Celestial Web Development
Celestial Web Development
Celestial Web Development

Celestial Astrophotography Gallery

A WordPress gallery for the photographs—and the acquisition details—behind your view of the universe.

Built by Celestial Web Development for astronomy clubs, observatories, and photographers, Celestial Astrophotography Gallery brings member submissions, structured metadata, and public image galleries together in WordPress.

Share the image and its story

Publish finished astrophotographs with photographer credits and optional details about targets, equipment, exposures, sky conditions, and processing. Contributors can correct their own published details without uploading the image again.

Features

  • Authenticated photo submissions with administrator-controlled access.
  • Moderation or optional automatic publication for trusted contributors.
  • Exposure sets and calculated integration time.
  • Full galleries, compact recent-photo displays, and accessible slideshows.
  • Gallery and submission blocks, plus shortcodes.
  • WordPress privacy exports and documented data retention.

Designed for your WordPress site

Choose your own gallery and submission pages and add them to your navigation. The plugin supports JPEG, PNG, and WebP files up to 50 MiB and 50 million pixels, subject to hosting limits.

Requires WordPress 6.0+, PHP 7.4+ on a 64-bit host, and an InnoDB-capable MySQL or MariaDB database. Automatic plate solving and annotation overlays are not included.

Source and licensing

The plugin is licensed GPL-2.0-or-later and is being prepared for public distribution. For availability and support, contact Celestial Web Development.

This release is being prepared for WordPress.org review. Directory acceptance has not yet been granted.

Privacy and hosting

No telemetry or external image-analysis service is included. WordPress Media Library originals can remain accessible through direct URLs, including pending submissions. Embedded location metadata is not stripped. Administrators review this policy before enabling uploads.

For setup, hosting, or customization help, contact Celestial Web Development.