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How to Create a Photo Store in WordPress Under 2 Minutes

how to set up an e-commerce photo gallery in wordpress

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to set up a digital photo store on your WordPress blog in 2 minutes. I have already covered the basic method of creating a digital photo store in WordPress using WP eStore and NextGen Gallery plugins. But this alternate method will help you get your store up and running very quickly.

Installing the Plugins

First, you need to make sure that you have the following plugins installed:

  • NextGen Gallery
  • WP eStore
  • eStore NextGen Gallery Addon

Creating a New Gallery

Once you have installed the plugins go to Add Gallery/Images under Gallery on your WordPress Dashboard.

a screenshot showing how to access the add gallery interface of nextgen gallery

Enter a name for the gallery you want to create and hit the Add gallery button.

a screenshot showing how to add a new gallery in nextgen gallery

Uploading Images

Now you can start uploading images to the gallery you just created. One easy way to upload multiples images is to create a new folder on your Desktop and copy all the images to that folder. If you are ready to upload the images create .zip version of that folder (In Windows OS you can easily create one by right-click->Send to->Compressed (zipped) folder).

Select the .zip folder on your computer and the gallery where you want to upload the images (in this case, it’s gallery1). Click Start Upload.

a screenshot showing how to upload multiple images to a nextgen gallery

Managing Gallery

You can always manage the gallery and the image in it from the Manage Gallery menu.

a screenshot showing how to navigate to manage gallery interface of nextgen gallery

You can see all the images you have uploaded to this gallery.

a screenshot showing all the images of a nextgen gallery

Integrating with WP eStore

Now that we have the gallery ready we can easily integrate it with WP eStore to create a payment button for each image.

First, we need to create a new product in eStore which will be used as a template for all the gallery images. Go to Add/Edit Products under WP eStore.

a screenshot showing how to navigate to add/edit products option in wp eStore

Enter a name and price for the template product.

a screenshot showing the name and price of the product in WP eStore

You can either upload an image for this product using the Upload File button or directly specify the URL in the Digital Product URL field. If you are offering digital images make sure that the Downloadable option is checked.

a screenshot showing the digital product details section of wp eStore plugin

Click the Save Product option at the bottom of the page to successfully create the product.

All the product related information can be accessed from the Manage Products menu.

a screenshot showing how to navigate to manage products in wp eStore

As you can see that currently you have one product configured (with an unique ID 1).

a screenshot showing the manage products interface of wp eStore

Now go to WP eStore->Settings->3rd Party Integration tab. There is section called NextGen Gallery SettingsĀ where you need to specify the unique ID of the product which will be used as a template.

a screenshot showing the nextgen gallery integration interface of wp eStore

Click the Update button to update the settings.

We are almost done with setting up the store. Now create a new post/page and embed the following shortcode:

[[nggallery id=1 template=wp-eStore-auto]]

a screenshot showing how to nextgen gallery shortcode on a wordpress post or page

Here, nggallery id is the unique ID of the gallery you created earlier. Publish the post/page.

a screenshot showing the wordpress photo store

And your e-commerce photo gallery is ready!

Download the Required Plugins

If you are interested you can download the plugins from here:

  • NextGen Gallery
  • WP eStore
  • eStore NextGen Gallery Addon

Related posts:

  1. How to Set Up a Digital Photo Store in WordPress
  2. WordPress NextGen Gallery Tutorial – How To Set Up A New Photo Gallery

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