Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers
by sunshinephotocart · Media
Create professional client photo galleries and photo proofing galleries for your photography business. Sell photos directly to clients with zero commi …
90 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins
Directory ranking optimization
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Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
1.1K
now · peak 7.3K
Directory rank vs rivals
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Rating trend
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Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
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28
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v3.6.11
254
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2015-08-14 · 1,439 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
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Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.
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Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ItsJustMe5mo ago
I am a bit of a techie and got sick of Smugmug and the others and their limited customizations so I finally decided to just create my own site. I am a sports photographer though and needed the ability to sell. Looked into Sunshine Photo Cart and gave it a try. While beginners may have some issues, once you get it all set up and everything, the plugin is absolutely amazing! The best part however is the support. Derek works hard to support his plugin and honestly provides some of the best support you can find….no matter how annoying the client is 🙂 Definitely recommend.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ plantey6mo ago
I cannot recommend this enough! This plugin offers a great solution to sell photos and photo products, the UI is easy and attractive on the front end, back end is well designed, functionality is spot on. I contacted the developer during a site build and they were extremely helpful and quick to respond, they invite suggestions and are making continual improvements.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sharpie211210mo ago
This plugin is fantastic! I cover sporting events producing a large number of images, and Sunshine handles them with ease. Day to day issues have been non existent, and the few issues I’ve had during set up have been dealt with quickly and efficiently, without any issues. Derek’s customer service is second to none! I would recommend this plugin to anyone, for it’s flexibility, ease of use and customer care, outstanding! Richard
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Andrew Blackmore1.8y ago
Sunshine Photo Cart is, quite simply, the best e-commerce solution for photographers. I am a WordPress web developer as well as a photographer and photography based websites rank as being one of the most awkward to get right with all the required functionality if you are wishing to sell your work. I have tried a large number of alternative plugins for showcasing and selling photography, but non of these alternatives provide the seamless workflow that Sunshine provides. Those of you who are familiar with WooCommerce and other gallery plugins will know that creating individual products for all of your images is untenable. The payment gateways provided through Sunshine are also a breeze to set-up. The magic behind Sunshine and the foresight of its creator Derek Ashauer is that once you have the plugin settings sorted, the task of uploading new images becomes effortless. The admin is well thought out and great to work with. Once set up, products are created without any further faffing around and having your images ordered correctly by capture date is an invaluable feature that many people will appreciate – especially with large galleries which need to be chronological. I failed to find another gallery plugin that did this properly, if at all. With some coding knowledge, one can make everything look as required to personal taste and there are some wonderful admin tools to clean-up and maintain the plugin. If you are a photographer who wishes to both display and sell your work, there is no better solution and Derek’s support is fantastic.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ horsepowerphoto1.9y ago
After using an old depreciated plugin to sell photos, and hacking the code to do what I wanted, I stumbled across the Sunshine Photo Seller Plugin. I was completely blown away how robust and polished this software was. The integration it has with the different payment platforms is just insane. There are so many configuration options to make it look and feel exactly the way you want. Any issues I had with it were a result of how I had things set up on my server, which Derek was awesome at helping me track down. I recommend this plugin 1000% if you need to sell photos on your website.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ LightSquare2.4y ago
As a pro photographer I’ve been looking around for a plugin like this for a long time and this guy does it! The biggest benefit for me was the stand alone style, do your own stuff, sell as much as you can without a commission. You pay your yearly licence and you’re set. The plugin had a major update recently, gets regular tweaks often and the customer service and support is fast. I know it will get better and better. Thanks Derek.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ themobileheadshot2.8y ago
I really like this plugin, it has a lot of features all in one place. Dev is super responsive and addresses issues right away. I like having everything done via my WordPress site as opposed to multiple external sites.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kendraheller2.9y ago
With 5 star customer service paired with the integrity to put forth an amazing product, Derek at WP Sunshine has created, nothing short of a masterpiece. The workflow and options allow for a rather customized approach to your photography business, and with feedback and requests actually being listened to unlike some other plugins on the market. Sunshine elevated my small photography business and I know it can elevate yours as well.
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Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence24 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- 2026-03-26 CVE-2026-39564 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects < 3.6.2 Patched in 3.6.2
- Medium · 6.1 Sunshine Photo Cart <= 3.2.9 - Open Redirect ↗2024-10-24 CVE-2024-50463 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') Affects <= 3.2.9 Patched in 3.2.11
- 2024-08-28 CVE-2024-43971 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.2.5 Patched in 3.2.6
- 2024-03-25 CVE-2024-30194 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.1.1 Patched in 3.1.2
- Medium · 5.3 Sunshine Photo Cart <= 2.9.25 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Order Manipulation ↗2023-09-05 CVE-2023-41796 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 2.9.25 Patched in 3.0
- 2022-12-12 CVE-2022-4301 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.9.14 Patched in 2.9.15
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CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 13 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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WP iSell Photo 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
ATR Global Price Options for Woocommerce 20+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Proshots For WooCommerce 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
PhotoEZ Lite — installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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