Multi Image Metabox

This plugin add a metabox which allox to upload and link multiple images to one post.
Pictures are linked by the way of meta_value (and attachments ID). They can be reordered using drag and drop.

Number of allowed pictures and concerned post types can be overited using hooks.

Plugin includes many functions to retrieve linked pictures.
For more information on using the plugin, refer to the section “Other Notes”.

Set concerned post types

Paste this into your theme’s functions.php file :

Set allowed number of picts

Paste this into your theme’s functions.php file :
‘_image1’,
‘image2’ => ‘_image2’,
);
return $picts;
}
?>

Set allowed number of picts, depending to the post_type

Paste this into your theme’s functions.php file :
add_filter(‘list_images’,’my_list_images’,10,2);
function my_list_images($list_images, $cpt){
global $typenow;
if($typenow == “my_custom_post_type” || $cpt == “my_custom_post_type”)
$picts = array(
‘image1’ => ‘_image1’,
‘image2’ => ‘_image2’,
‘image3’ => ‘_image3’,
);
else
$picts = array(
‘image1’ => ‘_image1’,
‘image2’ => ‘_image2’,
‘image3’ => ‘_image3’,
‘image4’ => ‘_image4’,
‘image5’ => ‘_image5’,
‘image6’ => ‘_image6’,
‘image7’ => ‘_image7’,
‘image8’ => ‘_image8’,
);
return $picts;
}

get_images_ids()

This function have to be used into a template file, or any function.
It return an array of the linked attachments’s ID.

It take two arguments whose are :

1. include the thumbnail ? (boolean) if true include the thumbnail in the returned datas

2. ID (integer) for targeting images linked to a specific post

   45,
   ‘image1’ => 5,
   ‘image2’ => 6,
   ‘image3’ => 12,
   ‘image6’ => 20,
   ‘image7’ => 15
   );

   //Empty pictures ar not returned

   ?>

   get_images_src()

   This function have to be used into a template file, or any function.
   It return an array of URIs and dimension for the linked attachments’s, by order.

It take three agruments whose are :

1. size (string) the size to return
2. include the thumbnail ? (boolean) if true include the thumbnail in the returned datas

3. ID (integer) for targeting images linked to a specific post

   array(
   [0] => ‘http://url_of_the_medium_pict.jpg’,
   [1] => 340,
   [2] => 200,
   [3] => false //I’ve no idea what is it…
   ),
   ‘image2’ => array(
   [0] => ‘http://url_of_the_medium_second_pict.jpg’,
   [1] => 340,
   [2] => 200,
   [3] => false //I’ve no idea what is it…
   )
   );

   ?>

   get_multi_images_src()

   Same as get_image_src(), but return two sizes for all the pictures.

It take for agruments whose are :

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