The Perfect WordPress Image Plugin
I was asked to come up with the idea of the ultimate image plugin to be written for WordPress. The above is what I’ve come up with so far. Any other ideas strike your fancy? I’m trying to keep this to just image handling for posts and such, and not worrying about building public galleries with it, since that’s another aminal better solved with Gallery2, Coppermine, and Flickr.
- Image Uploading
- Allow uploading without leaving the Post page
- Would allow uploading from a website, perhaps even give a list of images from the “Press-It”‘d page.
- A Press-It Style button (like Imageshack Transloader also added)
- All upload options selectable from an ajax drop down, so that it doesn’t clutter up interface) with a default in prefences
- Would create thumbnails for use in posts. Linking to the actual size images using lightbox. Shadow box customizable via CSS (in prefernces)
- When an image is added, be allowed to enter a basic comment.
- Allow one to drag an image (according to setting either thumbnail linked to full size or full size image) to post.
- Image handling, ie in how the saved images are handled… either saved in folders acording to preferences (ie can set to create daily folders, weekly, monthly, topic) and so forth. Straight file as much as possible and database calls only perhaps to get description, so that using it doesn’t strain the db server.
- Files named intellegantly, Thumbnails are similar to fullsize, but perhaps _t or .th or some such added to name.
Prefences should be:
- using Lightbox or not
- Thumbnail size
- default image alignment (left, right, center, none)
- Default folder save settings (ie can set to create daily folders, weekly, monthly, topic)
- Option to select default shadowbox or ability to customize the set default style.
- default upload style selected (default that shows, others hidden unless selected)
The gallery window, you should be able to select the folder you are wanting to view with the newest folder being default (upload new pictures into new folder of course it’s default). the gallery should be inline in the post window, perhaps in a DHTML window like the add image or add link window, but kept simple so it loads fast.
Tags: Interesting, Plug-in, Wishlist, Wordpress
