About this plugin
WordPress integration with AstroBin API to browse and insert astronomy images directly from the Gutenberg editor.
The images will be complete with title, author attribution, copyright information, and links to both the original image and the author’s profile.
This plugin has been created for my astronomy club website to easily retrieve images from AstroBin with all their associated information.
Since “All rights reserved” is the most commonly used license, I’d like to remind you that this means you need the author’s permission before publishing any images on your website.
This plugin uses the AstroBin API but is not endorsed or certified by AstroBin.
Key Features
- Integration with AstroBin API for searching and browsing images
- Secure storage of AstroBin API credentials
- Media Library integration within Gutenberg editor
- Automatic attribution and copyright information maintenance for all inserted images
- Multiple browsing options:
- Your own AstroBin pictures
- Public pictures (search by title)
- Users’ galleries (search by username)
- Image Hash (ID)
- Image of the Day (browse current and past featured images)
External services
This plugin connects to the AstroBin API to retrieve image data.
This API will be fetch via the WordPress REST API and it will send the following information:
* your credentials (api-key and api-secret)
* the url of your website
* our requested terms
This is required to fetch image files and related information such as title, author, and license.
Please note that “All rights reserved” is the most commonly used license. This means you must obtain the author’s permission before publishing any of their images on your website.
This service is provided by the AstroBin API. For more details, please refer to their terms of use, privacy policy.
Credits
This plugin uses the AstroBin API but is not endorsed or certified by AstroBin.
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