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Piwigo Export Plugin

Version: 3.1.0
Release date: Oct 31, 2021
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Piwigo

The Piwigo Plug-in allows you to export photos from Adobe Lightroom directly to a Piwigo hosting service. Piwigo is a photo gallery software for the web that comes with powerful features for publishing and managing your photo collection.

Features

Supports Export operations
Supports Publish operations in Lightroom 3 and above
Supports photo comments and ratings
Enables you to Import existing online gallery structures into Lightroom catalog
Provides automatic pairing of online photos with photos in the catalog based on photo name and capture time
Synchronizes photo metadata
Enables you to assign and modify album covers

Requirements and Compatibility

The plugin supports both Windows and OS X, and is compatible with the following versions of Lightroom:

Lightroom 2 (2.4 - 2.7)
Lightroom 3 (3.3 - 3.6)
Lightroom 4, 5, 6 / CC 2015, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 / Lightroom Classic

Other requirements:

Piwigo version 2.1.x - 2.9.x (2.9.2 or above is recommended)

Licensing

This plug-in is released as Shareware (no source code provided). The license allows you to install the plugin on two computers, for example a desktop and a laptop computer, owned and operated by a single user.

When Lightroom is upgraded to a next major version (e.g. 9, 10, etc.), a new registration code needs to be purchased, unless your most recent purchase was made within a 3-month period before the release of the most recent Lightroom's major upgrade.

You may use the unregistered (free) version at no charge, however some features (see below) are limited or disabled in the free version.

Free (unregistered) Version Restrictions

You may use the unregistered (free) version at no charge, however some features will be either limited or disabled:

The export capability is limited to 10 photos at a time.
The number of photos in a single album is limited to 10.
Piwigo Export Options and Piwigo Publish Option section are unavailable (grayed out).

Support the Development

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

Post comments on this page
Submit your feedback and suggest new features to alloyphoto@alloyphoto.com
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Your participation is always appreciated!

Version History

3.1.0 Oct 31, 2021 (Latest Version)	Lightroom 11 support. Publish Service: now you can force-sync comments and ratings for selected photos using the Refresh Comments button on the Comments panel, even when the "Synchronize photo comments and ratings" option is unchecked in the Piwigo Publish Options section. Fixed the issue with 2-way metadata sync when the server is in a different timezone. New metadata field "Album". It maintains the name of the album containing the photo. New metadata fields for tracking visitor activity: Visits, Downloads. There fields are available in the Piwigo Metadata fieldset. The Downloads field requires the Download Counter plugin on the server side, see https://piwigo.org/ext/extension_view.php?eid=705 Publish Service: Synchronize Metadata now also updates the new Visits and Downloads fields. macOS Big Sur: Resolved the issue with dialog buttons and checkboxes appear clipped.
3.0.4 Nov 27, 2020	Implemented detection and automatic handling of server redirects causing HTTP Error 405 during HTTP-to-HTTPS redirection. Export Dialog: Fixed the "Requested resource no longer exists on the server" error when the album's thumbnail is missing.
3.0.3 Feb 28, 2020	Fixed the issue with user authentication when the server uses lowercase response headers. Fixed the "attempt to index global 'photoinfo' (a nil value)" error when synchronizing metadata.
3.0.1 Jan 4, 2020	Fixed the "Lightroom preferences file was not found" error in Lightroom 6 and 7. macOS: The installer disk image is now properly signed and notarized for macOS Catalina. macOS: The installer now supports dark mode on Mojave and Catalina.
3.0.0 Nov 17, 2019	Added Lightroom 9 compatibility.
2.9.4 May 27, 2018	Now the API handler (ws.php) on Piwigo server can be renamed to hide it from cross-scripting attacks. If you rename the script on the server, make sure put the full URL of the API handler including the script name, in the Server URL field. For example: http://mypiwigo.com/ws-secret0112358.php Minor bug fixes.
2.9.3 Jan 31, 2018	Reclaim Photos now works correctly when HTTP Access Authentication is in effect (i.e. when a Piwigo installation is protected with .htaccess).
2.9.2 Jan 9, 2018	Fixed the issue with splitting keywords containing spaces into multiple keywords.
2.9.1 Nov 14, 2017	Fixed the "Error processing server response" error when exported photos have no keywords.
2.9.0 Oct 22, 2017	Added support for Piwigo 2.9. Added support for Lightroom 7. Publish Service: 2-way metadata synchronization. Now photo tags, photo titles and description can be pulled from Piwigo back to Lightroom. Private Albums: Fixed the issue with associating Lightroom collections with private albums on Piwigo. Other minor fixes.
2.8.3 Jan 4, 2017	Improved German translations.
2.8.2 Dec 18, 2016	Publish Service - fixed the error in Sync Metadata.
2.8.1 Dec 13, 2016	Export Dialog - fixed the issue with parent album selection when creating new albums.
2.8.0 Dec 12, 2016	Piwigo 2.8 compatibility. Soring photos in album now works much faster thanks to the improvements in Piwigo 2.8.0 API. Added the ability to upload photos in raw (DNG, CR2, NEF) format. Requires Piwigo 2.8.0 or above. Added support for private albums Added the ability to turn an album public or private. Requires Piwigo 2.5.0 or above. Added support for video uploads. Requires Piwigo 2.8.3 or above. Publish Service - on successful creation of a new Piwigo publish service the plugin now prompts the user to import existing albums. Fixed the issue with synchronizing photo tags incorrectly in some situations. Image Size Validation - fixed the "?:0: attempt to index a nil value" error when the rendition's size is out of acceptable range. AutoUpdate - fixed a bug preventing the installation of plugin updates in some cases.
2.7.1 Mar 1, 2016	Import Albums: fixed the issue with the album structure being incorrect in some cases. Reclaim Photos: the plugin now ignores non-photo and non-vide files. Reclaim Photos: very lange files (over 100 MB in size) cause Lightroom to lock up. Now the plugin skips them.
2.7.0 Feb 24, 2016	Publish Service: new major feature - Reclaim Photos. Now you can download Piwigo photos the server to your hard drive and import them to your albums. HTTP authorization: fixed several intermittent issues. The removal of person tags now works correctly when the Remove Person Info option is in effect. Fixed the issue with the photo creation date being set incorrectly in some cases. Export Dialog: now switching between export profiles works correctly.
2.6.0 Dec 9, 2015	Auto Update: completely re-designed the update mechanism. Export Dialog - removed the unused Sort Order option for albums. Create Super Album - fixed the "?:0: attempt to perform arithmetic on field 'countHandled' (a nil value)" error. Fixed the issue with performance settings not being retained. Improved the diagnostic of upload failures due to incorrect image resizing. Fixed a rare phenomenon in which UTF8 encoding in watermark presets caused issues with the creation of editing of photo albums. Other performance and stability improvements.
2.5.0 Aug 9, 2015	Fixed the issue with cross-album publishing where photos might start creating duplicates at Piwigo after editing and re-publishing. Publish Service: album settings - added "Remove Person Info" option (Lightroom 6). Improved the image size validation mechanism. Now size validation works correctly when rendering uploads from smart previews and doing percentage-based resize (Lightroom 6). Lightroom 6: fixed internal error "attempt to compare nil with number" on export when using "Percentage" as the resize type. Fixed the "Yielding across C/metamethod is not allowed" error when quickly switching between publish providers or export presets. The plugin handles slower connections better and automatically extends upload timeout value when necessary. Other fixes and minor improvements.
2.4.0 May 16, 2015	Improved flexibility and performance of the throttling mechanism. Instead of pausing after every request the plugin now can issue a series of requests at full throttle, then take a pause. Export Settings: added low/high pixel threshold options for validading image size. Added the option for turning off cross-album publishing for improved performance. Removed the now obsolte option for using chunked uploads. Now the chunked upload method is used automatically when possible. Publish Service: album-specific resolution setting now works correctly. Puiblish Service: fixed the issue with using global watermarks in folder-specific settings. Fixed the issue with dropping off suffixes from filenames containing a period. Improved German translations. Other fixes and minor improvements.
2.3.2 Dec 8, 2014	Export Dialog: Fixed "Assertion Error" when running an older version of Piwigo.
2.3.1 Dec 8, 2014	Export Dialog: restored the Piwigo Export Options section.
2.3.0 Dec 7, 2014	Added support for TIFF uploads (requires Piwigo 2.6.0 and newer). NOTE: your Piwigo installation must be configured to handle TIFF files. Implemented "POODLE" (SSL Vulnerability) detection and remediation. Export Dialog: Implemented a persistent caching mechanism allowing the dialog to load known albums much faster. Export Dialog: Re-designed the layout. Export Dialog: new Quick Filter feature which enables you to search galleries using a text string. New Album Dialog: Now you can paste the name of the currently selected folder or collection with a single click. Publish Service: Improves support for watermarks when Lightroom presets are stored with the catalog. Fixed a rare error when servers reject the pwg.images.checkUpload call. Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
2.2.5 Jul 27, 2014	Fixed: Keyword tags are not being applied when the "Include parent keywords" option is turned off. Fixed the issue with republishing photos that were deleted through Piwigo's web console.
2.2.4 Jun 9, 2014	Added the ability to control whether parent keywords should be included when using the Keyword Filtering feature. Now the status line in the "Your Account" section displays the e-mail address of the currently logged in user. Restored the "Synchronize Comments and Ratings" option which was accidentally removed in a recent update.
2.2.3 May 20, 2014	Fixed the issue with occasional loss of the activation state. Fixed the error when using advanced authentication options (HTTP Authentication). Implemented better default settings in Export and Publish dialogs.
2.2.2 May 12, 2014	Added validation of the user privacy level to avoid the situation when the Lightroom user is unable to access uploaded photos because of an insufficient privacy level. Fixed the missing time part of the photo creation date when using chunked uploads. Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
2.2.1 Jan 31, 2014	Fixed several compatibility issues with Piwigo 2.6.x: handling of duplicate photos on export, associate images. Associate Images: Now you can fine-tune association by File Number Suffix using pattern matching. Performance tuning options are now part of Export Settings to enable fine-tuning individual publishing services and export presets. Revised German translations. Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
2.2.0 Jan 27, 2014	Added the ability to initiate multiple uploads in parallel. Added the ability to customize server timeout settings in situations where the default 30 seconds interval is insufficient. Now you upload photos in the original JPEG format without any additional processing. Associate Images: Implemented the ability to detect and automatically adjust the time difference between the local computer and the server. Associate Images: Now you can fine-tune association by File Number Suffix by specifying the characters that should be considered part of the suffix. Publish Service: Fixed the "deletedCallback: remotePhotoId is invalid" error when deleting published photos in some situations. Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
2.1.5 Jan 15, 2014	Implemented detection of URL redirects on the server. Fixed the "?:0: attempt to call method 'getAlbumSet'" error.
2.1.4 Jan 11, 2014	Bug Fixes: Fixed the issue with creating new albums.
2.1.3 Jan 8, 2014	Bug Fixes: Fixed the issue with being unable to log in after changing the password. Fixed the issue with deleting published photos. Other minor fixes.
2.1.2 Jan 4, 2014	Bug Fixes: Sub-albums are being created the top level. The plugin ocasionally throws an "Unexpected server response, HTTP Error Code 403" error. Other minor fixes.
2.1.1 Jan 2, 2014	Fixed the "attempt to call field 'APH_getAlbumInfo' (a nil value)" error when renaming albums. Synchronize Metadata: fixed the "attempt to index a nil value" error. Fixed a rare error "bad argument #2 to 'format'" . Other minor improvements.
2.1.0 Dec 31, 2013	Improved session management (the user is prompted to authorize less frequently). Improved performance. Publish Service - added the ability to customize sharpening options for individual albums. Publish Service: fixed the error when reparenting an album. Check Photos: fixed the "access to an undefined variable: fileName" error. Other minor fixes.
2.0.4 Dec 17, 2013	Fixed the issue with creating new albums. Export Dialog: the top level of the album hierarchy is now visually separated from real albums. Other minor fixes.
2.0.3 Dec 14, 2013	Photo Templates: minor improvements. Fixed the issue with authenticating after a password change. Improved session management (the user is prompted to authorize less frequently). Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
2.0.1 Nov 29, 2013	Mac OS: Fixed the issue with customizing templates for photo titles and description. Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
2.0.0 Nov 20, 2013	Publish Service: Added the ability to convert albums and album sets into "Super Albums" for managing photos AND albums within a single Piwigo album. Now provides the ability to customize photo titles and descriptions using templates that support different combinations of metadata and static text. Improved the Automatic Update feature for future plugin versions. New installation package for Mac OS. Extras - Import Albums now imports empty albums as well. Import Albums Structure - Fixed the "Access to an undefined variable: collections" error when processing albums containing both photos and sub-albums. Export Dialog - fixed the issue with creating new albums. Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
1.13.0 Oct 19, 2013	Now the visibility level of individual photos can be controlled using the new "Visibility Level" located on the Metadata panel, in the "Piwigo Metadata" section. Fixed the "C stack overflow" error on Mac OS. Other minor improvements and fixes.
1.12.1 Sep 29, 2013	Extras: Import Albums - fixed the "internal error: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (expected table, got nil)" when albums contain both photos and sub-albums. Other minor improvements and fixes.
1.12.0 Jul 26, 2013	Publish Service - added the ability to customize watermark and metadata settings for each individual album. Extras - New feature "Find Photos with Comments" enables you to quickly identify published photos that received online comments or ratings. Extras - The "Set Album Cover" feature now works correctly. Fixed the issue with exporting parent keywords when using the Keyword Filtering feature. Other minor fixes and improvements.
1.11.0 Jun 18, 2013	Added German translation - many thanks to Joerg Knoerchen at www.sensorgrafie.de Fixed the issue with renaming unpublished albums. Fixed the issue with using album-specific resize options. "Export with Previous" after creating new albums now works correctly. Other fixes and improvements.
1.10.5 May 1, 2013	Fixed the "Can't update this collection. An internal error has occurred: ?:0: attempt to compare number with nil" when synchronizing ratings for albums that does not have any rated photos. Fixed the "Can't update this collection. An internal error has occurred: ?:0: attempt to compare number with nil" in some situations when using album-specific export settings. Opening the Lightroom Publishing Manager panel and logging into Piwigo no longer triggers the "Not Saved" state unless you actually modify one of publishing options.
1.10.4 Apr 20, 2013	Fixed: Lightoom hangs during uploads. Fixed the issue with uploading keyword tags in Piwigo 2.5.
1.10.3 Apr 17, 2013	Implemented a workaround for the "Error parsing server response" error when Piwigo API responses contain PHP notices.
1.10.2 Apr 14, 2013	The plugin is now fully compatible with Piwigo 2.5. Implmented a workaround for a Windows specific HTTP Error 12032 (the action must be retried). Other minor fixes.
1.10.1 Feb 1, 2013	This is a quick fix for the issue in version 1.10.0 causing the plugin to lose its registered status.
1.10.0 Feb 1, 2013	Publish Service: added the ability to control image settings (size, JPEG quality) for each album individually. Publish Service: now "Associate Images" populates Piwigo Metadata fields correctly. Publish Service: the "Associate Images" dialog has been redesigned to fit 13" laptop screens. Publish Service: now "Check Photos" clears Piwigo Metadata fields if photos are no longer published through the Piwigo publishing service. Fixed: multiple whitespaces in keyword tags cause errors when republishing photos. Fixed: field caption in Keyword Filtering - Inclusion Rules reads "Exclusion Rules". Other minor fixes and improvements.
1.9.1 Jan 7, 2013	New feature - Keyword Filters. Now you can exclude individual keywords or entire keyword trees from the export. For explanation, see the FAQ page. Fixed the issue with updating photos published to multiple albums when one of the albums no longer exists on Piwigo. Now keyword tags can be not only added but also removed when re-exporting photos. Improved generation of photo URLs in the Piwigo section on the Metadata panel. Other minor fixes.
1.9.0 Dec 14, 2012	Publish Service - All "extras" functions such as Import Albums, Associate Images, Check Photos, etc. are now available right from the Publish Service Settings panel within Lightroom Publishing Manager. Extras - Associate Photos: The photo matching algorithm has been significantly improved to provide a faster and more accurate matching, particularly when file names contain spaces and other non-alphanumeric characters. Extras - Associate Photos: Added a new method of resolving matching conflicts - now you can prioritize pairing of rendered JPEG copies over raw originals. Extras - Associate Photos: Added new matching method "By File Number Suffix" which compares only numeric image suffixes when searching for pairing candidates. Extras - Associate Photos: Added new matching method "By File Number Suffix and Capture Time" which chooses candidates based on the combination of the numeric image suffix and photo capture time. Extras - Associate Photos: Now when associating photos by capture time you can specify a timezone offset to compensate for the time difference between the server and the local computer, if needed. Fixed the 'Missing "method" name' error in Lightroom 2 and 3. Fixed the "Tag already exists" error in Piwigo environments using the TypeT@gs plugin. Other minor improvements and fixes.
1.8.4 Nov 13, 2012	Fixed the issue with applying tag ID instead of keywords when the Chunked Uploads option is turned off. Publish Service: Fixed the issue with the "HTTP Authentication Required" message popping up when navigating between albums.
1.8.3 Nov 8, 2012	Fixed the issue with visibility keywords sometimes not working as expected. Fixed the issue with visibility keywords not being applied on republish and sync metadata. The "Create Keywords" action has been relocated to the Plug-in Extras menu so it can be accessed even when there are no Piwigo publish services in the catalog. Windows OS: Fixed the issue with installing the plugin when the username contains accented characters.
1.8.2 Nov 4, 2012	Fixed the intermittent error 'Missing "method" name' causing some uploads to fail. Improved the display of rendering and uploading phases on Lightroom's progress indicator.
1.8.1 Nov 2, 2012	This release is a quick fix for the issue with uploads not working introduced in 1.8.0
1.8.0 Nov 1, 2012	Now you can control the visibility level of uploaded photos. You can specify the default level and also control the visibility level of individual photos using special keywords. Fixed a rare issue related to publishing photos into multiple albums. Fixed the "attempt to index local 'headers' (a nil value)" error when the server rejects the uploaded photo. Added validation of album names. Export: fixed a few minor issues with the Export dialog screen. Export: fixed the issue with not saving the password in export presets.
1.7.2 Jul 8, 2012	Publish Service: Fixed the "You did not specify the Server URL" error when attempting to re-parent an album. Publish Service: Fixed the error when attempting to customize the cover photo for an album. Fixed the issue with exporting or publishing images with empty "Capture Date" in their metadata.
1.7.1 Jun 23, 2012	This is acomplete list of changes between version 1.6.2 and 1.7.1: The plug-in is now compatible with Piwigo 2.4.0. Added backward compatibility with Lightroom 2. Added support for hosting environments with HTTP Access Authentication (RFC2617). Added support for Export operations. Improved error handling when server response is empty. Improved validation of the server address. Improved behavior of the "Associate Photos using File Name and Capture Time" function when Piwigo metadata is missing the time part. Improved generation of default descriptions for publish services. Associate Photos - fixed the issue with ignoring photos in sub-albums Minor fixes and improvements.
1.7.0 (BETA) Jun 20, 2012	Associate Photos - fixed the issue with ignoring photos in sub-albums
1.7.0 (BETA) May 23, 2012	Fixed several glitches in the Export dialog. Added compatibility with Piwigo 2.4.0 RC3.
1.7.0 (BETA) May 19, 2012	Added support for Export operations. Improved error handling when server response is empty. Improved validation of the server address. Improved behavior of the "Associate Photos using File Name and Capture Time" function when Piwigo metadata is missing the time part. Improved generation of default descriptions for publish services. Minor fixes and improvements.
1.6.2 Apr 22, 2012	Fixed the issue with moving albums between album sets. Sync Metadata - photos failed to syncrhonize are now displayed in a list box at the end of the operation, allowing to save the list to a text file. Implemented the ability to reduce server load in a hosted environment by specifying a throttling interval for photo upload requests.
1.6.1 Apr 1, 2012	Additional changes since version 1.6.0 Beta: Added the option to turn the "Chunked Uploads" on and off. Album thumnails are now generating of the correct size. Implemented several internal fixes. Added support for Lightroom 4
1.6.0 (978 BETA) Feb 28, 2012	Fixed the issue with photo thumbnails not being generated when performing chunked uploads
1.6.0 (972 BETA) Feb 23, 2012	Added support for chunked uploads (requires Piwigo 2.3.3 and above). This is a major change targeted for customers who are unable to control their PHP environments and increase post size limits to handle large uploads (low post size limits is a typical issue for customers on shared hosting). Chunked uploads transfer photos in small chunks of only 200 KB, which should be sufficient to circumvent even the most rigorous post size limits. Added support for file renaming. Now "Synchronize Metadata" also updates the file name of the photo if the name is changed in Lightroom. Implemented additional safeguards for PHP notices, warnings, and errors that could affect the interaction between the plug-in and Piwigo API.
1.5.5 Feb 21, 2012	Improved diagnostic of upload errors caused by configuration and permission related issues on the server.
1.5.4 Feb 19, 2012	Added an option to turn off synchronization of photo comments and ratings which allows improving performance when you are not using comments. Now server responses are being sanitized to prevent response parsing errors in situations when the E_NOTICE option is enabled in the PHP configuration. Fixed the "image_id not found" error when a previously published photo is removed on Piwigo side.
1.5.3 Oct 23, 2011	Fixed: pairing photos works incorrectly when there are more than 500 photos in the online album. Improved error reporting when Internet connection is interrupted or blocked by the firewall. Other minor fixes and improvements.
1.5.2 Sep 12, 2011	Fix: "Synchronize Metadata" fails to update photo tags.
1.5.1 Sep 10, 2011	Fixed: In some cases "Synchronize Metadata" and "Unmark for Re-Publish" functions can produce a "No photos selected" error even when there are selected photos.
1.5.0 Aug 24, 2011	The Extras dialog now detects the active publish service automatically based on the selection in the Publish Services panel. Fixed some formatting issues in the French translation. Menu items in the publish service's pop-up menu are now localized. Added metadata fields for keeping track of photos that were uploaded via the plug-in. Losing Internet connection during photo uploads is now handled correctly.
1.4.2 Jul 13, 2011	Added the ability to retry uploading individual photos when the server times out during the upload or rejects a photo. Improved plug-in's stability in case of intermittent network failures. Added the ability to control the resolution of uploaded images. Added the option to turn off automatic validation of Image Sizing settings. The inadvertently removed in version 1.4.1 "Synchronize Metadata" function is back on the Extras screen.
1.4.1 Jul 7, 2011	Fixed the "image_id not found" error when re-publishing or retrieving comments for a photo that no longer exists on Piwigo. Deleting a non-published album no longer suggests leaving the album online. Now the "Extras" operations display provide feedback via summary messages at the end of processing. Import Album Structure no longer creates duplicate albums for existing smart collections. Fixed some errors in the French translation.
1.4.0 Jun 22, 2011	The plug-in now requires a small registration fee Made substantial performance improvements when publishing photos to smart collections Renaming albums now works correctly Added the ability to upload only the metadata for selected photos (title, description, author name, keywords) Fixed the issue with the Un-mark to Republish feature for smart collections Added French translation (thanks to Julien Moreau) Now before deleting albums the plug-in checks if there are photos on the Piwigo service and issues a more comprehensive warning message than the default Lightroom's one. The plug-in now can automatically update itself. Improved the ability to re-try uploading photos that failed to upload due to a server error. Photos that failed to upload are now displayed in a list box with the ability to save the list to a text file. The debug log is now submitted in a compressed form to improve performance. Now you can use the Enter key to start a new line in the Submit Debug Log window.
1.3.3 Apr 10, 2011	Fixed the issue with deleting photos published to multiple albums
1.3.2 Apr 9, 2011	Fixed the "attempt to index local 'exportSettings' (a nil value)" and "attempt to index local 'settings' (a nil value)" errors when re-parenting Piwigo collections Fixed the "Access denied" when the Piwigo URL contains uppercase characters Now when you attempt to move a private album you'll get a comprehensive error message
1.3.1 Apr 7, 2011	Fixed the issue with user authentication in some cases
1.3.0 Apr 4, 2011	Added the ability to import the album structure from Piwigo into Lightroom's publish service Added the ability to automatically populate published collections with photos already existing on Piwigo Fixed the issue with uploading multiple copies of the same photo when the photo is published through a smart published collection Other fixes and improvements
1.2.0 (381 BETA) Feb 21, 2011	Fixed the issue with creating the album hierarchy using album sets
1.2.0 (380 BETA) Feb 21, 2011	Fixed the issue with duplicate photos remaining in the gallery after re-publishing Fixed the "attempt to index local 'propertyTable' (a nil value)" error when submitting the debug log Implemented a change for the upcoming Piwigo 2.2 that will allow to retain existing comments and ratings when re-publishing photos.
1.2.0 (357 BETA) Feb 11, 2011	Implemented a workaround for the "There is something wrong with CryptUnprotectData" error.
1.2.0 (347 BETA) Jan 27, 2011	Now updating keyword tags will automatically mark affected photos for re-publishing. NOTE: If you have an earlier version of the plug-in installed, you must modify the Piwigo Publish Service settings for the fix to take effect. Simply go to the Lightroom Publishing Manager, log-in, then check/un-check any check-box - this will enable the Save button. Return the check box in its original state and click Save.
1.2.0 (345 BETA) Jan 26, 2011	Fixed issues with using multiple publish services.
1.2.0 (326 BETA) Jan 25, 2011	Added a check to ensure that the server is ready to accept uploads from the user. Added validation of the Image Sizing settings. The plug-in will issue a warning if the dimensions of rendered photos are outside of the 500 - 10000 pixels range.
1.2.0 (304 BETA) Jan 21, 2011	Fixed the issue with a missing script file on Mac OS
1.2.0 (302 BETA) Jan 21, 2011	Fixed the "error code1003 invalid category_id" error when trying to upload to a new album.
1.2.0 (297 BETA) Jan 21, 2011	Fixed the issue with re-parenting to a previously unpublished album or album set Fixed the issue with navigating to an unpublished album. Instead of a "URL not found" error, now you get a message explaining that the album has not been published. Now you can create several Piwigo publish services, each with a unique combination of hosting parameters (Server/Username/Password)
1.1 Dec 23, 2010	This is the first public release of the plug-in.
1.0.266 (beta) Dec 2, 2010	This update is mostly code optimizations and slightly improved handling of the situations when previously published photos and albums are removed from Piwigo outsize of Lightroom.
1.0.258 (beta) Nov 25, 2010	Fixed the issue of re-parenting albums contained in an album set to the top level of album hierarchy.
1.0.252 (beta) Nov 25, 2010	Fixed the "attempt to index global 'propertyTable'" error when saving connection settings.
1.0.251 (beta) Nov 23, 2010	Fixed the issue with creating new publish services.
1.0.242 (beta) Nov 22, 2010	Found and fixed a rather intricate bug related to republishing a photo that has been deleted from Piwigo service, if the photo had originally been published to multiple albums.
1.0.228 (beta) Nov 22, 2010	When a photo has been deleted from Piwigo service, "Go to photo in Piwigo" now displays an intelligent error message instead of trying to open a non-existent page in the web browser.
1.0.226 (beta) Nov 22, 2010	Fixed the "attempt to index field '?'" error when editing settings for an album set which no longer exists on Piwigo.
1.0.225 (beta) Nov 21, 2010	Added the ability to create multiple Publish Services, each with an individual set of login credentials Fixed the error when re-parenting a unpublished album Fixed the error when using the "Go to Album in Piwigo" option Improved handling of situations when albums or photos are deleted from Piwigo service outside of Lightroom
1.0.216 (beta) Nov 13, 2010	Now the "Edit Album Set..." dialog allows you to edit the comment for an album set.
1.0.217 (beta) Nov 13, 2010	Now the privacy level for uploaded photos is zero (Everyone). NOTE: It will be possible to control the privacy level in a following version of the plug-in.
1.0.203 (beta) Nov 11, 2010	Fixed the issue with publishing additional photos to an already existing album. #202 fixes the issue with failure to re-publish an already published photo.
1.0.202 (beta) Nov 10, 2010	Fixed the error when trying to re-publish an already published photo.
1.0.196 (beta) Nov 9, 2010	This the initial release of the beta version.

3.1.0

Oct 31, 2021

(Latest Version)

Lightroom 11 support.
Publish Service: now you can force-sync comments and ratings for selected photos using the Refresh Comments button on the Comments panel, even when the "Synchronize photo comments and ratings" option is unchecked in the Piwigo Publish Options section.
Fixed the issue with 2-way metadata sync when the server is in a different timezone.
New metadata field "Album". It maintains the name of the album containing the photo.
New metadata fields for tracking visitor activity: Visits, Downloads. There fields are available in the Piwigo Metadata fieldset. The Downloads field requires the Download Counter plugin on the server side, see https://piwigo.org/ext/extension_view.php?eid=705
Publish Service: Synchronize Metadata now also updates the new Visits and Downloads fields.
macOS Big Sur: Resolved the issue with dialog buttons and checkboxes appear clipped.

3.0.4

Nov 27, 2020

Implemented detection and automatic handling of server redirects causing HTTP Error 405 during HTTP-to-HTTPS redirection.
Export Dialog: Fixed the "Requested resource no longer exists on the server" error when the album's thumbnail is missing.

3.0.3

Feb 28, 2020

Fixed the issue with user authentication when the server uses lowercase response headers.
Fixed the "attempt to index global 'photoinfo' (a nil value)" error when synchronizing metadata.

3.0.1

Jan 4, 2020

Fixed the "Lightroom preferences file was not found" error in Lightroom 6 and 7.
macOS: The installer disk image is now properly signed and notarized for macOS Catalina.
macOS: The installer now supports dark mode on Mojave and Catalina.

3.0.0

Nov 17, 2019

Added Lightroom 9 compatibility.

2.9.4

May 27, 2018

Now the API handler (ws.php) on Piwigo server can be renamed to hide it from cross-scripting attacks. If you rename the script on the server, make sure put the full URL of the API handler including the script name, in the Server URL field. For example: http://mypiwigo.com/ws-secret0112358.php
Minor bug fixes.

2.9.3

Jan 31, 2018

Reclaim Photos now works correctly when HTTP Access Authentication is in effect (i.e. when a Piwigo installation is protected with .htaccess).

2.9.2

Jan 9, 2018

Fixed the issue with splitting keywords containing spaces into multiple keywords.

2.9.1

Nov 14, 2017

Fixed the "Error processing server response" error when exported photos have no keywords.

2.9.0

Oct 22, 2017

Added support for Piwigo 2.9.
Added support for Lightroom 7.
Publish Service: 2-way metadata synchronization. Now photo tags, photo titles and description can be pulled from Piwigo back to Lightroom.
Private Albums: Fixed the issue with associating Lightroom collections with private albums on Piwigo.
Other minor fixes.

2.8.3

Jan 4, 2017

Improved German translations.

2.8.2

Dec 18, 2016

Publish Service - fixed the error in Sync Metadata.

2.8.1

Dec 13, 2016

Export Dialog - fixed the issue with parent album selection when creating new albums.

2.8.0

Dec 12, 2016

Piwigo 2.8 compatibility.
Soring photos in album now works much faster thanks to the improvements in Piwigo 2.8.0 API.
Added the ability to upload photos in raw (DNG, CR2, NEF) format. Requires Piwigo 2.8.0 or above.
Added support for private albums
Added the ability to turn an album public or private. Requires Piwigo 2.5.0 or above.
Added support for video uploads. Requires Piwigo 2.8.3 or above.
Publish Service - on successful creation of a new Piwigo publish service the plugin now prompts the user to import existing albums.
Fixed the issue with synchronizing photo tags incorrectly in some situations.
Image Size Validation - fixed the "?:0: attempt to index a nil value" error when the rendition's size is out of acceptable range.
AutoUpdate - fixed a bug preventing the installation of plugin updates in some cases.

2.7.1

Mar 1, 2016

Import Albums: fixed the issue with the album structure being incorrect in some cases.
Reclaim Photos: the plugin now ignores non-photo and non-vide files.
Reclaim Photos: very lange files (over 100 MB in size) cause Lightroom to lock up. Now the plugin skips them.

2.7.0

Feb 24, 2016

Publish Service: new major feature - Reclaim Photos. Now you can download Piwigo photos the server to your hard drive and import them to your albums.
HTTP authorization: fixed several intermittent issues.
The removal of person tags now works correctly when the Remove Person Info option is in effect.
Fixed the issue with the photo creation date being set incorrectly in some cases.
Export Dialog: now switching between export profiles works correctly.

2.6.0

Dec 9, 2015

Auto Update: completely re-designed the update mechanism.
Export Dialog - removed the unused Sort Order option for albums.
Create Super Album - fixed the "?:0: attempt to perform arithmetic on field 'countHandled' (a nil value)" error.
Fixed the issue with performance settings not being retained.
Improved the diagnostic of upload failures due to incorrect image resizing.
Fixed a rare phenomenon in which UTF8 encoding in watermark presets caused issues with the creation of editing of photo albums.
Other performance and stability improvements.

2.5.0

Aug 9, 2015

Fixed the issue with cross-album publishing where photos might start creating duplicates at Piwigo after editing and re-publishing.
Publish Service: album settings - added "Remove Person Info" option (Lightroom 6).
Improved the image size validation mechanism. Now size validation works correctly when rendering uploads from smart previews and doing percentage-based resize (Lightroom 6).
Lightroom 6: fixed internal error "attempt to compare nil with number" on export when using "Percentage" as the resize type.
Fixed the "Yielding across C/metamethod is not allowed" error when quickly switching between publish providers or export presets.
The plugin handles slower connections better and automatically extends upload timeout value when necessary.
Other fixes and minor improvements.

2.4.0

May 16, 2015

Improved flexibility and performance of the throttling mechanism. Instead of pausing after every request the plugin now can issue a series of requests at full throttle, then take a pause.
Export Settings: added low/high pixel threshold options for validading image size.
Added the option for turning off cross-album publishing for improved performance.
Removed the now obsolte option for using chunked uploads. Now the chunked upload method is used automatically when possible.
Publish Service: album-specific resolution setting now works correctly.
Puiblish Service: fixed the issue with using global watermarks in folder-specific settings.
Fixed the issue with dropping off suffixes from filenames containing a period.
Improved German translations.
Other fixes and minor improvements.

2.3.2

Dec 8, 2014

Export Dialog: Fixed "Assertion Error" when running an older version of Piwigo.

2.3.1

Dec 8, 2014

Export Dialog: restored the Piwigo Export Options section.

2.3.0

Dec 7, 2014

Added support for TIFF uploads (requires Piwigo 2.6.0 and newer). NOTE: your Piwigo installation must be configured to handle TIFF files.
Implemented "POODLE" (SSL Vulnerability) detection and remediation.
Export Dialog: Implemented a persistent caching mechanism allowing the dialog to load known albums much faster.
Export Dialog: Re-designed the layout.
Export Dialog: new Quick Filter feature which enables you to search galleries using a text string.
New Album Dialog: Now you can paste the name of the currently selected folder or collection with a single click.
Publish Service: Improves support for watermarks when Lightroom presets are stored with the catalog.
Fixed a rare error when servers reject the pwg.images.checkUpload call.
Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

2.2.5

Jul 27, 2014

Fixed: Keyword tags are not being applied when the "Include parent keywords" option is turned off.
Fixed the issue with republishing photos that were deleted through Piwigo's web console.

2.2.4

Jun 9, 2014

Added the ability to control whether parent keywords should be included when using the Keyword Filtering feature.
Now the status line in the "Your Account" section displays the e-mail address of the currently logged in user.
Restored the "Synchronize Comments and Ratings" option which was accidentally removed in a recent update.

2.2.3

May 20, 2014

Fixed the issue with occasional loss of the activation state.
Fixed the error when using advanced authentication options (HTTP Authentication).
Implemented better default settings in Export and Publish dialogs.

2.2.2

May 12, 2014

Added validation of the user privacy level to avoid the situation when the Lightroom user is unable to access uploaded photos because of an insufficient privacy level.
Fixed the missing time part of the photo creation date when using chunked uploads.
Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

2.2.1

Jan 31, 2014

Fixed several compatibility issues with Piwigo 2.6.x: handling of duplicate photos on export, associate images.
Associate Images: Now you can fine-tune association by File Number Suffix using pattern matching.
Performance tuning options are now part of Export Settings to enable fine-tuning individual publishing services and export presets.
Revised German translations.
Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

2.2.0

Jan 27, 2014

Added the ability to initiate multiple uploads in parallel.
Added the ability to customize server timeout settings in situations where the default 30 seconds interval is insufficient.
Now you upload photos in the original JPEG format without any additional processing.
Associate Images: Implemented the ability to detect and automatically adjust the time difference between the local computer and the server.
Associate Images: Now you can fine-tune association by File Number Suffix by specifying the characters that should be considered part of the suffix.
Publish Service: Fixed the "deletedCallback: remotePhotoId is invalid" error when deleting published photos in some situations.
Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

2.1.5

Jan 15, 2014

Implemented detection of URL redirects on the server.
Fixed the "?:0: attempt to call method 'getAlbumSet'" error.

2.1.4

Jan 11, 2014

Bug Fixes:

Fixed the issue with creating new albums.

2.1.3

Jan 8, 2014

Bug Fixes:

Fixed the issue with being unable to log in after changing the password.
Fixed the issue with deleting published photos.
Other minor fixes.

2.1.2

Jan 4, 2014

Bug Fixes:

Sub-albums are being created the top level.
The plugin ocasionally throws an "Unexpected server response, HTTP Error Code 403" error.
Other minor fixes.

2.1.1

Jan 2, 2014

Fixed the "attempt to call field 'APH_getAlbumInfo' (a nil value)" error when renaming albums.
Synchronize Metadata: fixed the "attempt to index a nil value" error.
Fixed a rare error "bad argument #2 to 'format'" .
Other minor improvements.

2.1.0

Dec 31, 2013

Improved session management (the user is prompted to authorize less frequently).
Improved performance.
Publish Service - added the ability to customize sharpening options for individual albums.
Publish Service: fixed the error when reparenting an album.
Check Photos: fixed the "access to an undefined variable: fileName" error.
Other minor fixes.

2.0.4

Dec 17, 2013

Fixed the issue with creating new albums.
Export Dialog: the top level of the album hierarchy is now visually separated from real albums.
Other minor fixes.

2.0.3

Dec 14, 2013

Photo Templates: minor improvements.
Fixed the issue with authenticating after a password change.
Improved session management (the user is prompted to authorize less frequently).
Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

2.0.1

Nov 29, 2013

Mac OS: Fixed the issue with customizing templates for photo titles and description.
Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

2.0.0

Nov 20, 2013

Publish Service: Added the ability to convert albums and album sets into "Super Albums" for managing photos AND albums within a single Piwigo album.
Now provides the ability to customize photo titles and descriptions using templates that support different combinations of metadata and static text.
Improved the Automatic Update feature for future plugin versions.
New installation package for Mac OS.
Extras - Import Albums now imports empty albums as well.
Import Albums Structure - Fixed the "Access to an undefined variable: collections" error when processing albums containing both photos and sub-albums.
Export Dialog - fixed the issue with creating new albums.
Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

1.13.0

Oct 19, 2013

Now the visibility level of individual photos can be controlled using the new "Visibility Level" located on the Metadata panel, in the "Piwigo Metadata" section.
Fixed the "C stack overflow" error on Mac OS.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

1.12.1

Sep 29, 2013

Extras: Import Albums - fixed the "internal error: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (expected table, got nil)" when albums contain both photos and sub-albums.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

1.12.0

Jul 26, 2013

Publish Service - added the ability to customize watermark and metadata settings for each individual album.
Extras - New feature "Find Photos with Comments" enables you to quickly identify published photos that received online comments or ratings.
Extras - The "Set Album Cover" feature now works correctly.
Fixed the issue with exporting parent keywords when using the Keyword Filtering feature.
Other minor fixes and improvements.

1.11.0

Jun 18, 2013

Added German translation - many thanks to Joerg Knoerchen at www.sensorgrafie.de
Fixed the issue with renaming unpublished albums.
Fixed the issue with using album-specific resize options.
"Export with Previous" after creating new albums now works correctly.
Other fixes and improvements.

1.10.5

May 1, 2013

Fixed the "Can't update this collection. An internal error has occurred: ?:0: attempt to compare number with nil" when synchronizing ratings for albums that does not have any rated photos.
Fixed the "Can't update this collection. An internal error has occurred: ?:0: attempt to compare number with nil" in some situations when using album-specific export settings.
Opening the Lightroom Publishing Manager panel and logging into Piwigo no longer triggers the "Not Saved" state unless you actually modify one of publishing options.

1.10.4

Apr 20, 2013

Fixed: Lightoom hangs during uploads.
Fixed the issue with uploading keyword tags in Piwigo 2.5.

1.10.3

Apr 17, 2013

Implemented a workaround for the "Error parsing server response" error when Piwigo API responses contain PHP notices.

1.10.2

Apr 14, 2013

The plugin is now fully compatible with Piwigo 2.5.
Implmented a workaround for a Windows specific HTTP Error 12032 (the action must be retried).
Other minor fixes.

1.10.1

Feb 1, 2013

This is a quick fix for the issue in version 1.10.0 causing the plugin to lose its registered status.

1.10.0

Feb 1, 2013

Publish Service: added the ability to control image settings (size, JPEG quality) for each album individually.
Publish Service: now "Associate Images" populates Piwigo Metadata fields correctly.
Publish Service: the "Associate Images" dialog has been redesigned to fit 13" laptop screens.
Publish Service: now "Check Photos" clears Piwigo Metadata fields if photos are no longer published through the Piwigo publishing service.
Fixed: multiple whitespaces in keyword tags cause errors when republishing photos.
Fixed: field caption in Keyword Filtering - Inclusion Rules reads "Exclusion Rules".
Other minor fixes and improvements.

1.9.1

Jan 7, 2013

New feature - Keyword Filters. Now you can exclude individual keywords or entire keyword trees from the export. For explanation, see the FAQ page.
Fixed the issue with updating photos published to multiple albums when one of the albums no longer exists on Piwigo.
Now keyword tags can be not only added but also removed when re-exporting photos.
Improved generation of photo URLs in the Piwigo section on the Metadata panel.
Other minor fixes.

1.9.0

Dec 14, 2012

Publish Service - All "extras" functions such as Import Albums, Associate Images, Check Photos, etc. are now available right from the Publish Service Settings panel within Lightroom Publishing Manager.
Extras - Associate Photos: The photo matching algorithm has been significantly improved to provide a faster and more accurate matching, particularly when file names contain spaces and other non-alphanumeric characters.
Extras - Associate Photos: Added a new method of resolving matching conflicts - now you can prioritize pairing of rendered JPEG copies over raw originals.
Extras - Associate Photos: Added new matching method "By File Number Suffix" which compares only numeric image suffixes when searching for pairing candidates.
Extras - Associate Photos: Added new matching method "By File Number Suffix and Capture Time" which chooses candidates based on the combination of the numeric image suffix and photo capture time.
Extras - Associate Photos: Now when associating photos by capture time you can specify a timezone offset to compensate for the time difference between the server and the local computer, if needed.
Fixed the 'Missing "method" name' error in Lightroom 2 and 3.
Fixed the "Tag already exists" error in Piwigo environments using the TypeT@gs plugin.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

1.8.4

Nov 13, 2012

Fixed the issue with applying tag ID instead of keywords when the Chunked Uploads option is turned off.
Publish Service: Fixed the issue with the "HTTP Authentication Required" message popping up when navigating between albums.

1.8.3

Nov 8, 2012

Fixed the issue with visibility keywords sometimes not working as expected.
Fixed the issue with visibility keywords not being applied on republish and sync metadata.
The "Create Keywords" action has been relocated to the Plug-in Extras menu so it can be accessed even when there are no Piwigo publish services in the catalog.
Windows OS: Fixed the issue with installing the plugin when the username contains accented characters.

1.8.2

Nov 4, 2012

Fixed the intermittent error 'Missing "method" name' causing some uploads to fail.
Improved the display of rendering and uploading phases on Lightroom's progress indicator.

1.8.1

Nov 2, 2012

This release is a quick fix for the issue with uploads not working introduced in 1.8.0

1.8.0

Nov 1, 2012

Now you can control the visibility level of uploaded photos. You can specify the default level and also control the visibility level of individual photos using special keywords.
Fixed a rare issue related to publishing photos into multiple albums.
Fixed the "attempt to index local 'headers' (a nil value)" error when the server rejects the uploaded photo.
Added validation of album names.
Export: fixed a few minor issues with the Export dialog screen.
Export: fixed the issue with not saving the password in export presets.

1.7.2

Jul 8, 2012

Publish Service: Fixed the "You did not specify the Server URL" error when attempting to re-parent an album.
Publish Service: Fixed the error when attempting to customize the cover photo for an album.
Fixed the issue with exporting or publishing images with empty "Capture Date" in their metadata.

1.7.1

Jun 23, 2012

This is acomplete list of changes between version 1.6.2 and 1.7.1:

The plug-in is now compatible with Piwigo 2.4.0.
Added backward compatibility with Lightroom 2.
Added support for hosting environments with HTTP Access Authentication (RFC2617).
Added support for Export operations.
Improved error handling when server response is empty.
Improved validation of the server address.
Improved behavior of the "Associate Photos using File Name and Capture Time" function when Piwigo metadata is missing the time part.
Improved generation of default descriptions for publish services.
Associate Photos - fixed the issue with ignoring photos in sub-albums
Minor fixes and improvements.

1.7.0 (BETA)

Jun 20, 2012

Associate Photos - fixed the issue with ignoring photos in sub-albums

1.7.0 (BETA)

May 23, 2012

Fixed several glitches in the Export dialog.
Added compatibility with Piwigo 2.4.0 RC3.

1.7.0 (BETA)

May 19, 2012

Added support for Export operations.
Improved error handling when server response is empty.
Improved validation of the server address.
Improved behavior of the "Associate Photos using File Name and Capture Time" function when Piwigo metadata is missing the time part.
Improved generation of default descriptions for publish services.
Minor fixes and improvements.

1.6.2

Apr 22, 2012

Fixed the issue with moving albums between album sets.
Sync Metadata - photos failed to syncrhonize are now displayed in a list box at the end of the operation, allowing to save the list to a text file.
Implemented the ability to reduce server load in a hosted environment by specifying a throttling interval for photo upload requests.

1.6.1

Apr 1, 2012

Additional changes since version 1.6.0 Beta:

Added the option to turn the "Chunked Uploads" on and off.
Album thumnails are now generating of the correct size.
Implemented several internal fixes.
Added support for Lightroom 4

1.6.0 (978 BETA)

Feb 28, 2012

Fixed the issue with photo thumbnails not being generated when performing chunked uploads

1.6.0 (972 BETA)

Feb 23, 2012

Added support for chunked uploads (requires Piwigo 2.3.3 and above). This is a major change targeted for customers who are unable to control their PHP environments and increase post size limits to handle large uploads (low post size limits is a typical issue for customers on shared hosting). Chunked uploads transfer photos in small chunks of only 200 KB, which should be sufficient to circumvent even the most rigorous post size limits.
Added support for file renaming. Now "Synchronize Metadata" also updates the file name of the photo if the name is changed in Lightroom.
Implemented additional safeguards for PHP notices, warnings, and errors that could affect the interaction between the plug-in and Piwigo API.

1.5.5

Feb 21, 2012

Improved diagnostic of upload errors caused by configuration and permission related issues on the server.

1.5.4

Feb 19, 2012

Added an option to turn off synchronization of photo comments and ratings which allows improving performance when you are not using comments.
Now server responses are being sanitized to prevent response parsing errors in situations when the E_NOTICE option is enabled in the PHP configuration.
Fixed the "image_id not found" error when a previously published photo is removed on Piwigo side.

1.5.3

Oct 23, 2011

Fixed: pairing photos works incorrectly when there are more than 500 photos in the online album.
Improved error reporting when Internet connection is interrupted or blocked by the firewall.
Other minor fixes and improvements.

1.5.2

Sep 12, 2011

Fix: "Synchronize Metadata" fails to update photo tags.

1.5.1

Sep 10, 2011

Fixed: In some cases "Synchronize Metadata" and "Unmark for Re-Publish" functions can produce a "No photos selected" error even when there are selected photos.

1.5.0

Aug 24, 2011

The Extras dialog now detects the active publish service automatically based on the selection in the Publish Services panel.
Fixed some formatting issues in the French translation.
Menu items in the publish service's pop-up menu are now localized.
Added metadata fields for keeping track of photos that were uploaded via the plug-in.
Losing Internet connection during photo uploads is now handled correctly.

1.4.2

Jul 13, 2011

Added the ability to retry uploading individual photos when the server times out during the upload or rejects a photo.
Improved plug-in's stability in case of intermittent network failures.
Added the ability to control the resolution of uploaded images.
Added the option to turn off automatic validation of Image Sizing settings.
The inadvertently removed in version 1.4.1 "Synchronize Metadata" function is back on the Extras screen.

1.4.1

Jul 7, 2011

Fixed the "image_id not found" error when re-publishing or retrieving comments for a photo that no longer exists on Piwigo.
Deleting a non-published album no longer suggests leaving the album online.
Now the "Extras" operations display provide feedback via summary messages at the end of processing.
Import Album Structure no longer creates duplicate albums for existing smart collections.
Fixed some errors in the French translation.

1.4.0

Jun 22, 2011

The plug-in now requires a small registration fee
Made substantial performance improvements when publishing photos to smart collections
Renaming albums now works correctly
Added the ability to upload only the metadata for selected photos (title, description, author name, keywords)
Fixed the issue with the Un-mark to Republish feature for smart collections
Added French translation (thanks to Julien Moreau)
Now before deleting albums the plug-in checks if there are photos on the Piwigo service and issues a more comprehensive warning message than the default Lightroom's one.
The plug-in now can automatically update itself.
Improved the ability to re-try uploading photos that failed to upload due to a server error.
Photos that failed to upload are now displayed in a list box with the ability to save the list to a text file.
The debug log is now submitted in a compressed form to improve performance.
Now you can use the Enter key to start a new line in the Submit Debug Log window.

1.3.3

Apr 10, 2011

Fixed the issue with deleting photos published to multiple albums

1.3.2

Apr 9, 2011

Fixed the "attempt to index local 'exportSettings' (a nil value)" and "attempt to index local 'settings' (a nil value)" errors when re-parenting Piwigo collections
Fixed the "Access denied" when the Piwigo URL contains uppercase characters
Now when you attempt to move a private album you'll get a comprehensive error message

1.3.1

Apr 7, 2011

Fixed the issue with user authentication in some cases

1.3.0

Apr 4, 2011

Added the ability to import the album structure from Piwigo into Lightroom's publish service
Added the ability to automatically populate published collections with photos already existing on Piwigo
Fixed the issue with uploading multiple copies of the same photo when the photo is published through a smart published collection
Other fixes and improvements

1.2.0 (381 BETA)

Feb 21, 2011

Fixed the issue with creating the album hierarchy using album sets

1.2.0 (380 BETA)

Feb 21, 2011

Fixed the issue with duplicate photos remaining in the gallery after re-publishing
Fixed the "attempt to index local 'propertyTable' (a nil value)" error when submitting the debug log
Implemented a change for the upcoming Piwigo 2.2 that will allow to retain existing comments and ratings when re-publishing photos.

1.2.0 (357 BETA)

Feb 11, 2011

Implemented a workaround for the "There is something wrong with CryptUnprotectData" error.

1.2.0 (347 BETA)

Jan 27, 2011

Now updating keyword tags will automatically mark affected photos for re-publishing.

NOTE: If you have an earlier version of the plug-in installed, you must modify the Piwigo Publish Service settings for the fix to take effect. Simply go to the Lightroom Publishing Manager, log-in, then check/un-check any check-box - this will enable the Save button. Return the check box in its original state and click Save.

1.2.0 (345 BETA)

Jan 26, 2011

Fixed issues with using multiple publish services.

1.2.0 (326 BETA)

Jan 25, 2011

Added a check to ensure that the server is ready to accept uploads from the user.
Added validation of the Image Sizing settings. The plug-in will issue a warning if the dimensions of rendered photos are outside of the 500 - 10000 pixels range.

1.2.0 (304 BETA)

Jan 21, 2011

Fixed the issue with a missing script file on Mac OS

1.2.0 (302 BETA)

Jan 21, 2011

Fixed the "error code1003 invalid category_id" error when trying to upload to a new album.

1.2.0 (297 BETA)

Jan 21, 2011

Fixed the issue with re-parenting to a previously unpublished album or album set
Fixed the issue with navigating to an unpublished album. Instead of a "URL not found" error, now you get a message explaining that the album has not been published.
Now you can create several Piwigo publish services, each with a unique combination of hosting parameters (Server/Username/Password)

1.1

Dec 23, 2010

This is the first public release of the plug-in.

1.0.266 (beta)

Dec 2, 2010

This update is mostly code optimizations and slightly improved handling of the situations when previously published photos and albums are removed from Piwigo outsize of Lightroom.

1.0.258 (beta)

Nov 25, 2010

Fixed the issue of re-parenting albums contained in an album set to the top level of album hierarchy.

1.0.252 (beta)

Nov 25, 2010

Fixed the "attempt to index global 'propertyTable'" error when saving connection settings.

1.0.251 (beta)

Nov 23, 2010

Fixed the issue with creating new publish services.

1.0.242 (beta)

Nov 22, 2010

Found and fixed a rather intricate bug related to republishing a photo that has been deleted from Piwigo service, if the photo had originally been published to multiple albums.

1.0.228 (beta)

Nov 22, 2010

When a photo has been deleted from Piwigo service, "Go to photo in Piwigo" now displays an intelligent error message instead of trying to open a non-existent page in the web browser.

1.0.226 (beta)

Nov 22, 2010

Fixed the "attempt to index field '?'" error when editing settings for an album set which no longer exists on Piwigo.

1.0.225 (beta)

Nov 21, 2010

Added the ability to create multiple Publish Services, each with an individual set of login credentials
Fixed the error when re-parenting a unpublished album
Fixed the error when using the "Go to Album in Piwigo" option
Improved handling of situations when albums or photos are deleted from Piwigo service outside of Lightroom

1.0.216 (beta)

Nov 13, 2010

Now the "Edit Album Set..." dialog allows you to edit the comment for an album set.

1.0.217 (beta)

Nov 13, 2010

Now the privacy level for uploaded photos is zero (Everyone). NOTE: It will be possible to control the privacy level in a following version of the plug-in.

1.0.203 (beta)

Nov 11, 2010

Fixed the issue with publishing additional photos to an already existing album.

#202 fixes the issue with failure to re-publish an already published photo.

1.0.202 (beta)

Nov 10, 2010

Fixed the error when trying to re-publish an already published photo.

1.0.196 (beta)

Nov 9, 2010

This the initial release of the beta version.

#1 | Written by Mehdi about 14 years ago. Reply

thanks for your plugin but i’ve an error message : error code1003 invalid category_id (lightroom 3.3 w7 x64 ; plugin v1.1)
- #2 | Written by Vlad about 14 years ago. Reply
  
  Thanks, I have just rolled out build #302 with the fix for the issue. Please re-download.
  - #3 | Written by Mehdi about 14 years ago. Reply
    
    my Piwigo $conf[‘newcat_default_status’] was ‘private’ instead of ‘public’. Now it works very well
    Great plugin
    thanks
#4 | Written by mgr about 14 years ago. Reply

Simply thanks for this application that we dreamed for a long time !
#5 | Written by el ninjo (pigigo translation team) about 14 years ago. Reply

very great and cool plugin, perfect work under win7x64, Lightroom 3.3 and new Piwigo 2.20.

Thanks!
#6 | Written by Frenchy Philippe about 13 years ago. Reply

Hello Vladimir,

Small bug, “Release date: Sep 10, 2010” in the right download column! 2011 sounds more appropriate …

If you remember the duplicate matters I had before summer, I crashed all my gallery and reloaded with your 1.5.0 version and I have no one now! So, i only can recommend to all to buy this very powerful plug-in 🙂
- #7 | Written by Vlad about 13 years ago. Reply
  
  Thanks Philippe, I fixed the date, thanks for letting me know!
#8 | Written by Hagen about 13 years ago. Reply

Great tool – thanks so much for your effort! I love it!

I have just problem that bothers me alot. I upload a lot of photos from Lightroom to my piwigo Server – most of time over night because it takes a lot of time and during the night I don't need my notebook for the daily business.

Almost each night during the upload process I get a an error message. E.g. "connection lost", "server doesn't response", "time out" and things like this. All this message have reasons and are no problems. As soon I press "OK" the upload continues with the next folder an this is fine. But I in the middle of the night I can not push the button "OK" to continue the upload 😉

On the next morning the upload finished just of 400 pictures instead of 1000 or just 3 instead of 10 folders.

My biggest wish!: I wish me to have a the option to "ignore Messages" and instead to continue uploading with next folder or next picture. It would be amazing if you could implement this feature – like a silent mode!!!!

Thanks so much for your support!
#9 | Written by LaMouette about 12 years ago. Reply

Hi,
I'm giving a try to the plugin demo version before buying it.
There is only an issue i'm trying to investigate :
– Some photos does not seem to upload correctly. When I upload multiple photos in a good quality, I do see the album with the correct number of photo but all their sizes are 0Kb and I cannot view them. This issue seems to depend on the photo size, when I reduce the JPEG quality some photos are correctly uploaded and other not.
- #10 | Written by Vlad about 12 years ago. Reply
  
  I think you are hitting the memory limit on the server. Please see the FAQ page: http://alloyphoto.com/plugins/piwigo/piwigo-faq/
#11 | Written by LaMouette about 12 years ago. Reply

Thank you for your answer, I didn't thought about that because pLoader was working fine even with very big file …
- #12 | Written by Vlad about 12 years ago. Reply
  
  The plug-in can use the same upload method as the pLoad, you just need to enable the “chunked upload” option. Keep in mind though, when the memory limit on the server is low you still may be unable to upload, however in that case both pLoaded and my plug-in would fail.
#13 | Written by Guillaume about 12 years ago. Reply

Hi Vlad,
Thanks for this great plug-in.
Unfortunately, Piwigo doesn't "get" the tags I entered in Lightroom. He only displays numbers as tags. All options are "on" in the metadata box from the plugin panel in Lightroom. Am I missing something ?
thanks
Guillaume
- #14 | Written by Vlad about 12 years ago. Reply
  
  Yep, the issue is confirmed – this happens when the Chunked Uploads option is turned off. I am making a fix and re-uploading version 1.8.3.
#15 | Written by Guillaume about 12 years ago. Reply

Hmm… I've found my tags in Piwigo but he calls them "orphan tags". They are not associated with any photos… Any idea ?
#16 | Written by Guillaume about 12 years ago. Reply

Problem solved. A huge thank for your help Vladimir!!!
#17 | Written by brian about 11 years ago. Reply

Does this plugin work to publish videos? Is there any chance you will be adding this in the future?
- #18 | Written by Vlad about 11 years ago. Reply
  
  Piwigo API does not support video uploads and that is the only reason the plugin is unable to publish videos.
#19 | Written by Michal about 11 years ago. Reply

Hi Vladimir,

plugin is great, however I can't reach advanced functions under "Plugin Extras" – there is no entry for this plugin. I can see other plugin's functions there, but nothing for this one. I tried disable/enable, reload… no change. Any hint?

thanks

Michal
- #20 | Written by Vlad about 11 years ago. Reply
  
  Hello MIchal,
  
  I suspect you are looking in the wrong place. The Extras are located in Library > Plug-in Extras. You can also access all “extras” right from the Publishing Manager – double-click your Piwigo publishing service and scroll down a little.
  - #21 | Written by Michal about 11 years ago. Reply
    
    You are right! How confusing, that "Plugin Extras" are both under File as well as under Library, and there are different things.
    
    Thanks
    
    Michal
    - #22 | Written by Vlad about 11 years ago. Reply
      
      Lightroom reserves three places for plugin extras: File > Plug-in Extras, Library > Plug-in Extras, and Help > Plug-in Extras – each of these locations imply a certain context and functionality. Library > Plug-in Extras is the only appropriate locations for publish service related features.
#23 | Written by David about 11 years ago. Reply

Feature Request:
The ability to change the type of an existing Album/Smart Album/Album Set. For example to convert existing albums from "Album" to "Smart Album" at the click of a button.

I've only just realised the amazing feature of "Importing Albums" and "Associating Images" from existing Piwigo systems.
Only problem is that I've just imported 200+ albums (about 5,000 photos) from one install, and I need a way to convert most of the Albums to "Smart Albums" so that new images become available based on specified tags.
I've deleted one or two of the existing Albums that I desperately needed to re-create as a Smart Album. But I've found the biggest problem with this being it causes links to the Albums ID to become invalid (bad for e-mailed links) and looses image ratings, descriptions from pictures.

It would be so great if, at a click of a button, the Album type could be changed without the pain of re-creating the Albums. It would make your great plugin, amazing!
#24 | Written by Patrick about 11 years ago. Reply

Is it possible to change the privacy settings of photos via the plugin? For example, if I upload a large set of photos (available only to Family) into an album, and then want to make a subset of those available to Friends & Family. I tried changing the default privacy settings on the Publish Service and republishing the subset, but it failed.

Thanks!
- #25 | Written by Vlad about 11 years ago. Reply
  
  The Visibility Level option in Piwigo Publish Options should be applied during the upload. I am going to double-check if there are any issues around this. Could you upload a couple of photos and submit your debug log, so I can see if it’s being applied?
#26 | Written by Steen about 11 years ago. Reply

Great plugin, but why does it not support color space conversion? That would make it really useable for Lightroom. The exported JPG's has no profile assigned which makes them look much to saturated.

Thanks, Steen – http://www.steenknarberg.com
#27 | Written by Robert about 10 years ago. Reply

I would love to be able to upload the photos, but also upload the DNG files associated with those files as an alternative download. Something tells me it would be a plug in for Piwigo along with for Lightroom, but certainly something I would pay for. It would make workflow with multiple people very smooth.
- #28 | Written by Vlad about 10 years ago. Reply
  
  Piwigo accepts only files it can visualize. But I will convey your idea to Piwigo developers. Once the gallery supports raw format (at least for storage), adding this feature to my plugin won’t be difficult.
#29 | Written by Mickael about 9 years ago. Reply

Hello,

I have 2 questions :
1 – Where is stored the comments in lightroom ? Is it a standard field in iptc or xmp ?
2 – With VideoJS, piwigo can store videos. Is there any possibility to integrate it into your plugin ?
- #30 | Written by Vlad about 9 years ago. Reply
  
  1. Comments are stored in Lightroom’s catalog, however they are not part of metadata
  2. Piwigo API doesn’t support video uploads, and that is why videos cannot be uploaded to Piwigo from external applications via API calls.
  - #31 | Written by webgarcon about 9 years ago. Reply
    
    I would also like to be able to upload the video file supported by VideoJS. That would be extremely useful as the video supported are the same that I would use in Lightroom
    - #32 | Written by Vlad about 9 years ago. Reply
      
      I am planning to add support for video uploads when Piwigo developers resolve this blocking issue:
      Issue #449 @ github
      - #33 | Written by rmedgbert about 9 years ago.
        
        Looks like that issue may have now been resolved pending inclusion in a future release. I’m curious how anyone has been able to upload video to a hosted Piwigo.com portfolio as I don’t see any plug-ins available to install to my account hosted there. One of your comments regarding repro steps led me to believe you may have been able to do so with such an account, please confirm.
      - #34 | Written by Vlad about 9 years ago.
        
        I enabled the VideoJS in my piwigo account – it was listed among other available plugins. Perhaps you should contact the piwigo team to have the plugin enabled? I am not sure how their accounts are set up.
      - #35 | Written by Tom about 8 years ago.
        
        Oh yes, managing videos in Piwigo with Lightroom is one missing piece of the puzzle.
#36 | Written by Claire BOISSON about 9 years ago. Reply

I tried today to apply the updates, but I had an error : “?:0: attempt to index a nul value”. What is it, please ?
- #37 | Written by Vlad about 9 years ago. Reply
  
  Please restart Lightroom, this will take care of the error.
  The auto-update mechanism has been re-designed, so you should no longer see that error going forward.
#38 | Written by Claire BOISSON about 9 years ago. Reply

Thank you. I have restarted Lightroom, but it doesn’t find Piwigo any more !
Please, what can I do ?
- #39 | Written by Vlad about 9 years ago. Reply
  
  It is quite possible that a failure triggered Lightroom to turn the plugin off. Go File > Plug-in Manager…, find Piwigo in the list of installed plugins, and select it.
  In the main panel, expand the Status section and click “Enable” to turn the plugin back on.
#40 | Written by Claire BOISSON about 9 years ago. Reply

When I select PiwigoExport (under which it is written “Installé mais ne fonctionnant pas” = installed and doesn’t work), neither “Activer” = Enable nor “Désactiver” = Disable can be clicked in the main panel, and the version is “(unknown)”. I use Lightroom CC Version 2015.2.1, on “Windows 7 Professionel”
- #41 | Written by Vlad about 9 years ago. Reply
  
  Please try this:
  1. Close Lightroom
  2. Download the installer from http://alloyphoto.com/plugins/piwigo/
  3. Run the installer and follow instructions http://alloyphoto.com/plugins/piwigo/piwigo-installation/
  4. Run LR again – now everything should be in order
#42 | Written by Claire BOISSON about 9 years ago. Reply

Thank you very much, all is OK now !
#43 | Written by Jim O'Brien about 8 years ago. Reply

This is an excellent plugin! I had an issue which I brought to Vladimir’s attention; he came up with a solution to address the problem right away. This plugin really improves our efficiency in working with Piwigo. I know we would not be using Piwigo today if we didn’t have this plugin. Thanks!
#44 | Written by Michael about 4 years ago. Reply

I’m evaluating the plugin and I have some questions before purchasing.

Plugin v3.0.4
Piwigo v11.0.1

When I go to publish I’m getting a generic “Upload Failed” error. When I log into website, I see that album is created and photos added*.

*Explaining the asterisk: The photos are added but they’ll first appear as orphans but given a little time they appear in the album. I believe this to be an issue with Piwigo and maybe not so much with the plugin. Piwigo I’m assuming is having to do some post-processing after the plugin uploads to the website.
- #45 | Written by Vlad about 4 years ago. Reply
  
  Michael,
  I reviewed your debug log and it appears that your server takes quite a long time to process uploaded photos and respond with their ID. The default setting in the plugin is to wait 30 seconds. You can increase the timeout period and wait longer. Another option – look into the performance issue on the server’s side.
#46 | Written by Crawford about 3 years ago. Reply

Quick question: is this plugin compatible with “new” Lightroom, e.g., the cloud-based version?
- #47 | Written by Vlad about 3 years ago. Reply
  
  Only Lightroom Classic can use plugins. Lightroom CC (the cloud-based version) does not support third-party plugins.
#48 | Written by Jan Kjellin about 2 years ago. Reply

I recently set up a Piwigo-site just to try it out and see if it met my demands for a simple portfolio site. It turned out to have much more potential than that. Then I found out about this plugin last weekend and decided to try the free version. About ten minutes later, I bought the full version. Stiill learning the ropes, but WOW! This plugin really provides the perfect integration between Lightroom and Piwigo and is also changing the way I work with metatagging.

Awesome work, Vlad!
- #49 | Written by Vlad about 2 years ago. Reply
  
  Hi Jan,
  Thank you so much for your kind words about my plugin!

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