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Flickr API

A comprehensive Flickr plugin that makes it easy to show off your images in style.

By Robert O'Rourke·Flickr·Free
2.5(2 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Flickr API is a WordPress flickr plugin with 20 active installations and a 2.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Meks Simple Flickr Widget.

2.5/52 reviews
20active installs
9.0K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011

Overview

The Flickr API plugin provides tools for displaying your flickr galleries, sets, photostream or favourites and more using a shortcode in posts and pages or as a widget. You can choose the size of image you want, whether it should be linked to another image size or back to flickr or not linked at all, how many images to show and more…

There are some built in options for displaying your images as a simple slideshow or using the Galleria jquery plugin. Alternatively you can choose to style the output yourself and use your own javascript.

For developers the plugin also gives you an easy method for calling and caching API responses both in PHP and javascript, and lots of useful tools for working with those responses.

Usage

You will need to get an API key from flickr to use this plugin. U…

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Ratings & Reviews

2.52 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.1.8

  • fixed a bug when the username is different to the URL path_alias, links to photo pages were broken
  • updated all call_user_func_array wrapper to remove pass by reference for PHP 5.4 compliance
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Robert O'RourkeRobert O'Rourke
Plugin Info
Version
0.1.9
Last Updated
Jul 24, 2014
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
3.9.40
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
20
Downloads
9.0K+
Added
Oct 14, 2011
Business
Free

Tags

flickrimagesphotosgallerygalleries

Developer

R
Robert O'Rourke
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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