Third-party tools and resources

Plugins

Name

What

Options

Author

gmg_localfiles

Import files from your local filesystem without duplicating them.

odinho/Velmont

mediagoblin_svg

SVG image support

Display previews and thumbnails as SVG

mediagoblin-hidden_original

Hidden original

Give original upload a secret url, only publish downsized version

Unhammer

mediagoblin-recaptcha

Google reCAPTCHA support

Enable reCAPTCHA on registration form over http/https

Ayleph

mediagoblin-piwik

Piwik support

Ayleph

mediagoblin-basicsearch

Search for media

Ayleph

mediagoblin-embedcode

Display embed code for video or audio player on media page

mayel based on proof of concept by Ayleph

Plugins (work in progress)

You’re working on a plugin but it’s not ready? Please let us know.

Name

Planned features

Status

Author

Raw image support

Support NEF [done], support CR2, investigate support for other formats (if they include full-quality JPEG inside the file)

odinho/Velmont

Tag Cloud

Add a tag cloud feature for your templates

See tag_cloud_plugin branch. It works but still needs core modifications.

Spaetz

HTML5-Multiupload

Adds a the html5 multifile input to the submit form

Working on 0.4.1, but needs proper review. Test and report bugs, it might not work, but it’s absolutly harmless to your MG instance

kamikaze-m

MG-GIMP

Allows uploading of XCF images and GIMP resources (palettes, patterns, curves, gradients, brushes, dynamics, and tool presets). Thumbnails and previews are generated by an instance of GIMP running headlessly as a daemon

Nearing completion. Still needs to be packaged for easier deployment.

saulgoode

mg-rdfa

Embedding image metadata as RDFa

Experimental,only SVG images are supported at the moment

artfwo

uploadurl

Upload Images via URL instead of file

Works when using browser that is logged in. Needs to use oauth or similar

sebastiansam55

Tools and utilities

automgtic is an automatic media uploader. It may no longer work due to API changes.

Customizations

Pythonsnake has made a branch with multi-file upload (Source: Reddit)

Articles

2013

In Using Shotwell with MediaGoblin (Mats Sjöberg) describes how to use the Piwigo plugin to upload images from the Shotwell photo manager.