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# 3.5.2. Manage Individual Galleries


Creating and customizing gallery is at the heart of managing media content in WordPress. Here are the basic steps to create a gallery. 
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### 1. Create a New Gallery 

* Go to **Dashboard > My Galleries > Add Gallery**
* You’ll be taken to the Block Editor (Gutenberg)
* In the editor mode: add a title at the top of the gallery.

**StyleCloud** offers a library of over **580 pre-designed blocks and 240 pre-designed templates**, organized into various categories for easy browsing. We encourage you to explore these blocks to enhance your site design.

To access them:
* Click the **Design Library** icon located at the top left of the editor.
* Then select **StyleCloud** from the available options.

Technically you can add any blocks on a post. No need to limit only to the Gallery category. 

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### 2. Add a Featured Image

The featured image is the main visual that represents your gallery. It often appears:
* When sharing on social media
* Search result

To add a featured image:
* On the right side of the gallery in editor mode
* Click on the gallery section
* Click on the set featured image option
* Choose a image from your Media Library or upload new one
* Click set featured image. 

Keep in mind to use high-quality, relevant images that are properly sized.

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### 3. Manage Gallery(Adv) Blocks:

* Replace gallery images
* Change the gallery layout (masonry, grid, slider)
* Choose columns (masonry, grid)
* Change gallery gutter (space between images)
* Decide whether to crop images
* Enable linking to media files, open in lightbox, or link to pages

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### 4. Customize Global Gallery Layout

There is possibility to customize how a single gallery post can be viewed. To do that you would go to **Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer> Posts/Pages Layout > Galleries Layout**

Here you will be able to customize:
* Featured Image
* Gallery Title
* Content Style
* Title Elements 

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