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PosterCast

A poster/flyer gallery plugin for WordPress.

by Michal Konecny · github.com/konmike/postercast · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/konmike/postercast/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
Readme github.com/konmike/postercast ↗

Beautiful poster and flyer galleries for WordPress — responsive grid, full-screen lightbox, and Gutenberg block.

Features

  • Responsive CSS Grid — configurable columns, gap, and smart landscape/portrait spanning
  • Full-Screen Lightbox — thumbnail strip, keyboard & swipe navigation, image preloading, ARIA accessibility
  • Gutenberg Block — native block with 20+ visual settings, inline poster editing
  • Shortcode — [pcast_gallery] with full attribute support
  • Auto Orientation Detection — portrait/landscape detected from image, manual override available
  • Custom Poster URLs — link button in lightbox for tickets, events, external sites
  • REST API — endpoints for headless/custom integrations
  • 8 Languages — EN, CS, DE, SK, PL, FR, RU, ZH

Requirements

  • WordPress 6.0+
  • PHP 8.0+

Installation

  1. Upload the postercast folder to /wp-content/plugins/
  2. Activate through Plugins menu
  3. Go to PosterCast > Add Poster to create your first poster
  4. Add the PosterCast block or [pcast_gallery gallery_id="1"] shortcode to any page

Shortcode

[pcast_gallery gallery_id="1" limit="12" gap="20" poster_size="medium_large" show_all_link="true"]
Attribute Default Description
gallery_id — Gallery term ID (required)
limit 6 Number of posters to display
gap 16 Space between posters (px)
poster_size medium_large WordPress image size slug
show_all_link true Show "Show all" button

PRO adds: columns, landscape_span, portrait_span, poster_align, max_height, max_width, show_shadow, poster_background, lightbox_link_text.

REST API

Method Endpoint Auth Description
GET /pcast/v1/posters?gallery_id=1 No List posters for a gallery
GET /pcast/v1/galleries No List all galleries
POST /pcast/v1/order Yes Update poster order

Link any element to open a poster in the lightbox:

<a href="#" data-pcast-open="123">View this poster</a>

A gallery block/shortcode must be on the same page for the lightbox to work.

PosterCast PRO

Premium add-on with additional features:

  • Multiple galleries
  • Custom columns (1–8) with landscape/portrait spanning
  • Drag & drop reordering
  • Date scheduling (show from / show until)
  • Per-poster alignment
  • Advanced layout controls
  • "Show All" button customization
  • Custom lightbox link text
  • Poster link format (rich text toolbar)

Get PosterCast PRO

Build

npm install
npm run build

License

GPLv2 or later — see LICENSE