WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Do gallery photos have to be hosted by WP? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/do-gallery-photos-have-to-be-hosted-by-wp WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Do gallery photos have to be hosted by WP? en Fri, 24 May 2013 10:13:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 justjennifer on "Do gallery photos have to be hosted by WP?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/do-gallery-photos-have-to-be-hosted-by-wp#post-1031131 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:57:46 +0000 justjennifer 1031131@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you mean the Gallery as defined in this Support doc http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/gallery/ then the images have to be uploaded to your WordPress.com site for it to work because that's what attaches the images to the post or page.

]]> ejjustice on "Do gallery photos have to be hosted by WP?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/do-gallery-photos-have-to-be-hosted-by-wp#post-1031082 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:20:16 +0000 ejjustice 1031082@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is there any way to take advantage of the various gallery options for posts when my photos are elsewhere (smugmug, but I doubt it matters)?

I have no trouble adding images individually (using the link for each) but don't seem to be able to get a gallery going.

I just wanted to (1) rule out the possibility completely or (2) learn what I'm doing wrong if it is possible.

Thanks for your insights!

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