About this plugin
Check out the live demos and full documentation on the official Square Orb site.
Square Orb is a gallery plugin for WordPress. Display images and videos in responsive galleries with a full-screen lightbox experience, cloud import from Google Photos and Adobe Lightroom, and an optional engagement analytics dashboard.
Key Features:
- 5 layout options: Grid, Masonry, Justified Row, Carousel, and Interactive Map
- Full-screen lightbox with 11 transition styles, slideshow, filmstrip, EXIF data, and social sharing
- Dynamic Gutenberg block inspector — settings automatically show/hide based on the selected layout
- Cloud media import from Google Photos and Adobe Lightroom
- Smart search and category filter system
- Drag-and-drop media reordering in the block editor
- Watermarking engine with auto-stamp on upload
- Optional engagement analytics dashboard (opt-in, off by default)
- Gutenberg block and shortcode ( [square_orb ids="1,2,3"] ) support
- Transient caching for high-performance page delivery
External Services
This plugin optionally connects to the following third-party services. These connections are only established when you actively configure and use the corresponding features.
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Google Photos API — Used to authenticate your Google account and import media items into your WordPress Media Library. 0 authorization codes and access tokens issued by Google. Google Privacy Policy | Google Terms of Service
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Google Vision API — Used optionally to auto-tag imported images via AI label detection. Data transmitted: Base64-encoded image content sent to Google’s Vision API. This feature requires a separate Google Cloud API key and is disabled by default.
Google Privacy Policy
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Adobe Lightroom API — Used to authenticate your Adobe account and import media from Adobe Lightroom into your WordPress Media Library. 0 authorization codes and access tokens issued by Adobe. Adobe Privacy Policy | Adobe Terms of Service
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js (Bundled locally) — Used to render the Interactive Map gallery layout. The JavaScript and CSS assets are bundled directly within the plugin’s assets directory; no third-party CDN or external service is contacted. Leaflet
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js (Bundled locally) — Used to render the analytics chart on the admin Analytics tab. The JavaScript asset is bundled directly within the plugin’s assets directory; no third-party CDN or external service is contacted. js
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Engagement Telemetry — Off by default. When explicitly enabled by the site administrator in Square Orb → Global → Enable Engagement Telemetry, the plugin records anonymous view counts and dwell times per gallery image. All data is stored locally in your WordPress database only.
No data is transmitted to any external server. No personally identifiable information (PII) is ever collected.
Quick Start
A simple first gallery is usually just a few images from your Media Library. Start with the default grid layout, choose a few images, and publish the page. If you want a more curated experience later, add filters, smart search, or cloud imports.