Description

ImagePress is a WordPress image gallery plugin for sites that want to collect and display community photos. Visitors can upload images, add a short description, and organize their work into galleries.

Use it for member galleries, photography communities, portfolios, or any site where people should be able to share images from the front end.

ImagePress includes:

Front-end image uploading and editing, with drag and drop
Moderation queue and email notifications
Upload limits per user, spam protection (honeypot and rate limit) and server-side file checks
Separate, sortable, and filterable galleries in a CSS grid or masonry layout (no jQuery)
A shortcode generator in Settings
Author profiles and portfolios
A responsive layout that works with your WordPress theme

Phone photos just work: WordPress 7.1 converts HEIC and AVIF images in the browser before they are uploaded.

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Check out the ImagePress PRO edition for advanced image variants, detail shots, progress shots, and front-end account features.

View a free demo or learn about ImagePress PRO.

If ImagePress has helped your site, please leave a review on WordPress.org.

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Screenshots

An image upload form — A full-featured image gallery

Installation

Upload /image-gallery/ to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in wordpress
Check the ImagePress menu item for images and settings

FAQ

How do I create my first gallery?: Install and activate ImagePress, then open the ImagePress menu in your WordPress dashboard. The plugin settings and image tools are there to help you get started.
Can visitors upload their own images?: Yes. ImagePress includes front-end image uploading so visitors can contribute images without opening the WordPress dashboard. Review your site roles and image settings before inviting visitors to upload.
Will ImagePress work with my theme?: ImagePress is designed to work with WordPress themes and uses a responsive layout so galleries adapt to phones, tablets, and desktop screens.
Can I organize images into separate galleries?: Yes. You can group images into separate galleries and let visitors filter or sort them, helping people find the images that matter to them.

Reviews

cormacsans octobre 10, 2024

ImagePress is an awesome and lightweight plugin that's perfect for anyone looking to create elegant and customizable image galleries.

James Beattie octobre 9, 2024

Great plugin, Saves a lot of time with image editing.

Ciprian Popescu octobre 9, 2024

I recently used the ImagePress gallery plugin for my small wedding website, and it was fantastic! It’s super easy to set up and customize, even for someone with limited experience. The galleries look beautiful and load quickly, which is a big plus for mobile users. Highly recommend for personal or event websites.

peterb9513 octobre 9, 2024

Really cool image gallery that is lightweight and super customisable. Also, really easy to organise the image library for the galleries.

Theonlytexaspete septembre 26, 2017 1 reply

I use this plugin to showoff/showcase the sponsors on the site and they love it! Its exactly what we were requiring when we found it! 🙂

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Contributors & Developers

“ImagePress – Front-End Photo Uploads & Member Galleries” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Ciprian Popescu

“ImagePress – Front-End Photo Uploads & Member Galleries” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “ImagePress – Front-End Photo Uploads & Member Galleries” into your language.

Interested in development?

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Changelog

1.4.0

SECURITY: Server-side image type and size checks on upload; upload login and quota settings are enforced on the server
SECURITY: Remove an unused AJAX action that let anyone change the order of posts
SECURITY: Escape image titles and URLs in galleries and the editor
FEATURE: Honeypot field and per-visitor upload rate limit (20 per hour, imagepress_rate_limit filter)
FEATURE: Shortcode generator in Settings
PERFORMANCE: CSS grid and CSS columns replace jQuery Masonry and the equal-height script; no jQuery or jQuery UI on the front end; scripts and styles only load on pages that use ImagePress
ACCESSIBILITY: Labels on the upload form fields; native confirmation dialog
UPDATE: Requires WordPress 6.3

1.3.3

SECURITY: Strengthen front-end image editing and AJAX request validation
UPDATE: Tested up to WordPress 7.1
DOCS: Improve the plugin overview, add FAQs, and add WordPress Plugins and donation links

1.3.2

UPDATE: Tested up to WordPress 7.1
CLEANUP: Removed unused code
DOCS: Improve the plugin overview, add FAQs, and add WordPress Plugins and donation links

1.3.1

UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility

1.3.0

FIX: Fix Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Plugin Settings CVE ID: CVE-2024-9776 (props å®¶æ¡¥ çŽ‹)
FIX: Fix Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update CVE ID: CVE-2024-9778 (props Michelle Porter)
FIX: Fix Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Deletion and Post Title Update CVE ID: CVE-2024-9824 (props Michelle Porter)

1.2.2

FIX: Fix textdomain
UPDATE: Reduce WordPress requirement to 4.9 (from 5.0)
UPDATE: Replace external Font Awesome icons with local Akar icons
UPDATE: Remove obsolete functionality (legacy widgets and SlickJS library)

1.2.1

FIX: Fix gallery filter placeholders
UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility

1.2.0

UPDATE: Update Upgrade tab
UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility

1.1.1

FIX: Fix console error due to non-initialized element
UPDATE: Update screenshots
UPDATE: Update readme.txt
UPDATE: Update demo links

1.1.0

FIX: Fix missing thumbnails in specific configurations
FIX: Fix nonce being echoed instead of returned, breaking the page editor
UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility

1.0.8

UPDATE: Updated WordPress compatibility

1.0.7

UPDATE: Updated WordPress compatibility

1.0.6

UPDATE: Updated WordPress compatibility
UPDATE: Updated plugin assets
UPDATE: Set up plugin demo

1.0.5

UPDATE: Updated WordPress compatibility

1.0.4

UPDATE: Updated PHP requirements
UPDATE: Updated WordPress compatibility

1.0.3

UPDATE: Updated PHP requirements
UPDATE: Updated WordPress compatibility

1.0.2

UPDATE: Updated WordPress compatibility
UPDATE: Updated PHP compatibility
UPDATE: Added plugin assets
UPDATE: Updated FontAwesome (5.0.13 -> 5.1.1)
UPDATE: Code compliance/standards updates

1.0.1

UPDATE: Removed unnecessary installation steps
UPDATE: Grouped email options together
UPDATE: Moved installation steps to plugin dashboard
UPDATE: Cleaned up CSS

1.0.0

UPDATE: Added settings page and shortcodes

0.9.4

UPDATE: Updated WordPress compatibility
UPDATE: Updated PHP compatibility

0.9.3

UPDATE: Updated readme.txt file (relevant tags)
UPDATE: Updated WordPress compatibility

0.9.2

FIX: Fixed readme.txt file (changelog and relevant tags)
UPDATE: Updated WordPress version requirement to include hosted translations

0.9.1

FIX: Fixed readme.txt typo
FIX: Moved SlickJS to plugin folder (from CDN)
FIX: Renamed plugin file to have the same folder name (for WordPress.org-hosted translations)

0.9.0

FIX: Fixed class constructor for PHP 7 compatibility
FIX: Fixed plugin header, compatibility and requirements
FIX: Removed obsolete, hardcoded jQuery script
FIX: Fixed broken, unquoted field, injecting unwanted strings
UPDATE: Moved admin CSS to external file
UPDATE: Moved frontend CSS to external file
UPDATE: Refactored gallery script (switched to SlickJS)

0.8b

FIX: Fixed minor bug with delayed image loading on Google Chrome

0.8a

FIX: Fixed compatibility for jQuery

0.8

First release

Fantastic Plugin for Image Galleries!

Great image plugin

Great plugin for a small wedding website

Awesome and lightweight!

Simple yet very elegant!