WordPress Flickr Embed Plus

WordPress Flickr Embed Plus is a WordPress plugin that provides an interactive interface for adding Flickr images to your posts. The interface is conveniently launched from the visual editor toolbar.

This is a fork of the (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-flickr-embed/) plugin for WordPress and provides numerous bug fixes and enhancements over the original.

New Features

• Supports EXIF metadata as label for photo

Features

• Search for an select any public photo or a private one from your photostream (requires Flickr authorization).
• Sort search results by date taken or date posted
• Insert a photo anywhere in your post, choosing its title, size and how it should be aligned to the text.
• Link the photo back to its Flickr page or to a different-sized version of itself.
• Supports Lightbox and Lightview popups.

Source on Github: https://github.com/ded-zamkad/wp-flickr-embed-plus

Note: This plugin requires PHP 5.2.

1. Download and unzip the zip file into your WordPress plugins folder such that the plugin files are at: wp-content/plugins/wp-flickr-embed-plus/...
2. Activate the plugin within your blog’s administration options.
3. Goto menu Settings > Flickr Embed Plus. Here you can authenticate with Flickr and edit other settings.
4. All done!

How do I authorize the plugin to access my private Flickr photos?

1. Goto Settings > WP Flickr Embed Plus and click the Authorize with Flickr button.
2. This will take you to Flickr where upon you should login and follow the instructions.
3. Once you’ve authorized it you should be taken back to the options page with a success message.

I don’t have a Flickr account. Can I still use the plugin?

Yes you can. You will still be able to insert any public photo available on Flickr. Authorization is only needed if you wish to access your own private photos on Flickr.

How do I get it working with Lightbox?

1. Goto Settings > Flickr Embed Plus
2. Set Link the photo to to the photo itself.
3. Set The "rel" attribute of link tag option to lightbox.
4. Click Update options.

1. 

   The Wordpress Flickr Embed Plus options page under the Settings menu

2. 

   The Wordpress Flickr Embed Plus panel that appears on the post insertion screen

3. 

   Example of photo on a blog with exif info

1.0 (Sep 5, 2015)

• First version