Title: WP_Widget_Media_Gallery::__construct
Published: November 20, 2017
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Widget_Media_Gallery::__construct()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media_gallery/__construct/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media_gallery/__construct/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media_gallery/__construct/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Constructor.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media_gallery/__construct/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function __construct() {
    	parent::__construct(
    		'media_gallery',
    		__( 'Gallery' ),
    		array(
    			'description' => __( 'Displays an image gallery.' ),
    			'mime_type'   => 'image',
    		)
    	);

    	$this->l10n = array_merge(
    		$this->l10n,
    		array(
    			'no_media_selected' => __( 'No images selected' ),
    			'add_media'         => _x( 'Add Images', 'label for button in the gallery widget; should not be longer than ~13 characters long' ),
    			'replace_media'     => '',
    			'edit_media'        => _x( 'Edit Gallery', 'label for button in the gallery widget; should not be longer than ~13 characters long' ),
    		)
    	);
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-media-gallery.php/)
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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media_gallery/__construct/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Widget_Media::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media/__construct/)`wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-media.php` |

Constructor.

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| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  | 
| [_x()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_x/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves translated string with gettext context.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media_gallery/__construct/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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