WP-CollectiveAccess
Display your CollectiveAccess collections inside your Wordpress website.
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WP-CollectiveAccess shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 24/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (20+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 12 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.9 (latest is 7.1)
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where WP-CollectiveAccess stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| CollectiveAccess | #1 |
| digital archives | >100 |
| media | >100 |
| museum | #82 |
| tilepic | #1 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About WP-CollectiveAccess
From the official readme · v0.5.0Description
About WP-CollectiveAccess
WP-CollectiveAccess is a wordpress plugin to display collections informations & media from museum or digital archives
inside WordPress, using web services.
WP-CollectiveAccess is a project lead by idéesculture, a small french company, involved in CollectiveAccess development
through french translation & a dedicated module for Musées de France museums, tiny devs… We provide CollectiveAccess
services to museum, tourism offices in France & french-speaking countries.
This project was funded by Pro-Memoria, an italian company providing CollectiveAccess services.
About CollectiveAccess
CollectiveAccess is an opensource web-based suite of applications providing a framework for management, description, and discovery
of complex digital and physical collections.
CollectiveAccess is a registered trademark by Whirl-i-Gig in the USA. It has been brought by a collaboration between and
partner institutions in North America and Europe with projects in 5 continents.
Installation
- Unzip WP-CollectiveAccess.zip inside the
/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Adapt configuration through Settings > CollectiveAccess
Changelog
Replace older version with the new one inside wp-content/plugins. Former parameters value will be kept. Take a look at Settings > CollectiveAccess to verify the presence of eventual new parameters.
0.5.1
- [x] Improved linked object : display, with nice thumbnail & a subview
0.5
- [x] Customization : page title (for search, browse & detail view) ;
- [x] Customization : override the default view by a custom view for a single request (post or get $view with a string, for exemple allow to display with an intro the content of a set) ;
- [x] Customization : through templates via admin settings ;
- [x] Customization : create customized views inside views/local
- [x] Customization : page header image through CSS
- [x] Records displayed : objects, entities, places, events, collections
- [x] Internationalization & translations : english (default), french (fr_FR), italian (it_IT)
- [x] TilePic viewer
- [x] Hierarchy viewer
0.4.9
- development phase for 0.5, planned for end of july
0.1.2
- expanding views to each part of the plugin
0.1.1
- supporting views & subviews for easier customisation (take a look at /views & /views/local)
0.1
- first working version
Screenshots
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FAQ
WP-CollectiveAccess: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 8, 2026
Is WP-CollectiveAccess free?
Yes. WP-CollectiveAccess is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is WP-CollectiveAccess safe to use in 2026?
WP-CollectiveAccess shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 24/100 on our health check.
How many websites use WP-CollectiveAccess?
WP-CollectiveAccess is active on 20+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,520 times since it launched in July 2014. It was downloaded 87 times in the last 30 days.
Does WP-CollectiveAccess work with WordPress 7.1?
WP-CollectiveAccess is officially tested up to WordPress 3.9.40, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was WP-CollectiveAccess last updated?
The latest version, 0.5.0, was released on August 4, 2014 (12 years ago).
Who makes WP-CollectiveAccess?
WP-CollectiveAccess is developed and maintained by gautiermichelin.
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