Bunty

Satyam Vishwakarma (Satya)

Mohammad Sajid Ansari

Hitanshu Sahu

<p>Contributor Photo Gallery – Display, Customize & Share Your WordPress.org Photo Contributions</p>
<p><strong>Contributor Photo Gallery</strong> is the easiest way to turn your <a href="https://wordpress.org/photos/" rel="ugc">WordPress.org/photos</a> contributions into a professional, responsive gallery.<br />
Built for <strong>photographers, agencies, and WordPress community members</strong>, it helps you create a beautiful portfolio or add authentic visual credibility to your site — no coding required.</p>
<h3>Why Use Contributor Photo Gallery?</h3>
<p><strong>Fast & Easy</strong>: Display your WordPress.org photos with a single shortcode.<br />
<strong>Multiple Styles</strong>: Choose from Modern, Polaroid, Circle, and Fixed Height card designs.<br />
<strong>Fully Customizable</strong>: Adjust borders, shadows, backgrounds, and caption colors.<br />
<strong>Live Preview</strong>: Configure and style in the admin with instant preview updates.<br />
<strong>SEO & Accessibility</strong>: Semantic HTML, alt attributes, and WCAG-friendly controls.<br />
<strong>Performance-Minded</strong>: Smart caching, lazy loading, and optimized API calls.<br />
<strong>Backwards Compatible</strong>: Supports <code>[cp_gallery]</code> (new) and <code>[wpcontrib_photos]</code> (legacy).</p>
<h3>Perfect For:</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Photographers</strong> — build a WordPress-powered portfolio using your contributions.</li>
<li><strong>Agencies & Professionals</strong> — highlight team work beyond code.</li>
<li><strong>Speakers & Community Members</strong> — add credibility for profiles and bios.</li>
<li><strong>Bloggers & Content Creators</strong> — enrich content with authentic community photos.</li>
</ul>
<p>Lightweight, privacy-friendly, and compatible with any WordPress theme, Contributor Photo Gallery gives you a polished way to showcase your WordPress.org photos with speed and style.</p>
<h3>New in v2.5.0 (Major Update)</h3>
<ul>
<li>Primary shortcode: <code>[cp_gallery]</code> (recommended).  </li>
<li>Legacy shortcode <code>[wpcontrib_photos]</code> preserved for compatibility.  </li>
<li>Caption text color option with live admin preview.  </li>
<li>New gallery styles: Polaroid, Circle, Fixed Height.  </li>
<li>Advanced card customization: borders, backgrounds, shadows.  </li>
<li>Auto-refresh preview (removed manual refresh button).  </li>
<li>Smooth settings migration to keep existing configurations.  </li>
<li>Minimum WordPress version updated to 5.8.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Special Thanks</h3>
<p>Special thanks to snilesh for his open-source WordPress.org photo contribution, which we’re proud to feature in our plugin’s identity and marketing visuals.</p>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<p><strong>Primary Shortcode:</strong><br />
    [cp_gallery]</p>
<p>Examples:<br />
– <code>[cp_gallery]</code> — uses your saved settings.<br />
– <code>[cp_gallery per_page="12" columns="3"]</code><br />
– <code>[cp_gallery per_page="20" columns="4" user_id="21053005"]</code></p>
<p><strong>Legacy Shortcode:</strong><br />
– <code>[wpcontrib_photos]</code> — still supported for backward compatibility.</p>
<p><strong>Attributes:</strong><br />
– <code>per_page</code> — photos per page (1–50). Example: <code>per_page="12</code><br />
– <code>columns</code> — grid columns (1–6). Example: <code>columns="3</code><br />
– <code>user_id</code> — override saved WordPress.org numeric User ID. Example: <code>user_id="21053005</code></p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<ul>
<li>Documentation: https://github.com/askhellosatya/contributor-photo-gallery/wiki  </li>
<li>Issues: https://github.com/askhellosatya/contributor-photo-gallery/issues  </li>
<li>Discussions: https://github.com/askhellosatya/contributor-photo-gallery/discussions  </li>
</ul>
<p>For commercial support, contact: <a href="https://satyamvishwakarma.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Satyam Vishwakarma</a></p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under the GPL v2 or later. See the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">LICENSE</a> for details.</p>


Contributor Photo Gallery

Showcase your WordPress.org photo contributions in fast, responsive, SEO-friendly galleries with modern card styles.

Archetyped

<p>Simple Lightbox is a very simple and customizable lightbox that is easy to add to your WordPress website.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<p>Options for customizing the lightbox behavior are located in the <strong>Appearance > Lightbox</strong> admin menu (or just click the <strong>Settings</strong> link below the plugin’s name when viewing the list of installed plugins)</p>
<ul>
<li>Automatically activate links (no manual coding required)</li>
<li>Automatically resize lightbox to fit in window</li>
<li>Customize lightbox with <strong>themes</strong></li>
<li>Mobile-optimized responsive themes included</li>
<li>Customizable lightbox animations</li>
<li>Infinitely customizable with <strong>add-ons</strong></li>
<li>Supports WordPress <strong>image attachment</strong> links</li>
<li>Supports links in <strong>widgets</strong></li>
<li>Keyboard Navigation</li>
<li>Display media metadata (caption, description, etc.) in lightbox</li>
<li>Enable Lightbox depending on Page Type (Home, Pages, Archive, etc.)</li>
<li>Group image links (play as a slideshow)</li>
<li>Group image links by Post (separate slideshow for each post on page)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<ol>
<li>Insert links to images/image attachments into your posts/pages</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>That’s it! The image will be displayed in a lightbox automatically.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>For more usage tips, go to <a href="http://archetyped.com/tools/simple-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Lightbox’s official page</a></li>
<li>See <a href="https://github.com/archetyped/simple-lightbox/wiki" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Lightbox’s documentation</a> for in-depth information on using and customizing SLB.</li>
</ul>


Simple Lightbox


I installed it, linked a picture and it worked. I could not find an embed of Google Fonts (using Firefox Inspector) so the GDPR-Complaint seems to be outdated.


Installed. Used. Simple!

The highly customizable lightbox for WordPress

Contributor Photo Gallery vs Simple Lightbox