Our “Topics from the Trenches” was empty of content this month. Maybe next time.

A Few Quick Announcements

• WordPress 6.0 is scheduled for release May 24.
• WordCamp Montclair, NJ is still on for June 25, 2022. It will be the first in-person WordCamp since February 2020. It is being held at Montclair State University.

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Anyone, anyone? Yes, in the back!

Yes, John? What do you have for us today?

John submitted a question in advance asking for help in finding plugins that will enable him to add a photo gallery to a WordPress post and preserve the EXIF data from the photo image file.

Let’s turn this inside an extended reply that serves as our primary topic for this month.

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Topic of the Month (TOTM) – How to search for plugins and choose good ones

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How to search for plugins and choose good ones

On wordpress.org the plugins page offers a search bar where you can enter the keywords to search. In this case, we could search “photo gallery exif”. That search results in 40 – 60 options.

Search Google for the same terms will return other results, including premium plugins that are not included in the WordPress plugin repository.

References

• WPBeginner – How to Search for Plugins
• WordPress Plugin Directory
• How to Add EXIF Photo Tags in WordPress
• WordPress plugin photo gallery +exif
• Exif Caption
• Exif Details

Recording

Yes! I remembered! Here is the recording of the SIG. Remember, PACS skips July and August. We’ll be back again in September.

See you in September.