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Digital Photography Tips, Tutorials and Resources
by Waseem Abbas on Jan 25, 2018
Do you want to allow your site users to download image galleries? Adding a download button on your photos will make it easier for the visitors to save images. In this tutorial, we will share how to allow users to download gallery images in WordPress.
By default, you can’t download images from WordPress galleries. We recommend you to use a plugin like Envira Gallery that comes with tons of features including image downloading, social media sharing and more.
To allow users to download gallery images in WordPress, you’ll need to follow these 5 steps:
By the end of this tutorial, you’ll see a download button on the images that will look like as shown in this image below:
Ready to get started? Let’s go!
The first thing you need to do is install and activate Envira Gallery plugin on your WordPress website.
For assistance, you should check out this guide on how to install Envira Gallery in WordPress.
After activating the plugin, you need to go to Envira Gallery » Addons from your WordPress admin to install and activate Downloads addon.
To access this addon, you must have Envira Pro or Agency license. Wondering how to get it? Simply upgrade your license from here.
This addon will allow you to easily add the download button on your WordPress gallery images.
Now go to Envira Gallery » Add New to add an image gallery on your WordPress site. Start by adding a title and drop the photos in the Native Envira Gallery section.
To learn more about the gallery settings, you should check out this guide on how to create an image gallery with thumbnails in WordPress.
Scroll down to Downloads tab and click on the Display Download Button to enable the download option on the gallery images.
You can change the download button position, enable download all photos button and more from the settings below. There’s also an option to enable download button in the gallery lightbox view.
Once you are done with all the settings, go ahead and click on the Publish button. Copy the shortcode from Envira Code widget.
Next you should go to Pages/Posts » Add New or edit an existing page/post. In the visual editor, paste the shortcode of the gallery.
Make sure that you hit the Publish/Update button. Simply visit your site to see the download button on gallery images that will look like as shown in this image below:
You may want to only enable downloads for specific users, or clients who have already paid for their photos.
To do this, you can add password protection to your image galleries, so only customers with the right password can access and download gallery images.
That’s all. We hope this tutorial has helped you to learn how to allow users to download gallery images in WordPress. You may also want to check out our guide on the best image formats and different file formats with their features. In case your image gallery is loading slow, we recommend you to check this ultimate guide to boost speed and performance.
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Envira Gallery helps photographers create beautiful photo and video galleries in just a few clicks so that they can showcase and sell their work.
Does it allow to download the image files to users smartphone or only to laptop and desktop?
Hey Justin, the Download addon allows you to download images on all devices.
good tutorial)
hey.. good plugin but is it free with all these features or i have to buy
Hey Aisha, the Downloads Addon requires a Pro or Agency license. It’s not free. 🙂
I am making a wallpaper website on WordPress.
I want a download icon on EACH of my wallpapers.
And the Download button should be visible in the mobile website too.
Hello, I can’t see downloads tab. Can I use this in free version?
Hello,
Are you able to downlaod multiple images in one go?