one-click demo content installation with safe reruns that do not duplicate existing examples.
  • Improved theme integration with computed mobile colors, readable contrast, and automatic clearance for overlapping fixed headers.
  • Improved source handling, 16:9 media presentation, likes, statistics, sharing, structured data, and gallery discovery.
  • Improved ZIP import/export safety, LiteSpeed cache integration, accessibility, responsive behavior, and overall performance.
  • Removed obsolete styles, scripts, settings, migrations, and development remnants while preserving existing content and upgrade compatibility.

1.2.0

  • Expanded the Settings interface to the full available WordPress administration width and redesigned the white Typography preview with a spacious two-row layout, current gallery structures, and universal sample titles.
  • Added live like statistics for total, today, the last 7 days, and the last 30 days, plus most-liked content and per-item like totals.
  • Added automatic five-second interaction refreshes while the Statistics screen is open.
  • Moved Import / Export from its own submenu into a dedicated Settings section while preserving old administration links through a compatibility redirect.
  • Reduced the empty space between the archive toolbar and the Most Liked section without changing later section spacing.
  • Added a Most Liked color picker for the filled heart icon.
  • Added media-type and view-count details below titles in the Most Liked list.
  • Increased the gallery menu, home, and search icons by one pixel for clearer visibility.
  • Removed unused showcase modifier hooks left behind by the former layout.
  • Reworked the showcase into one large 16:9 card beside four compact cards in a 2 × 2 group, with a matching mobile layout.
  • Added targeted LiteSpeed cache tagging and automatic gallery cache purging when settings change.
  • Rebuilt the gallery home page around a five-item showcase, a thumbnail-led popularity list, and a four-column media stream.
  • Added controls for the most-liked title, ranking period, item count, and visibility.
  • Added a one-to-four-column setting for the most-liked thumbnail list, with three columns as the default.
  • Added a configurable card-title character limit and kept archive titles to one line.
  • Replaced category text below cards with compact video or music icons inside the images.
  • Replaced ranking numbers in the most-liked area with small 16:9 content images.
  • Removed image overlays, metric pills, hover zoom, and heavy rounding from the archive experience.
  • Removed repeated separator lines between home-page sections and cards.
  • Removed the white border ring around the video and music icons inside card images.
  • Kept live-search transitions coherent by hiding home-only sections during a search and restoring the content-stream heading when results update.
  • Added reversible content likes for guests and logged-in visitors, including live counts on archive and featured cards.
  • Added a Single Content setting to enable or disable likes without deleting existing like data.
  • Pruned retired settings during upgrades.
  • Removed the technical archive prefix from the gallery browser title and plugin archive headings.
  • Removed the visible Loading player placeholder while keeping an accessible loading/error status.
  • Prevented Infinite Scroll background requests from fading the entire gallery, eliminating the brief white flash during scrolling.
  • Renamed the public-facing product to 7S Video & Music Gallery so its purpose is clear at a glance while keeping the existing 7sgaleri slug, text domain, directory, and sg7g technical identifiers for compatibility.
  • Rewrote the WordPress.org description around real publishing use cases instead of implementation details.
  • Removed the obsolete direct sharing renderer left from the former template-integration path.
  • Removed the pre-WordPress.org sg7-to-sg7g private-build migration and its unused migration flag.
  • Removed the obsolete v1 administration badges, leftover eyebrow labels, and their unused constant/styles.
  • Removed an unused single-cover CSS selector and a duplicated visually-hidden utility block.
  • Removed social-network names and external sharing URLs from the front-end button DOM; share destinations are now created only after a visitor clicks a sharing control.
  • Rebuilt all social share actions as button controls and fixed sharing initialization when Copy Link is disabled.
  • Hardened sharing setting persistence and legacy truthy-value handling.
  • Moved social sharing controls and platform selection into Single Content settings.
  • Added a custom Featured area title with an independent, uncapped font-size control.

1.1.0

  • Renamed the public-facing plugin brand from 7SGaleri to 7SGallery.
  • Kept the existing 7sgaleri plugin slug, text domain, directory name, and sg7g technical identifiers for update and backward compatibility.

1.0.1

  • Fixed front-end asset cache compatibility after the directory-safe prefix migration.
  • Added cache-busting asset versions and aligned all public selectors with the sg7g prefix.

1.0.0

  • Initial stable WordPress.org release.
  • Added dedicated video and audio content, featured layouts, search, pagination, statistics, sharing, import/export, and translation-ready strings.