We heard you loud and clear: Imagely is powerful, but it shouldn’t take a learning curve to use it.

Over the years, we’ve built one of the most comprehensive gallery and eCommerce platforms for photographers. It’s packed with features to showcase your work, sell prints and digital downloads, proof images with clients, and so much more. But we also know that power shouldn’t come at the cost of simplicity.

That’s why we’re thrilled to announce Imagely 4.0—a complete redesign of the plugin experience that makes building galleries, managing albums, and selling your work more intuitive than ever before.

What’s New: Faster Workflows, Better Organization

You told us: “Imagely has incredible functionality, but there’s a bit of a learning curve.” We took that feedback seriously.

Our goal wasn’t to change what makes Imagely powerful. It was to make that power easier to access. So we rebuilt the entire interface from the ground up with one question in mind: How can we help photographers spend less time figuring out settings and more time doing what they love?

The result? A streamlined, modern experience that lets you create stunning galleries and manage your photography business without the headache.

Galleries: From Dozens of Clicks to One Seamless Flow

Remember the old process? Upload images in one screen, navigate to Manage Galleries to add metadata, customize your layout in another screen, jump back and forth trying to find a setting you need… That’s a ton of clicks across multiple screens just to get your gallery live.

Not anymore.

With the new gallery builder, everything happens in one place with a simple tab-based flow:

• Upload your images (drag-and-drop or select from media library)
• Customize your layout with live preview
• Settings for metadata, lightbox options, proofing, eCommerce, and more
• Publish and you’re done

What used to take 10-15 minutes of clicking around now takes 3 minutes. Same powerful features, zero confusion.

Albums: Organize & Create Collections in Half the Time

Just like galleries, albums also have a streamlined management dashboard where you can see all your existing albums. To create a new album, just click the big green button to Add a New Album.

From there, you can use the visual checkbox selection to search for and add multiple galleries to your album at once. Then, just use the builder to drag-and-drop galleries in a new order, preview/select layouts, and enable customizations, like breadcrumbs, animations, eCommerce, and more.

Creating an album that showcases your best work—whether it’s weddings, portraits, or product photography— now takes just a few painless minutes.

Tag Management: Find, Edit, and Organize in Seconds

If you manage hundreds or thousands of images, tags are essential for staying organized. Now, the interface matches the modern design and improved usability you’ll find throughout the plugin.

The refreshed tag management screen gives you:

• Clean, modern table design with better visual hierarchy
• Enhanced search to quickly find specific tags
• Clear column organization showing name, slug, description, and image count

It’s the same powerful tag functionality you’ve always had, now presented in a cleaner, more intuitive interface.

eCommerce: From Scattered Settings to a Guided System

Here’s where the old Imagely really showed its complexity. Setting up eCommerce used to mean hunting through scattered settings across multiple menu locations. Users told us they’d spend an hour or more just figuring out where everything was, let alone actually configuring it correctly.

That’s why we’ve completely rebuilt the entire eCommerce experience from the ground up. Now, everything lives in one unified system with consistent design and intuitive navigation.

Guided Setup That Tracks Your Progress

Getting started is now straightforward with a step-by-step flow:

• Studio Details – Your business information
• Email Setup – Customer communication templates
• Payment Setup – Configure Stripe, PayPal, or manual payments
• Page Setup – Checkout and cart pages
• PrintLab Integration – Automated fulfillment options

Each tab shows exactly what you need, with clear indicators of what’s required versus optional. Setup that used to take over an hour now takes minutes, and you can see your progress as you go.

Pricelists: Manage Your Products with Clarity

Creating pricelists for different clients or event types is now visual and organized. You can view all your pricelists in one easy dashboard. The new interface for creating a pricelist features:

• Tabbed navigation for different product types (Prints, Canvas, Digital Downloads, etc.)
• Clean table views showing costs and prices at a glance
• Bulk markup tools to quickly adjust pricing across multiple products
• Drag-and-drop reordering to prioritize your best-selling items

Orders, Proofing & Coupons: Professional Management Tools

Every aspect of running your photography business gets the same attention to detail:

• Orders – Filter by date, status, or payment method. Sort or search for orders quicky, view order info instantly, and export data with one click.
• Proofing – Manage client proofing sessions with searchable tables and date filters. See which clients have favorited or ordered images.
• Coupons – Create and track promotional codes with status filters (Current, Upcoming, Completed). Monitor usage and effectiveness.
• Other Options – Configure shipping rates, tax options, and checkout behavior in a clean, organized interface.

Each area uses the same modern design with powerful search and filtering—making it easy to find what you need fast.

Settings: Everything You Need, Nothing You Don’t

Imagely has always given you comprehensive control over your galleries—default thumbnail sizes, lightbox effects, watermarking, image protection, and more. All those powerful settings are still here, but now you’ll find a clear, simple interface to configure them.

Gone are the days of hunting through nested menus and tabs. The new settings interface features:

• Clean sidebar navigation with clear icons and labels
• Settings grouped by function (Image Options, Lightbox Effects, Image Animations, , etc.)
• Modern design with helpful tooltips throughout

Every global setting you need is right where you’d expect to find it.

Layout Settings: Gallery Defaults Made Simple

One of Imagely’s most powerful features has always been the ability to set default settings for each gallery layout type. This feature is still here, but now it’s actually easy to use. Just click Layout Settings from the main Settings menu to access it.

• All available layouts listed in a clean sidebar
• See exactly which settings apply to each layout type
• Modern toggle switches and clear field labels
• “Reset to defaults” option when you need a fresh start

Set your preferences once for each layout, and every new gallery of that type will automatically use those defaults. You can still customize individual galleries as needed—these are just smart starting points that save you time.

Whether you’re configuring dimensions, enabling animations, setting up image protection, or fine-tuning lightbox behavior, the new Settings interface makes it straightforward to get Imagely working exactly the way you want.

A Modern Interface That Feels Right at Home

Beyond the workflow improvements, we’ve given the entire plugin a visual refresh. Clean typography, consistent spacing, intuitive navigation, and logical groupings make everything easier to find and use.

The best part? All your existing galleries, albums, settings, and customizations work exactly as they did before. This is a better Imagely, not a different one.

The Imagely Block: A Better Builder, Right in Your Editor

You can still insert galleries and albums using shortcodes if that’s your preference, but most users work directly with the Imagely block in the WordPress editor. And now, that block experience mirrors the same streamlined interface you’ll find throughout the plugin.

The Imagely block gives you everything you need right where you’re working:

• Quick search to find the gallery or album you want
• Toggle between Gallery and Album tabs
• Insert existing galleries or create new ones on the fly
• Edit galleries directly from the block editor—no need to navigate away from your post

When you create or edit a gallery from the Imagely block, you get the exact same streamlined builder experience as the main gallery management area—complete with the 3-step workflow, live preview, and all your customization options.

The new Imagely plugin is a smooth, intuitive experience whether you’re managing galleries in the admin area or building content in your posts and pages.

Available Now: Just Update Your Plugin

The new Imagely experience is live and ready for you to explore. If you’re an existing user, simply update your plugin from your WordPress dashboard. That’s it!

What you’ll notice immediately:

• Cleaner navigation in your WordPress admin
• Modern, professional interface throughout
• Faster workflows for common tasks
• All your existing content and settings intact

New to Imagely? There’s never been a better time to experience the most powerful WordPress gallery and eCommerce solution for photographers. Get started today!

We can’t wait to see how this update helps you work faster, create better galleries, and grow your photography business with less friction. Have an idea to make Imagely even better? Let us know with a feature request!

As always, if you have questions or need help getting started with the new interface, our support team is here for you. And if you love the update, we’d love to hear about it! Feel free to shoot us a message or drop a comment below.

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