A Project Idea: iPhoto to WordPress Gallery Export

A 2008 idea for sending selected iPhoto pictures directly to a WordPress gallery, before either side had a convenient workflow.

From the archivesWriting from an earlier age of the Internet, recovered from holyarmy.org.

Editor's note, 2026: This project never progressed beyond the idea, but the problem and the urge to build around it were real.

I’ve been spending some time getting my son’s blog setup. In doing so, I discovered that as of WordPress 2.5, there is built-in [ gallery ] functionality. Though it isn’t full featured, it’s pretty nice, and perfectly integrated with WordPress, since, well, it IS WordPress.

Currently the process to put photos into a gallery is:

Choose photos in iPhoto
Export chosen files to disk
Create new WordPress post
Add media via WordPress uploader

This isn’t too bad, especially for a geek who’s used to lots of arcane workarounds to accomplish simple goals. But… for my wife or others who don’t want the hassle, this is basically annoying.

So I have this idea to create an iPhoto export plugin which will upload directly into WordPress!

Roadblocks to completion:

Time and Commitment (typical)
Objective-C (don’t know it)
Cocoa (don’t know it)
X-Code (don’t know it)
Non-Javascript/Java development on Mac OS X (new to me)

So… this is going to be a slightly ambitions undertaking… but I’m excited about it! I’ll be learning a bunch of new stuff. It’ll take more time than I’d like, but I expect it to be a rewarding process. At some point, I’ll be able to create a “project” home for this bad boy, and make it available to all!

If anyone has pointers on OS X development, I’m all ears. 🙂