How to Upload Photos from Adobe Lightroom to WordPress

Struggling to get your edited photos from Lightroom onto your WordPress site without breaking your flow? Exporting images, saving them to folders, and then uploading them one by one can feel tedious and slow. Especially when all you want to do is share your work.

The good news is, there’s an easier way.

With the Envira Gallery plugin, you can connect Lightroom directly to WordPress and send photos over in just a few clicks.

In this guide, we’ll show you how to set up this integration so you can streamline your workflow and publish stunning photo galleries in less time. 📸

What Is Adobe Lightroom?

Adobe Lightroom is a powerful photo editor from the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, which includes other tools like Photoshop and Illustrator. It lets you manage your pictures and add finishing touches, like adjusting the exposure, contrast, cropping, and more.

Unlike Photoshop, which is built for deep, pixel-level editing and graphic design, Lightroom focuses on workflow. This makes it a favorite tool for photographers who need to process many images quickly.

With the right WordPress plugin, you can connect your Lightroom account to your site and easily upload pictures from your collection. This way, you can upload photos without breaking your creative flow.

Let’s see how you can get started.

Requirements for Uploading From Adobe Lightroom to WordPress

First, you will need Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 6 or newer) installed on your computer. This software is available as part of an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription.

To get started, you’ll need to visit the Adobe Creative Cloud website and sign up for an account.

Then, we will be using Envira Gallery, which we believe is the best gallery plugin for WordPress. It allows you to create beautiful responsive image galleries in WordPress.

Envira Gallery offers a Lightroom add-on with its Pro and Elite licenses. This add-on provides seamless integration between Adobe Lightroom and your WordPress site. For more information about the plugin, please see our full Envira Gallery review.

In the following sections, we’ll show you how to integrate Adobe Lightroom into WordPress. Here’s a quick overview of all the steps you’ll take:

1. Setting Up Envira Gallery in WordPress
2. Setting Up Adobe Lightroom Classic on Your Computer
3. Connect Adobe Lightroom Classic to Envira Gallery
4. Uploading Photos From Lightroom to WordPress
5. FAQs: Upload Photos from Adobe Lightroom to WordPress
6. Keep Reading: More WordPress Tips for Photographers

Let’s get started!

Setting Up Envira Gallery in WordPress

The first thing you will need to do is create an Envira Gallery account. Just go to their website, click the ‘Get Envira Gallery Now’ button, and complete the sign-up process.

Then, you can install and activate the Envira Gallery plugin. For more detailed instructions, you can see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to go to Envira Gallery » Settings from your WordPress dashboard.

You will then need to provide your license key, which you can find on your accounts page on the Envira Gallery website.

After entering your key, go ahead and click the ‘Verify Key’ button.

Then, let’s navigate to Envira Gallery » Addons and scroll down to locate the Lightroom Addon.

Simply click the appropriate ‘Install’ button when you find the add-on.

Envira Gallery will install the Lightroom add-on, which you must then enable by clicking the activate button.

Next, you will need to navigate to Envira Gallery » Settings and click the ‘Lightroom’ tab.

Here, you will see 2 options.

First, you’ll want to choose the user account you want to use to publish images from Lightroom. Second, you need to generate an access token.

Simply click on the ‘Generate New Access Token’ button and copy the token as you will need it in the next step.

Don’t forget to click on the ‘Save‘ button to store your settings.

Setting Up Adobe Lightroom Classic on Your Computer

In this step, you’ll need to install and set up the Adobe Lightroom Classic app on your computer.

To start, simply visit the Adobe Creative Cloud website and click the ‘Your Creative Cloud’ button at the top. Make sure you’re signed in to your Adobe account.

You’ll then see your Creative Cloud homepage.

Go ahead and click the ‘Install Creative Cloud app’ option in the right corner under your user name.

Next, you can save the download file on your computer and install it.

Upon installation, you’ll want to open the Creative Cloud app on your computer. From here, let’s head over to the ‘Apps’ section and then to Lightroom Classic.

Go ahead and click the ‘Try’ button under Lightroom Classic.

Now, you’ll need to select a subscription plan. Adobe offers a 7-day free trial, so you can pick a plan and click the ‘Continue’ button.

After completing the subscription process, Lightroom Classic will start to install on your computer.

Connect Adobe Lightroom Classic to Envira Gallery

The next step is to install the Envira Gallery addon for Adobe Lightroom.

You can do this by visiting your Envira account area and switching to the ‘Downloads’ tab.

From here, let’s scroll down and navigate to the ‘Lightroom Addon (Adobe)’ option.

Go ahead and click the download icon under the addon.

After that, you can save the zip file for the addon on your computer.

In your computer’s downloads folder, you should now see a file enviralrplugin.zip. You need to extract this file because it contains a file named envira.lrplugin.

Mac users can simply double-click the file to unzip it. Windows users can right-click the file and extract its content.

Next, you’ll need to open Adobe Lightroom and click on File » Plugin Manager in the toolbar.

This will bring up the plugin manager window.

Go ahead and click on the ‘Add’ button and select the envira.lrplugin file from your computer.

When you’ve added the Enivra addon folder, simply click ‘Done’ to close the plugin manager window.

You should now see Envira Gallery in Adobe Lightroom Classic under the Publish Services section.

You have successfully added Envira Gallery as a publishing service to Adobe Lightroom.

Now that we have set up both Envira Gallery and Lightroom, the next step is to allow Lightroom to speak with Envira Gallery on your WordPress site.

Simply open the Adobe Lightroom Classic app and click the ‘Set Up’ link next to Envira Gallery under the ‘Publish Services’ panel.

This will open the publishing services manager window.

Here, you’ll need to provide the address of your website and the access token you generated earlier.

Once you do that, simply click on the ‘Authenticate’ button.

Lightroom will now connect to your WordPress site, and you will see a success message when it has connected to your website successfully.

Go ahead and click the ‘OK’ button on the success message, then click the ‘Save’ button in the publishing services manager window.

Uploading Photos From Lightroom to WordPress

Now, you can easily upload photos from Adobe Lightroom Classic to WordPress using Envira Gallery.

Simply start by going into Adobe Lightroom and then right-clicking on ‘Envira’ under the ‘Publish Services’ panel.

After that, you’ll want to click the ‘Create Published Collection’ option in the menu.

You’ll then see a popup window where you need to provide a name for your collection.

It is important to note that this name will also become the name of your image gallery on your WordPress site. For example, if you name your collection ‘WordPress Image Gallery,’ an image gallery with that same name will be created in Envira.

Once you have chosen the name, let’s click the ‘Create’ button to continue.

Lightroom will now create an empty collection for you. You can drag and drop images from your library into your new collection.

As soon as you add, remove, or edit images in a collection, you will see a ‘Publish’ button appear below it. Clicking the ‘Publish’ button will upload your photos to WordPress and store them in your Envira Gallery.

You can continue editing your images in Lightroom, making changes, adding or removing images, and doing anything you want.

You can always click the ‘Publish’ button, and your Envira Gallery will be updated because this add-on keeps Lightroom synchronized with WordPress.

Once all is done, you can visit your WordPress admin area and go to Envira Gallery to see your Lightroom collection added as a gallery.

For more details, please see our guide on how to create image galleries with Envira Gallery.

Bonus Tip: Add a Flickr Widget in WordPress

The Lightroom integration is perfect for your main online portfolio galleries. But we know many photographers also use platforms like Flickr to share their work and connect with a wider community.

If that sounds like you, then we have a great tip to help you cross-promote your photos.

Adding a dedicated Flickr widget allows you to automatically display your latest photos on your site. This keeps your portfolio looking fresh and helps drive more visitors to your Flickr profile.

Plus, it’s a great way to showcase your latest work without manually updating your site every time you upload new photos.

Based on our experience, Photonic is one of the best plugins for the job. It makes it super easy to pull in your Flickr albums and display them beautifully on your site.

For details, you can head over to our guide on how to add a Flickr widget in WordPress.

FAQs: Upload Photos from Adobe Lightroom to WordPress

Can I use the free version of Envira Gallery for this?

No, the Adobe Lightroom addon is a premium feature. You will need an Envira Gallery Pro license or higher to integrate Lightroom with your WordPress website.

If I edit a photo in Lightroom after publishing, will it update in WordPress?

Yes, that’s the best part of this integration. After making changes to an image in your published collection, you just need to click the ‘Publish’ button again in Lightroom. This will automatically sync the changes to the image in your WordPress gallery.

Does this integration work with the cloud-based Lightroom (formerly Lightroom CC)?

The Envira Gallery addon is specifically designed for Adobe Lightroom Classic. It does not currently support the cloud-based version of Adobe Lightroom. This is because Lightroom Classic has a traditional plugin system that allows for powerful integrations like this one.

What are the most common connection issues?

The most common issues are an incorrect website URL or access token. You’ll want to double-check that you’ve copied the full URL (including https://) and the exact access token from your Envira Gallery settings in WordPress into the Lightroom Publish Manager.

Keep Reading: More WordPress Tips for Photographers

We hope this article helped you learn how to upload photos from Adobe Lightroom to WordPress.

Now that you’ve streamlined your photo uploads, here are a few more guides to help you create an amazing photography website:

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• How to Sell Photos Online with WordPress
• How to Create a Custom Instagram Photo Feed in WordPress
• How to Create a Photo Contest in WordPress
• How to Display WordPress Photos in Columns and Rows
• How to Prevent Image Theft in WordPress
• Best Slider Plugins for WordPress
• Best WordPress Image Compression Plugins

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