Smart Image Gallery allows to insert images, and pictures, in your blog, directly from the WordPress media library, or eternal images repositories (like: Flickr, Instagram or Google Images ). The images are searched, and inserted, from the article edition, without importing them to the WordPress media library. All you need to do is pick the search criteria, and the plugin will search in all available sources, allowing select the images that most closely match the blog's subject.
Smart Image Gallery allows insert the selected images by separated, or as part of a gallery. It is possible select between different galleries designs, included with the plugin.
FEATURES
Smart Image Gallery features:
Insert images, or image galleries, in the blog's articles
The easiest way to find images related with the articles
Allows search for images in the WordPress media library, or external images repositories
Allows to display the images separately or as part of a gallery
Reduces the bandwidth consumption of your server using images hosted in external servers
Includes a wide number of images repositories (like:WordPress media library, Flickr, Instagram and Googel Images)
Includes additional galleries designs (like: carousel and Classic Gallery )
Live demo
You can test the following live demo of the pro version:
To install Smart Image Gallery, follow these steps:
Download and unzip the plugin
Upload the smart-image-gallery/ directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activates the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
Go to the setting section of plugin, and activates the images repositories
Another method to install the plugin:
Go to the plugins section in WordPress
Press the "Add New" button, at top of page
Press the "upload" link, and selects the zipped file with the plugin's code
Finally, install and activate the plugin
Requirements:
The requirements depend of the images repository, some repositories require an API Key, or Client ID and Access Token
Product type: Wordpress Plugin
Smart Image Gallery
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Configuration settings.
Smart Image Gallery is an easy and intuitive plugin. Before search, and insertion of the images in the articles, will be necessary activate the images repositories. Go to the settings page of plugin ( from the menu option "Settings > Smart Image Gallery" ), and activate the available images repositories (the number of images repositories depends of plugin's version installed on your WordPress ). Each image sources has its own settings options ( for example: Flickr requires an API Key, and Instagram a Client ID and an Access Token)
After activate the images repositories, go to the article, and press the Smart Image Gallery icon over the content's editor. The action opens an popup window with a search box. Type the search criteria and press the "search" button, or simply press the carriage return key. The plugin displays the images available for each images repository. If the resulting images are not appropriated for the article, the plugin displays an "+" button at right of each repository, to get additional images with the same search criteria. Each image has associated a checkbox to be selected and inserted in the article. One time have decided the images to insert, go to the galleries design tab, and select the gallery to display (the available galleries, and its options, depend of plugin's version installed in your WordPress )
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DOWNLOAD
Basic Version
Free
Only includes single images, and the swapping image gallery
Can select images only from the WordPress media library and Google Search
Doesn't includes additional galleries like: Carousel Gallery, or Classical Gallery
Doesn't includes images repositories like: Flickr, or Instagram
Doesn't include technical support (60 days of support service can be purchased for EUR 25)
Direct download link. No registration required.
Professional
Version
EUR
€19
.99
Includes all available galleries like: Single Images, Swapping Images, Carousel Gallery and Classical Gallery
Includes all images repositories: WordPress Media Library, Flickr, Instagram and Google Search
Includes 60 days of technical support
After payment you will be redirected to a direct-download page and the download link will be emailed to the payment address.
The cost of the pro version is a one-time payment required to download it. The one-time payment gives you right to use the
plugin in your websites for an unlimited time, access to future updates and access to 60 days of free technical support.