This plug-in enables you to export and publish photos from Adobe Lightroom directly to your WordPress blog using the NextGEN Gallery.

Features

  • Supports Publish Services in Lightroom 3 and 4
  • Supports Export operations in Lightroom 2, 3, and 4
  • Supports multiple hosting servers and multiple accounts
  • Supports multiple blogs
  • Automatically creates blog posts or blog pages for new galleries using customizable templates

Requirements

  • Lightroom 2.4 - 2.7, 3.2 - 3.6: Windows XP, Vista or 7, Mac OS X - 32 bit and 64 bit
  • Lightroom 4.0 - 4.1 RC: Windows Vista or 7, Mac OS X - 32 bit and 64 bit
  • WordPress version 3.1.x or above hosting service:
    • NextGEN Gallery Plug-in version 1.9.2 or above, installed and enabled
    • XMLRPC service enabled (Settings | Writing | Remote Publishing)

Licensing and Registration

This plug-in is released as Shareware (no source code provided). You may use the unregistered (free) version at no charge, however some features (see below) are limited or disabled in the free version.

The registration fee is $15 (USD) per single user.

Demo Version Restrictions

Some features are limited or disabled in the demo version of the plug-in:

  • The export capability is limited to 10 photos at a time.
  • The number of photos in a single gallery is limited to 10.

Support the Development

There are many ways you can support further development of this plug-in:

Your participation is greatly appreciated!

Version History

1.2.5

May 11, 2012

(Latest Version)

  • Improved error handling in situations when the server response cannot be parsed.
  • Improved generation of default descriptions for publish services.
  • Extras:Assign Preview Image - improved consistency of warning messages.
  • Extras:Associate Photos - improved performance of conflict resolutions for flagged photos in Lightroom 4.
     

1.2.4

Apr 23, 2012

  • Improved error handling in situations when XMLRPC path is incorrect.
  • Fixed the issue with deleting album sets.
  • Fixed the issue with handling nested albums 2 and more levels deep.
     

1.2.3

Apr 22, 2012

This update is a quick fix for the issue with publishing photos, introduced in version 1.2.2.

1.2.2

Apr 22, 2012

  • Added support for parent-child relationship between albums and galleries.
  • Improved error handling when the server returns a non-XML response.
  • Export Dialog: Fixed the "attempt to compare nil with a number" error when the selected album has no photos.
  • Export Dialog: Fixed the "dng_error_bad_format" error with displaying thumbnails that are in PNG format.
     

1.2.1

Mar 20, 2012

  • Fixed the "attempt to index local 'settings' (a nil value)" when clicking "Visit my Wordpress" in some situations.
  • Fixed the warning message in the Export dialog when selected album contains no galleries.
  • Fixed: In some situation the plug-in wouldn't show any galleries when the "Manage my own galleries option" is selected.
  • The plug-in is now fully compatible with Lightroom 4.

1.2.0

Feb 24, 2012

  • Fixed the issue with selecting the user's blog on a shared Wordpress hosting.
  • Added the ability to control whether the blog post should be published immediately or left in the draft status.
  • Added the ability to customize default template formats for blog posts.
  • Debug output has been optimizied to reduce size and improve performance.
     

1.1.0

Jan 19, 2012

  • Added support for the WordPress Multisite feature.
  • The Export dialog screen now can filter galleries by album they belong to.
  • Added the ability to import existing albums from Wordpress into the NextGEN Gallery Publish Service in Lightroom.
  • Now existing photos in Wordpress galleries can be automatically associated with albums in the Publish Service within Lightroom.
  • Added the ability to check for missing photos in the Publish Service.
  • Added the ability to clear the "Modified to Re-Publish" status for selected photos.
  • Added the ability to upload only metadata of modified photos.
  • Now you can assign a preview image for your galleries.
  • Implemented sanitiziation of server responses to avoid XML parsing errors when responses contain extra spaces or PHP notices.
  • Implemented non-destructive replacement of existing photos upon republishing.
  • Fixed XML parsing errors when renaming albums with blank descriptions.

1.0.1

Sep 5, 2011

  • Fixed the error when creating a new gallery with a blank description.
  • Fixed the error when using the "Go to Photo in Wordpress" menu action.
  • Added metadata fields for keeping track of photos that were uploaded via the plug-in.

1.0.0

Aug 3, 2011

First public release