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Plugin info

Total downloads: 47,918
Active installs: 6,000
Total reviews: 9
Average rating: 4.7
Support threads opened: 1
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 9/3/2020 (1944 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 3/19/2018 (7 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 5.5.14
Minimum PHP version: 5.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 1944 days ago • Support resolved 0% • 9 reviews

12/100

Is Pexels: Free Stock Photos abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 1944 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.0
Tested up to: 5.5.14
Requires PHP: 5.4

Ratings

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Developers

Raaj Trambadia (Owner)2

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Description

Pexels provides high quality and completely free stock images for personal and commercial use. This plugin helps you search, browse and download those photos directly to your WordPress site, giving you the benefits of hosting them (cropping, compressing, caching etc.).

Features

  • Search and browse thousands of free stock photos from Pexels from your WordPress Dashboard
  • Add ANY image to your WordPress Media Library with one click
  • Use the image inside your post/page content
  • Use the image as a Featured Image
  • No attribution required (really!)

Screenshots and Documentation

  • To start searching and using images, go to Media > Pexels Photos
  • Search for your photos
  • Click to download
  • Go to your page/post editor and use the photos
  • Visit the Pexels Documentation page to see the screenshots and documentation.

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/pexels-fsp directory, OR install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
  3. To start searching and using images, go to Media > Pexels Photos
  4. Search for your photos, click once to download
  5. Go to your page/post editor and use the photos
  6. Visit the Pexels Documentation page to see the plugin in action and other documentation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are the images free?

Yes 🙂 All photos on Pexels are licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. This means the pictures are completely free to be used for any legal purpose.

Does the plugin hotlink (directly link) to the images on pexels.com?

No. The plugin indeed downloads the images to your WordPress site, giving you all the benefits of hosting them (cropping, compressing, caching etc.).

Review feed

Jon Dingman
7/31/2018

fantastic plus

This is a great plugin that does exactly what is described. Makes it very easy to obtain legal images for content.
Uwe Jacobs
5/5/2022

Best WordPress / Pexels integration

The plugin makes it very easy to add stock images to any WordPress installation.

Screenshots

  1. Search results

    Search results

  2. Insert it into the post/page or use it as a Featured Image

    Insert it into the post/page or use it as a Featured Image

Changelog

1.2.2

  • Allowed access for all roles “Author” and above

1.2.1

  • Updated API

1.2

  • Fixed metadata error

1.1

  • Enabled support for Gutenberg (or any other editor, for that matter!)
  • Moved page under “Media” to facilitate image downloads without depending on the post editor
  • Updated screenshots
  • Added documentation link

1.0.3

  • Added screenshots
  • Added the “Settings” page link

1.0.2

  • Added more credit to Pexels.com

1.0.1

  • Minor updates to the readme.txt file
  • Minor updates to the settings.php file

1.0

  • Released
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