Shutter Reloaded is an image viewer for your website that works similarly to Lightbox, Thickbox, etc. but is lean and mean at only 10KB size. It does not require any external libraries. It has all standard features: resizing large images if the window is too small to display them with option to show the image in full size, unlimited number of image sets, pre-loading of neighbour images for faster display and very good browser compatibility.

This plugin also offers customization of colour and opacity settings for the background and colour for the caption, text links (if used) and the image count.

There are options to enable Shutter Reloaded for all links pointing to an image on your site (with option to exclude some pages), or just on selected pages. It can be enabled only for image links with a specific CSS class or by using Lightbox style activation (rell=”lightbox[...]“). It also can “auto-make” sets for each post/page.

Many thanks to Gerhard Lehnhoff, aufBlog.de for translating Shutter Reloaded to German and for the suggestions, and to Lise, liseweb.fr for the French translation.

Shutter Reloaded is easily integrated with Alex Rabe’s excellent NextGEN Gallery plugin. More info.

Demo:

Some examples of sites that use Shutter: www.synthaetica.com, www.dawnne.com.

Usage:

Image sets are created by using class=”shutterset” to the link pointing to the image. Adding class=”shutterset” also activates the plugin, there’s no need to add both classes, shutterset and shutter. Multiple sets are created by using class=”shutterset_setname”, where setname can be any ascii word and/or a number. If using Lightbox style activation, sets are created by adding a set name in the square brackets. More help is available on the admin page of the plugin.

Screenshots:

Download:

If you’re having any problems with Shutter try downloading the current development version. All bug-fixes, improvements and new features will be available there first. It should be stable enough for use, however some quick testing after activation would be a good idea. Please report any new bugs or incompatibilities with other plugins by commenting below.

Shutter Reloaded version 2.1

New in version 2.1: Compatibility update for WordPress 2.5 and few small fixes and improvements.

New in version 2.0: Option to display full size image if it was resized to fit the browser window, display of image count (for sets), the navigation is at the bottom of the window, the buttons can be either images or text, support for localization, translation in German, the code is better organized and improved.

New in version 1.2: Support for WordPress versions 2.0 and 2.3, several small improvements and bugfixes.

New in version 1.1: Lightbox style activation (by requests), fixed problem activating when using Dreamveawer preload images srcipt, expanded the options page help, fixed problem activating if the link has target=”_blanc” and other small bugfixes and improvements.

Also available is the current development version. New features, improvements and bug-fixes will be introduced there first. Currently the auto-set option has been improved, Czech translation added thanks to Machi, some js cleanup, etc.

Installation

Standard WordPress quick and easy installation:

1. Download.
2. Unzip.
3. Upload to the plugins folder.
4. Log in WordPress and activate the plugin.
5. Go to “Options -> Shutter Reloaded” and set your preferences.

To upgrade: deactivate and delete the old version, then follow the above instructions to install the new one.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Does this plugin work on WordPress version…

Shutter Reloaded has been tested on WordPress 2.0.11, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.5

• I have … plugin installed that also outputs javascript in the header, will there be any conflicts/incompatibilities?

Since Shutter Reloaded does not use any js libraries, it does not interfere with them. It uses an onload event but has a function to play nice with other scripts that use onload too (from WordPress).

• What will happen if my site visitors have Javascript disabled?

Then none of your links will be changed and will work as usual.

• I have a thumbnail link but it points to a webpage, not to image. Will that affect Shutter Reloaded?

No, Shutter Reloaded looks only for links pointing to an image (with thumbnails or not), and will not change any other link, even if the link has the same css class used for activation.

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