{"id":582,"date":"2024-12-11T13:28:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T13:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=582"},"modified":"2026-06-24T10:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:45:31","slug":"how-do-i-prevent-visitors-to-a-gallery-from-accessing-the-main-gallery-above","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/faq\/how-do-i-prevent-visitors-to-a-gallery-from-accessing-the-main-gallery-above","title":{"rendered":"How do I prevent visitors to a gallery from accessing the parent gallery?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To ensure that visitors to a sub-gallery in the left menu do not have access to the parent gallery, the option &#8220;Navigation to sub-galleries and vice versa&#8221; must be inactive in this parent gallery. Therefore, no one in the parent gallery can see the sub-galleries &#8211; and vice versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you using Custom Links for your galleries? In order to additionally prevent a &#8220;clever&#8221; visitor from shortening the address of a sub-gallery by one level and still being able to access the parent gallery, we recommend only using the automatically generated random link. This link consists of only one random code and does not allow any conclusions on your folder structure. 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