Easy Photo Publisher vs Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block

Easy Photo Publisher complements the Adobe Lightroom Classic add-on Easy WordPress Publisher. Together they form a full publishing pipeline: send images directly from Lightroom to your WordPress site, update or replace them later, and (optionally) create blog posts using those images. Highlights – Direct publish from Lightroom Classic via the companion LrC module – Create / update / delete media via a simple REST API – Optional post creation with visibility control and Featured Image – Gallery Shortcode: [wpdet_gallery] with taxonomy filters, sizing and a11y-friendly captions – Accessible lightbox (keyboard/ARIA aware), toggled per shortcode – Gallery selection: let visitors mark images and pull the selection into Lightroom (opt-in) – Media taxonomies: enable Categories and Tags on attachments – Theme template overrides (HTML-only) – i18n-ready (easy-wp-publisher) Quick Start In Lightroom Classic, publish an image using the “Easy WordPress Publisher” service. The image appears in your WordPress Media Library. On any page or post, insert the gallery shortcode: [wpdet_gallery category=”Portugal” limit=”-1″ order=”DESC” min_width=”240px” gap=”1.5rem” size=”large” class=”” showcaption=”true” lightbox=”true”] limit=”-1″ shows all matching images showcaption=”true|false” toggles captions lightbox=”true|false” enables the accessible lightbox Shortcode Reference: [wpdet_gallery] Attributes – category — Category ID or slug to filter attachments (requires media taxonomies) – tags — CSV of tag slugs (e.g. tags="portugal,coast") – limit — Number of images (default 12). Use -1 for all. – order — ASC or DESC (default DESC) – size — thumbnail|medium|large|full (or any registered image size) – min_width — Grid minimum width (CSS value, default 200px) – gap — Grid gap (CSS value, default 1.5rem) – class — Extra CSS classes on the wrapper – showcaption — true|false (default true) – lightbox — true|false (default true) Markup & Styles Wrapper template: templates/wrapper.php Item template: templates/gallery.php CSS: templates/css/wpdet-gallery.css Lightbox CSS/JS autoload when lightbox="true" Theme overrides (HTML-only) your-theme/ └── wpdet/ └── templates/ ├── wrapper.php (uses tokens: {items}, {min_width}, {gap}, {extra_class}) └── gallery.php (uses tokens: {link_open}, {img}, {link_close}, {caption}) If present in a child theme, it’s used first; then the parent theme; finally the plugin fallback. Accessibility Lightbox uses proper roles (role=”dialog”), aria-modal, labelled controls, focus trapping, and Esc to close. Close button is keyboard-operable (Enter/Space) and returns focus to the trigger. Captions are announced via a polite live region. Media Taxonomies (Categories/Tags on Attachments) Enable in Settings → From Image to WordPress to use core Categories and Tags on media items. This allows taxonomy-filtered galleries. – Works with the shortcode filters (category, tags) – Adds taxonomy UI to the Media screens (without duplicating existing columns) Gallery Selection (Visitor Voting) Per-gallery feature, off by default. Turn it on for a specific gallery with the shortcode attribute ratings="true", and change the visible label with select_label="…". Each image then shows an accessible selection checkbox below its caption. Example: [wpdet_gallery category="Portugal" ratings="true" select_label="Select your favourite"] The choice is stored as one shared on/off flag per image (no counter, no per-visitor state — visitors may overwrite each other). The selection can then be pulled into Lightroom Classic with the Easy WordPress Publisher add-on (version 1.0.4 or newer). Clear the stored selection any time under Settings → Easy Photo Publisher → Gallery selection. REST endpoints (namespace wpdet/v1): – GET /capabilities — feature discovery (public) – POST /rate/{id} — set the on/off state (public; nonce-protected) – GET /selection — list selected image IDs (Application Password) – DELETE /selection — reset, optionally scoped by category/tags (Application Password) Minimum pairing: the selection feature needs this plugin >= 1.1.0 and the Lightroom add-on >= 1.0.4. Older pairings keep working for publishing; only the selection pull is unavailable. Validation MIME types: image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, image/avif Max size: ~25 MB (configurable in code) Support & Documentation Documentation: https://medienkonzepte.de/easy-wordpress-publisher-a-lightroom-extension/ Donate: https://buymeacoffee.com/webline Credits Made with ❤️ by Detlef Beyer.

This WordPress Plugin adds a simple & lightweight Lightbox to the standard WordPress Gallery & Image Block. It detects if a post contains a Gallery or Image Block and then loads & initialize baguetteBox.js, a pure JavaScript Lightbox script without any dependencies and a modern minimal look. There is no lock in effect. It does not add a new Block Editor/Gutenberg Block and relies solo on the standard WordPress Gallery and Image Block. You can deactivate this plugin at any time and your Gallery and Image Blocks will work as they’ve done before. Just without the lightbox. Just one important thing to remember: You always have to select Link → Link to image file or Link images to media file (see screenshots below) for all of your Image & Gallery Blocks to work properly. If you choose None or Link to attachment page it will not work. But that’s fine if you don’t want the Lightbox for a specific Image or Gallery. Take a look at the YouTube video from Jakson where he reviews this plugin: Features Here are the features of baguetteBox.js: Written in pure JavaScript No dependencies (e.g. jQuery) Image captions support Responsive Supports swipe gestures Around 13 KB, 7 KB gzipped Works with Gallery Block (Default Block) Image Block (Default Block) Media and Text Block (Default Block) Gallery (Default Classic Editor Gallery) CoBlocks Gallery Collage / Masonry / Offset / Stacked Meow Gallery (+ Gallery Block) Don’t forget to select Link to → Media File for all of your Galleries & Images to work properly. Notice: At the moment, just Blocks inside a post are supported. Not Blocks in a Widget. You can make it work but have to enqueue the necessary style & script yourself. See FAQ –> How to enqueue the necessary assets (script & style) for blocks outside of posts or for block types that are not supported by default?