Do gallery photos have to be hosted by WP?

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  synapsecracklepop · Member · Oct 5, 2012 at 7:20 pm

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  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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  justjennifer · Member · Oct 5, 2012 at 7:57 pm

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  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.