Advice on 10,000 plus image galleries

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    johnkleis · Member ·

    Hi,
    I have been tasked to set up multiple galleries on a WP site which will need to hold over 10,000 images, possibly database driven with TAG search facility. I am seeking the following advice.

    1. Can WP cope with so many images, or should I look to place them outside of WP and just link to the galleries?

    2. Which is the most cost effective and easiest to do?

    3. Are their Plugins which can link to outside resources to help with this?

    Any advice would be appreciated.
    Regards
    Martin

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    honnbe · Member ·

    Hi,

    1. WP can cope with a large amount of data including images. However, you will need to take a look at the file sizes and the limits that on your account for that.

    One of the most common plugins used for galleries is http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/ . It has both a free and a paid version. I have used it and love it – although not to the scale you are.

    Here are some other choices you may consider. http://wpdevshed.com/best-photo-gallery-plugin-for-wordpress/

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    johnkleis · Member ·

    Thanks honnbe,
    I was looking at NextGEN and am also looking at the premium version of Envira. I have also researched a cloud based business hosting account which can handle the size issue.
    I need to speak to my client to see which set up he is wanting, but feel happier now knowing WordPress can cope with such an issue.
    Many thanks for helping out.

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    auxclass · Member ·

    there are two flavors of “WordPress” – WordPress.COM (here) and WordPress.ORG

    WordPress.COM does not allow the use of Plugin’s

    For more on the difference: http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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