Use Contest Gallery in WordPress to collect entries, present media and set your participation rules.
Create, publish and discover
Your gallery, a wider audience
Bring your gallery to Contest Gallery Network
Create your gallery on your own WordPress website. Share it in the Network so people can discover your project and visit your original contest.
One project, two ways to get involved
Contest Gallery is the WordPress plugin for running galleries and contests on your own website. Contest Gallery Network is the public directory where visitors can discover galleries that their administrators have chosen to share.
Choose a gallery, describe it clearly and submit its public information from the existing plugin controls.
People discover the listing on contest-gallery.net and follow its link to your original gallery.
The gallery stays on your WordPress website. Uploads, voting, comments and participation follow the settings you configure there. The Network provides a separate discovery page with links back to your gallery.
Find galleries and ideas for your next project
Browse the Network by theme or website. Open a listing to see its galleries, selected public previews and available activity figures. Visit the original website for the current participation rules and to take part.
Explore Contest Gallery Network View an example listingGive your WordPress contest another place to be discovered
A useful listing tells visitors what your project is about before they reach your website. Write a specific title and a short description of the theme, audience and what visitors can do. Where relevant, mention the current entry period in your description and keep the full rules on your own site.
Use the existing Publish to network action in Contest Gallery to submit an eligible gallery. Network publishing is available in FREE and PRO. You choose when to publish and can remove your listing later.
Read the publishing guideUseful for more than a single competition
A photo competition can introduce its theme and invite people to view the submissions. A video contest can point visitors to its watch-and-vote page. A creative community can share an ongoing public gallery. Choose a public destination that matches what your listing promises.
Explore photo contests, video contests or member communities before choosing your own format.
Keep the listing useful as your gallery changes
After publishing, the plugin schedules a daily refresh through WordPress Cron while it remains active. The listing can reflect updated public previews and activity. If accepted updates stop for 14 days, the gallery drops out of the public Network index.
Review your saved listing text and destination when the project changes. Use Update network listing to change them, View listing to inspect the result and Unpublish from Network when you no longer want it listed.
Questions about Contest Gallery Network
Do I need PRO to publish a listing?
No. The existing Network publishing feature is available in FREE and PRO. Your gallery must be eligible for publishing.
Does the Network host my contest?
Your original website continues to host the gallery and its participation features. The Network shows a public discovery listing and links visitors to the destination you choose.
What information is shared?
The export includes public website and gallery information, preview image URLs and activity figures. It does not include IP addresses, email addresses, usernames, registration data or comment text. Only publish content you have the right to share.
Will a listing guarantee visitors or Google rankings?
No. A listing gives people another way to discover your gallery. It does not guarantee traffic, backlinks or search rankings. Clear descriptions and an interesting gallery help visitors decide whether to open your website.