The ShutterPress Gallery Pro Settings page is organised into multiple tabs, each designed to help you configure a specific aspect of your gallery experience.
General Settings #
The General tab lets you control default layout styles, image sizing, and gallery behavior across your site. See Gallery Settings in the ShutterPress Gallery documentation for more details.
Business Settings #
The Business Settings tab allows you to enter key details about your business—such as your name, address, contact information, and website. These fields are used for dynamic text replacement when generating PDF documents (like gallery contracts or image proofs) and composing automated emails sent to clients. By centralising your business information here, ShutterPress ensures that every document and message you send reflects your brand consistently and professionally.
Email Settings #
The Email tab lets you customise the footer included in all emails sent from the gallery pages—such as client proofing notifications or download links. This footer can be used to include your business contact info, legal disclaimers, branding notes, or a simple thank-you message. It ensures every outgoing email from your galleries has a professional, personalized touch that aligns with your brand.
PDF Settings #
The PDF tab allows you to control the appearance of automatically generated PDF documents—such as proofing sheets, client downloads, or contracts.
These settings help you create clean, readable, and professionally branded PDFs directly from your ShutterPress galleries.
PDF Page Size #
Choose the page size for your PDFs. Options available are A4, or Letter. This ensures compatibility with printers and international clients.
PDF Font Size #
Set the font size (in points) used throughout the document. For example, 12pt is a common, easy-to-read size for most content.
PDF Font Family #
Select the typeface used in the PDF.
Watermark Settings #
The Watermark tab in ShutterPress Gallery lets you set the default settings for watermarking your images. Below is a breakdown of all available settings:
Watermark Type #
Choose whether your watermark will be Text (customisable string) or an Image (logo or icon). Only one type can be active at a time.
Watermark Text #
If Text is selected as the watermark type, enter the text that will appear over your images (e.g., your brand name or copyright notice).
Watermark Image #
If Image is selected as the watermark type, upload or select an image file to use as the watermark. This is ideal for logos, signatures, or custom marks. Any image type works but a .png file is best.
Watermark Opacity #
Controls the transparency of the watermark. For example, 50% opacity means the watermark is semi-transparent, helping it blend without distracting from the photo. Set a value between 0% (invisible) and 100% (fully solid).
Watermark Size #
Specifies the watermark’s size as a percentage of the photo’s smaller dimension (width or height). For example, setting this to 50% means the watermark will scale to half the width or height of the image (whichever is smaller). Watermarks are never upscaled, only resized down if needed.
Watermark Position #
Select the position where the watermark should be applied onto the image.
Watermark Engine #
The Watermark Engine setting lets you choose the method used to generate and apply watermarks to your gallery images. There are two available options:
- GD – A fast, lightweight engine that works reliably on most hosting environments. Ideal for quick processing with decent quality.
- Imagick – Offers higher-quality watermark rendering, especially for text and transparent images. However, it may take longer to process and requires more server resources.
If an engine option is greyed out, it means that method is not currently available on your server. To enable it, please contact your hosting provider and request installation or activation of the required PHP extension (either GD or Imagick).
Remove All Watermarks #
Use this button to permanently remove all applied watermarks from all your gallery images. This action is useful when changing watermark settings or if you wish to start fresh. Use with caution.
License Settings #
This is where you enter and activate your license key to enable automatic updates for new versions of the plugin when they are released.
System Settings #
This page displays the current status of key server components required for ShutterPress Gallery to function properly. It helps you or your hosting provider quickly verify that your server environment meets the plugin’s technical requirements.
Here’s what each item means:
ZipArchive – Used for creating downloadable ZIP files (e.g. when clients download full galleries). This must be enabled on your server for download packaging features to work.
GD Library – A graphics library used for applying text or image-based watermarks. Required for the GD watermark engine.
Imagick – A high-quality image processing engine used for watermarking and PDF generation. Required for the Imagick watermark engine.
cURL – Used for making secure HTTP requests to REST APIs and external services.
PHP Memory Limit – Determines how much memory PHP can use. A higher limit is crucial when processing large images or generating ZIP/PDF files.
Max Execution Time – Controls how long a PHP script is allowed to run. This prevents timeouts during tasks like batch watermarking or PDF creation.
Green means the component is available and meets or exceeds the recommended requirements.
Red indicates that the component is missing or does not meet the minimum required version. This may limit plugin functionality or cause certain features to stop working.
