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title: "Quick Start"
date: 2024-06-28
author: "nK"
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# Quick Start

## Option 1: the Portfolio page

![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.14.42-1-1024x429.jpg)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.14.42-1-1024x429.jpg)    1. Go to **Visual Portfolio → Projects → Add New Project**.
2. Add a title, content and a **featured image**. The featured image is what galleries show.
3. Assign Portfolio Categories if you want a filter.
4. Publish, then open the **Portfolio** page of your site. The new project is listed there.

![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.16.55-1024x509.jpg)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.16.55-1024x509.jpg)    ScreenshotThe [Portfolio page](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/portfolio-archive/) is an ordinary page with a Visual Portfolio block whose content source is **Current Query**. Edit the page to change the layout, skin, filter or pagination. The number of projects per page is **Archive Page Items Per Page** in [Settings → General](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/settings/general/).

## Option 2: a gallery on any page

1. Edit a page or post and insert the **Visual Portfolio** block.
2. Work through the **setup wizard** that opens, or click **Skip Setup** to leave it with the defaults.
3. Adjust anything in the block sidebar: Content Source, Layout, Skin, Click Action, Custom CSS, and with Pro, Protection.

![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.20.40-1024x548.jpg)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.20.40-1024x548.jpg)    ![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.23.35-1024x548.jpg)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.23.35-1024x548.jpg)    The wizard has three steps.

- **Step 1** asks for the **Content Source**. Posts (any post type, including Projects), Media (images from the Media Library, which you pick now), or, with Pro, Taxonomies and Social.
- **Step 2** asks for a **Skin**. Classic, Fade, Fly or Emerge.
- **Step 3** offers a **Filter**, a **Pagination** and the **Popup Gallery** (lightbox).

The wizard sets the block to **wide** alignment. Media galleries created through it show all images on one page (Items Per Page: All Items) and open images in the lightbox; when more than 40 images are picked, it sets 40 per page with infinite scroll instead.

![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.26.11-1024x624.jpg)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.26.11-1024x624.jpg)    ## What to read next

- [Content Source](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/gallery-blocks/content-source/) for what each source can do.
- [Layout](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/gallery-blocks/layout/), [Skin](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/gallery-blocks/skin/) and [Layout Elements](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/gallery-blocks/layout-elements/) for the look.
- [Click Action](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/gallery-blocks/items-click-action/) for what happens on click, and [Settings → Popup & Lightbox](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/settings/popup-gallery/) for the lightbox.