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Picture Gallery - Frontend Uploads & Image Editor

Name: Picture Gallery - Frontend Uploads & Image Editor
Rating: 3.0 (3 reviews)
Author: videowhisper

Build a photo community with responsive galleries, PhotoSwipe browsing, frontend uploads and crop, resize, rotate and flip tools.

Picture Gallery ranks #9,848 among WordPress.org plugins with 400+ active installations, is #1,060 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 3/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Oct 27, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 27 Oct, 2026

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#1,060 of 6,651 in Media Top 25% by installs Downloads -40.7% this week Actively maintained

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400+

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KW Avg Position

79.8

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27.4K

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60%

Review 3 out of 5

3 (3 reviews)

Next Milestone 500

Total Progress 49%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

9 known vulnerabilities on record · 5 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Jul 20, 2026

Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List [picture-gallery] < 1.6.6

CVE-2026-57696 · Fixed in v1.6.6
May 10, 2026 UNPATCHED

Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List [picture-gallery] <= 1.4.2 (unfixed)

CVE-2021-47951 · No fix released
Mar 12, 2025

Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List [picture-gallery] < 1.6.4

CVE-2025-26581 · Fixed in v1.6.4
Jan 21, 2025

Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List [picture-gallery] < 1.5.20

CVE-2024-13584 · Fixed in v1.5.20
Jan 17, 2025

Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List [picture-gallery] < 1.5.23

CVE-2024-12696 · Fixed in v1.5.23
May 14, 2024

Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List [picture-gallery] < 1.5.12

CVE-2024-34759 · Fixed in v1.5.12
Aug 10, 2021

Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List [picture-gallery] < 1.4.3

Fixed in v1.4.3
Aug 6, 2021

Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List [picture-gallery] < 1.4.4

Fixed in v1.4.4
Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List [picture-gallery] < 1.4.4

Fixed in v1.4.4

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Oct 27, 2026
Requires WP: 6.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
Author: videowhisper

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ 3
Reviews: 3
Support Threads: 2
Resolved: 0%

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Image editor frontend upload image gallery lightbox photo gallery

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to let visitors and admins upload and share photos directly from the frontend. It solves the problem of managing user-submitted image galleries by adding AJAX-powered uploads, moderation, access controls, and Media Library integration.

Frontend and backend picture uploads
Guest upload with Google reCAPTCHA v3
AJAX display and update of picture list
Drag & drop HTML5 uploader
Mass picture upload and import
Role-based access control galleries
Mobile camera upload support
Media Library integration for pictures

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Picture Gallery - Frontend Uploads & Image Editor

The plugin includes these translations: Romanian (ro_RO), Spanish (es_ES), German (de_DE), French (fr_FR), Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR), Japanese (ja), Italian (it_IT), Dutch (nl_NL), Polish (pl_PL), Turkish (tr_TR) and Arabic (ar). WordPress selects the site language for visitors and each user’s chosen language for the dashboard and block editor. Arabic follows WordPress’s right-to-left direction. Translations cover plugin controls and messages, not visitor-submitted picture titles or descriptions. WordPress.org language packs take precedence when installed. Translation disclaimer: translations are provided as is. They were created with machine assistance and may contain inaccuracies, so please review them for accuracy before relying on them for your audience. Corrections and new languages are welcome through the support forum.

On WordPress 6.9+, enable Read-only AI-agent integration in Picture Gallery > Options > Server. It is disabled by default, including on upgrades. The rest of the plugin still supports WordPress 6.5+. The registered abilities are picture-gallery/search-pictures and picture-gallery/get-picture. They require an authenticated WordPress user with read permission and apply the same picture visibility, ownership, gallery, membership and extension veto rules as image browsing. Search published pictures or your own pictures (including your own unpublished items), filter by title/text search and gallery slug, or find missing picture-local alternative text/captions. Inspection returns current title, caption, description, picture-local alt text, publication status and processing state. Missing alt is not replaced with a guessed description. Responses contain no image-file URL fields, physical paths, arbitrary post metadata, journal secrets or pending replacement text from review journals. Search accepts scope (published or mine), search, gallery, needs_text (any, alt, caption), per_page (1–25, default 10) and page (0–20, default 0). Results are ordered by descending ID and filtered for access before pagination. At most 1,000 candidates are examined per call; scan_limited means narrow the search rather than assuming the results are exhaustive. No hidden-picture IDs or total counts are returned. get-picture requires picture_id. For MCP access, separately install the WordPress MCP Adapter and configure an authenticated compatible client using its documentation. The adapter's default server exposes these abilities through its discovery and execution tools. A Site Manager OAuth connection does not automatically authenticate this separate endpoint. Picture Gallery adds no AI provider, account registration or outbound AI requests; your chosen client controls any further processing of the text it receives. These abilities cannot edit, publish, upload, purchase content, delete files or start thumbnail repair/import. Turning the setting off removes registration on subsequent requests and denies execution through an already resolved ability. WordPress Abilities API REST access uses authenticated GET requests; client connection and credential requirements are managed by WordPress/the adapter. Abilities and MCP compatibility do not require an MCP server for normal gallery use.

Yes. The included gallery layouts, local PhotoSwipe viewer, frontend uploader and image tools work without a paid account. Optional companion plugins and VideoWhisper services have their own terms.

WordPress 6.5 or newer and PHP 8.2 or newer. Image tools use WordPress's available GD or Imagick backend. Available memory, supported formats and image dimensions determine which files can be processed. Processing limits reject oversized work rather than promising unlimited editing. No FFmpeg or streaming server is needed for picture editing.

Authorized owners can crop, resize without enlarging, rotate in quarter turns and flip horizontally or vertically. Crop coordinates follow the rotation and flips. Every save starts from the normalized master, avoiding repeated edits to a compressed preview. JPEG and PNG are editable; animated GIF editing is unavailable. Edit content opens the included picture details editor: title, caption, description, alternative text, and selection of existing categories and tags. Text changes use plain text; unchanged existing formatting is retained. The optional MicroPayments content-management link remains available separately for membership and monetization.

Users without the required publish permission send edits for review. Existing public media stays unchanged. An authorized moderator opens the picture's editor to approve its pending generation. Restore original composition follows the same review rules. Picture details have a separate review submission: published details stay visible by default until approval. Under Display, administrators can choose to move published pictures to draft when users without publishing permission edit their details. The frontend warns before saving; approval restores the previous publication state. Moderators use Edit content to review and approve the submitted values. Changes made independently through the WordPress editor invalidate stale approval.

Yes. Enable Administrator frontend demo switcher under Display. Administrators get a closable Gallery preview box on listing pages. Choose Styled Tiles, Responsive grid or Picture cards and menu or dropdown filters, then Apply. Only that administrator's current view changes; global settings are not saved and ordinary visitors cannot use the preview controls. Blueprint demos enable it automatically.

First use the editor's save-status check before trying another save. Administrators can inspect Picture Gallery > Image Edit Journals. Recovery acknowledges an already committed generation or places a complete candidate into pending review only if its base media and owner are unchanged. It never repeats a partly processed recipe. Active/orphaned media locks, changed sources, incomplete candidates and ambiguous older records require manual review; no forced takeover is offered.

Files are retained indefinitely by default. In Image Edit Journals, explicitly abandon unfinished work where appropriate, then allow cleanup for a terminal edit. This starts a fresh seven-day hold. Preview the edit again after the deadline before applying cleanup. Only proven, unchanged, disconnected edit files and their own header-only attachments are eligible. Originals, masters, previews, active/pending/previous generations and shared or ambiguous files stay protected. Older journals without creation evidence remain retained. No automatic deletion runs. Compact request receipts remain to prevent replay; edit-history and owned-file limits still apply to retained work.

Yes: existing posts, URLs, authors, galleries and media are preserved. Encountered pictures are inventoried on demand, with a small queued batch for listings/views and immediate inventory on authorized editing. Missing or ambiguous files require administrator repair instead of a destructive guess. Existing explicit layout/click choices remain; select PhotoSwipe under Display to enable it for those listings.