Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List
Streamline photo sharing with AJAX-powered galleries, frontend uploads, and integrated monetization.
Solid choice
Picture Gallery is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 400+ sites, is rated 3.7/5 and was last updated 3 weeks ago, and scores 73/100 on our health check.
- Actively developed — last update 3 weeks ago
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Momentum — downloads up 86% vs the previous 30 days
- Small user base (400+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Picture Gallery stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| frontend upload | #18 |
| image gallery | >100 |
| media gallery | >100 |
| photo gallery | #65 |
| photo upload | #29 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 from 3 reviews
About Picture Gallery
From the official readme · v1.7.1Description
Elevate your WordPress site with the Picture Gallery plugin, enabling users to easily upload and manage images through a frontend interface. This powerful plugin supports guest uploads with CAPTCHA, generates thumbnails, and integrates seamlessly into your WordPress Media Library. Whether you’re looking to display image portfolios or sell digital photos, this tool is equipped with AJAX updates for live listing, drag-and-drop uploads, and extensive customization options to meet all your photo gallery needs.
Benefits
- Frontend & Backend Uploads: Allows both visitors and administrators to upload images conveniently.
- Advanced Security Features: Includes Google reCAPTCHA v3 to prevent spam and unauthorized uploads.
- Dynamic AJAX Photo Lists: Updates the gallery live without page reloads, enhancing user experience.
- Comprehensive Integration: Adds pictures and thumbnails to the WordPress Media Library for easy management.
- Customizable Access Controls: Set permissions for uploads and gallery views, ensuring content security.
- Monetization Opportunities: Integrates with plugins like “MicroPayments/FansPaysite – Creator Subscriptions, Digital Content Monetization” to enable photo sales directly from your gallery.
- Multi-Device Compatibility: Supports uploads from mobile devices, including direct camera uploads on iOS and Android.
- Enhanced Engagement: Features like the “Rate Star Review” allow visitors to rate and review images, fostering community interaction.
- Bulk Upload Capabilities: Simplifies the process of adding large volumes of images, saving time and effort.
Key Features
- adds picture post type to WordPress site with gallery taxonomy
- allows upload and import of pictures from frontend and backend
- guest picture upload with Google reCAPTCHA v3 integration, moderator notification
- generates thumbnail, generates feature image
- AJAX display and update of picture list
- shortcodes for listing pictures, upload form, import form
- mass picture upload
- mass picture import (from server)
- setup user types that can share pictures
- pending picture / approval for user types that can’t publish directly
- integrates Rate Star Review – AJAX Reviews for Content, with Star Ratings
- filter pictures by category, tag, name
- sort pictures by date, views, rating
- include pictures and thumbs in Media Library (setting)
Guest Picture Upload
- special shortcode for guest (visitor) picture upload
- Google reCAPTCHA v3 integration
- limit uploads per IP
- moderator notification by email (custom)
- custom message for upload success
- persistent form fields in case of error
Access Control: Membership, Sales
- define global picture access list (roles, user emails & ids)
- role galleries: assign pictures as accessible by certain roles
- exception galleries: free, registered, unpublished
- show preview and custom message when inaccessible
- integrates MicroPayments/FansPaysite – Creator Subscriptions, Digital Content Monetization plugin to allow selling items
HTML5 Picture Uploader
- Drag & Drop
- AJAX (no Submit, page reload required to upload more pictures)
- multi picture support
- status / progress bar for each upload
- unpredictable secure upload file names
- fallback to standard upload for older browsers
- mobile camera upload (iOS6+, Android 3+)
- backend multi upload menu
Recommended for use with these solutions
- FansPaysite – Creator Subscriptions, MicroPayments, Digital Content – manage content posts including pictures from frontend
- Paid VideoChat – integrate pictures in performer profiles
- Video Share VOD – add pictures in addition to videos
- Broadcast Live Video – add pictures in addition to live channels
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If you need custom development or support, Consult VideoWhisper: professional installation, configuration, troubleshooting, compatible hosting, custom development for new options and features.
Support
This is a free open source plugin provided as is. If you need further assistance, troubleshooting, custom development to integrate with your site, Consult VideoWhisper.
Demos
Pictures page on various themes:
* Fans Paysite Demo
* Video Share VOD Demo
* Paid Videochat Demo
Changelog
1.6.6
- Hardened server-side picture import and delete handling with nonce, capability, path containment, and file type checks.
1.6.5
- Moved screenshots to SVN assets and updated WordPress.org support metadata.
1.5
- Guest Picture Upload:
- Google reCAPTCHA v3 integration
- Limit uploads per IP
- Moderator notification by email (custom)
- Custom message for upload success
- Persistent form fields in case of error
1.4
- Media Library integration
- Menu in listings with categories, order
- PHP 8 support
1.3
- Integrates Rate Star Review plugin for star reviews
- Review form and list on picture page
- Rating stars in listings
- Integrate Semantic UI interface
- Filter by picture tag, name
- Sort by rating, number of ratings, points
1.2
- Integrates Paid Membership and Content plugin to allow selling items
Screenshots
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Picture Gallery: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026
Is Picture Gallery free?
Yes. Picture Gallery is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Picture Gallery safe to use in 2026?
Picture Gallery is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 400+ sites, is rated 3.7/5 and was last updated 3 weeks ago, and scores 73/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Picture Gallery?
Picture Gallery is active on 400+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 30,303 times since it launched in September 2016. It was downloaded 811 times in the last 30 days.
Does Picture Gallery work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested Picture Gallery up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 5.7 or newer.
What PHP version does Picture Gallery need?
Picture Gallery requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Picture Gallery last updated?
The latest version, 1.7.1, was released on September 8, 2026 (3 weeks ago).
Who makes Picture Gallery?
Picture Gallery is developed and maintained by videowhisper.
What are the best alternatives to Picture Gallery?
The most popular alternatives to Picture Gallery are ChargeWP (30+ installs), OptiImage – Upload Optimizer (<10 installs) and Smart Image Protection & Wa… (<10 installs).
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