8 Free PHP Photogallery Scripts to setup your wallpapers site

April 19th, 2009 | by admin |

Open source is making our life easy day by day.We can download and use open source softwares for free.Setting up a wallpapers site or online photo gallery isn’t a difficult job nowadays just because of the open source php scripts which are not only free but easy to use too.Not only these cool php photo gallery scripts are free their plugins and theme are also free which mean you also don’t need to worry about the design becuase you can download themes for free.

By using open source php photo gallery script you can easily setup a full flash wallpapers site and if you have some knowledge about SEO than you can customize these scripts for SEO.These scripts have all the features you need.Features are mentioned below.

- Arrangement of pictures in categories and albums;
- Picture information stored in database;
- Users can upload pictures with web interface or ftp (and admin can batch-add to database);
- Full multimedia support
- Creation of thumbnails and intermediate size pics;
- Search feature;
- Last added;
- Random picture;
- Easy to use Templates
- Auto Rotate Images
- Send image as an ecard
- Email Support

I am gonna list some php script that i have use myself for my wallpapers site.These are so user friendly and easy to setup.They require the following software to be installed on your webhost.

Apache,IIS or any other good webserver.
PHP
MySQL
GD or Imagemagick.

The requirements mentioned above are mostly available on any good webhost.

1) 4 Images

4images is a powerful web-based image gallery management system. Features include comment system, user registration and management, password protected administration area with browser-based upload and HTML templates for page layout and design.

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2) Coppermine Photo Gallery

Coppermine is a multi-purpose fully-featured and integrated web picture gallery script written in PHP using GD or ImageMagick as image library with a MySQL backend.

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3) Gallery

Gallery, the open source web based photo album organizer. Gallery gives you an intuitive way to blend photo management seamlessly into your own website whether you’re running a small personal site or a large community site.

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4) Encaps PHP Gallery

Encaps Gallery is multipurpose skinnable php image gallery software. Easy to install and run, it does not require php or mysql skills.

PHP photo gallery key features
- MySQL database installer
- create unlimited categories
- upload unlimited media files (jpg,gif,png,mov,swf)
- automatic thumbnails creation (optional)
- easy to install and use
- web-admin (back-end)
- large number of images split by pages
- PayPal shopping cart (optional)

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5) PHP Album

phpAlbum.net is an Open Source PHP script which allows you to create your personal Photo Album / Gallery in just a seconds. All you need is a web space with FTP access. No database is needed. After a few clicks with our phpAlubm.net Installer you are ready to upload your photos, create new directories /galleries, and use your photo album.

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6) Gallarific

Gallarific is a fully customizable PHP photo gallery script that lets you collect, organize and share your images, photos and multimedia files with visitors directly from your Web site. It’s compatible with 97% of Web site hosts.

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7) PHP Graphy

phpGraphy is a free PHP photo gallery script released under GPL license. Since its beginning, it has been written with simplicity and efficiency in mind following the KISS philosophy.
It should fit many needs, thanks to its easy installation process and minimal requirements, it can be setup in less than 3 min to put a small photo gallery online. For users with thousands of pictures, don’t worry as phpGraphy does use a real directory tree to store the pictures (as you probably already have on your hard-drive), you’ll just have to upload your whole picture collection et voila, phpGraphy will generate the thumbnails and low-resolution pictures for you and even better, it can also auto-import IPTC description in the database.

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Plogger

Plogger is the next generation in open-source photo gallery systems. A web application not bloated with superfluous features or complicated configuration settings. Plogger is a simple yet powerful tool — everything you need to share your images with the world. Plogger is your photos integrated into your website, a fully featured photo sharing package with an attractive and easy to use administrative interface that makes managing your galleries a breeze. Integrating our gallery software into your website is as easy as inserting three lines of PHP code. And did we mention the price? Absolutely Free. Plogger requires a server setup with at least MySQL v3.23, GD1.0, and PHP4.

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