Akash Ahmed

<p>Soft Photo Gallery is a powerful and flexible WordPress plugin that allows you to create stunning photo galleries with ease. Whether you’re a photographer, artist, or business owner, this plugin provides everything you need to showcase your images professionally.</p>
<p>With multiple gallery styles, advanced customization options, and user-friendly features, Soft Photo Gallery helps you create beautiful, responsive galleries that work perfectly on any device and with any WordPress theme.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>🎨 <strong>Multiple Gallery Styles</strong>: Choose from 6 different display styles including Grid, Masonry, List, Slider, Justified, and Spotlight views</li>
<li>🔍 <strong>Search & Filtering</strong>: Enable frontend search to help visitors find specific images quickly</li>
<li>📝 <strong>Image Captions</strong>: Add descriptive captions that display on hover or in slideshow mode</li>
<li>📱 <strong>Fully Responsive</strong>: Galleries automatically adapt to different screen sizes and devices</li>
<li>🎯 <strong>Social Sharing</strong>: Allow visitors to share images on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest</li>
<li>⚡ <strong>Fast & Lightweight</strong>: Optimized for performance without slowing down your website</li>
<li>🛠️ <strong>Easy Management</strong>: Simple interface for adding and organizing gallery images</li>
<li>🔄 <strong>Auto-Save</strong>: Optional auto-save feature for your gallery settings</li>
<li>📤 <strong>Import/Export</strong>: Backup and transfer your gallery settings between sites</li>
<li>🎛️ <strong>Customizable Settings</strong>: Extensive options to match your website’s design</li>
</ul>
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Photographers showcasing portfolios</li>
<li>Artists displaying their work</li>
<li>Businesses showing product images</li>
<li>Bloggers creating image-rich content</li>
<li>Anyone needing a professional image gallery</li>
</ul>
<h3>🔥 Features</h3>
<h4>Gallery Styles</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Grid View</strong>: Clean, organized grid layout</li>
<li><strong>Masonry View</strong>: Pinterest-style cascading layout</li>
<li><strong>List View</strong>: Sequential list with image descriptions</li>
<li><strong>Slider Carousel</strong>: Interactive slideshow with navigation</li>
<li><strong>Justified View</strong>: Balanced rows with varying image heights</li>
<li><strong>Spotlight View</strong>: Featured image with supporting thumbnails</li>
</ul>
<h4>Customization Options</h4>
<ul>
<li>Show/hide search functionality</li>
<li>Enable/disable image captions</li>
<li>Social sharing buttons</li>
<li>Slideshow auto-rotation</li>
<li>Customizable slideshow intervals</li>
<li>Hover effects and animations</li>
</ul>
<h4>Management Tools</h4>
<ul>
<li>Auto-save settings</li>
<li>Export settings to JSON file</li>
<li>Import settings from backup</li>
<li>Reset to default settings</li>
<li>SweetAlert confirmations for actions</li>
</ul>
<h3>📚 Installation</h3>
<ol>
<li>Upload the <code>soft-photo-gallery</code> folder to the <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code> directory</li>
<li>Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress</li>
<li>Navigate to ‘Photo Galleries’ in your WordPress admin to create your first gallery</li>
<li>Use the provided shortcode to display galleries on any page or post</li>
</ol>
<h3>📖 How to Use</h3>
<h4>Creating a Gallery</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>Photo Galleries <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Add New</strong> in your WordPress admin</li>
<li>Give your gallery a title</li>
<li>Click <strong>Add Images</strong> to upload or select images from your media library</li>
<li>Add descriptions for each image (optional)</li>
<li>Configure gallery settings:
<ul>
<li>Choose your preferred gallery style</li>
<li>Enable/disable slideshow for slider view</li>
<li>Set slideshow interval (if enabled)</li>
<li>Show/hide search functionality</li>
<li>Enable/disable image captions</li>
<li>Add social sharing buttons</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Publish your gallery</li>
</ol>
<h4>Displaying Galleries</h4>
<p>Use the shortcode provided in the gallery editor or use:</p>
<pre><code>[photo_gallery id="123"]
</code></pre>
<p>Replace “123” with your actual gallery ID. You can also add additional parameters:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>style</code> – Override the default gallery style</li>
<li><code>search</code> – Enable/disable search (true/false)</li>
<li><code>slideshow</code> – Enable/disable slideshow (true/false)</li>
</ul>
<p>Example: <code>[photo_gallery id="123" style="masonry" search="true"]</code></p>
<h4>Managing Settings</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>Photo Galleries <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Tools</strong> to access plugin settings</li>
<li>Configure default gallery style and global options</li>
<li>Use the Tools section to:
<ul>
<li>Enable auto-save for settings</li>
<li>Export your current settings</li>
<li>Import settings from another site</li>
<li>Reset all settings to defaults</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Additional Information</h3>
<p><strong>Contributions:</strong><br />
We welcome contributions! If you’d like to contribute to the development of Soft Photo Gallery, please check out the <a href="https://github.com/mdakashahmed/soft-photo-gallery" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Privacy:</strong><br />
This plugin does not collect any user data or personal information. All gallery data is stored locally on your WordPress site.</p>
<p><strong>Credits:</strong><br />
Thanks to all contributors and users who have helped improve Soft Photo Gallery through their feedback and suggestions.</p>


Soft Photo Gallery

Advanced photo gallery with multiple display styles, search functionality, and extensive customization options.

Bogdan Kushlyk

<p>SX Photo Gallery is FREE inline photo gallery. Allows easily run a photogallery on any wordpress site in minutes.<br />
All You need is to install it, create a gallery and upload photos.<br />
After that You will be able to put a shortcode in any wordpress content section and the gallery will appear on that page.</p>
<p>Guide on how to use this plugin:</p>
<p>First of all install the plugin as described in “Installation”.<br />
After that new menu item “SX Photo Gallery” will be added to admin menu.<br />
It contains subpages like Settings where you can set up the plugin for Your needs.<br />
* All photos – view and manage all photos<br />
* Add New Photo<br />
* Manage SX Galleries – manage all galleries ( view, add new, delete, edit )<br />
* Settings – here you can manage some options, like select galleries skin, for example</p>
<p>Before uploading photos You should create at least one gallery.<br />
To do this go to SX Photo Gallery -> Manage SX Galleries and enter name for new gallery. You can also add some description (optional)<br />
and specify slug (unique). If you don’t specify a slug it will be generated from gallery name. Slug is used when you output the gallery.</p>
<p>After some galleries where created You can add photos.<br />
It is similar to how you create ordinary post in WordPress:<br />
1. navigate to SX Photo Gallery -> Add New Photo, or SX Photo Gallery -> All Photos and press button “Add New Photo”.<br />
2. Enter photo name in “Title” field.<br />
3. On the right side of screen You can choose to which galleries should photo be added.<br />
4. And lower in same screen area click “Set featured image”.<br />
5. Select desired image from existing photos in media library or upload some new and add them.<br />
6. Press “Publish” and photo will be added to the gallery.</p>
<p>After these actions Your gallery will be ready to use.<br />
You can output the gallery multiple ways:<br />
* Use a shortcode “SXPhotoGallery” in a page content. Example: [SXPhotoGallery gallery-slug] where “gallery-slug” is<br />
a slug of Your gallery.<br />
* Another way to add a gallery is simply go to edit page where you want to add a gallery.<br />
Above the editor section there will be a button “Insert SX Photo Gallery”. Press it and select a gallery from the list.<br />
Than press “Insert” and a shortcode will be added to editor. Save the changes and gallery will be added to the page.<br />
Only one gallery can be used per shortcode, but You can use multiple shortcodes in same content area.<br />
So, You can display multiple galleries or same gallery multiple times on one page.</p>


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