NextGEN Gallery: Can’t Add New Gallery Solution

Many people, myself included, have been having issues with the newest version of NextGEN Gallery (NGG). Once they upgrade to WP 2.8, the updated NGG works just fine on existing images and galleries, but adding new ones is problematic. For 1&1 hosting and other shared-server structures, I’ve found a solution to the following issues:

• I can’t add a new NextGEN gallery
• NextGEN gallery only uploads a few of my images
• NextGEN gallery will not create thumbnails for my gallery images

The first thing you need to do is upload a file called PHP.INI to your root directory. In that file, place the following text:

memory=20mb

This may solve those nasty “Error 500″ messages you keep getting after adding a plugin or upgrading your WP platform.

The next step is to create a file called “.htaccess” (without the quotes of course). In that file, place the following text:

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

This will force 1&1 to use PHP5.2 rather than the default setting of PHP4. Happy coding!