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Publishing from Lightroom Classic ​

The ShootCal Galleries publish plugin turns a Lightroom Classic published collection into a client gallery: publish once, re-publish after edits, and it stays in sync, including your custom photo order.

Install the plugin ​

  1. Download the plugin and unzip it. Inside is ShootCal-Galleries.lrplugin (on some systems it looks like a plain folder: that’s normal).
  2. In Lightroom Classic, open File → Plug-in Manager, click Add, and pick the .lrplugin.
  3. In the Publish Services panel (left side of the Library module), set up ShootCal Galleries and choose Sign in to ShootCal.
  4. In the browser, sign in with your existing ShootCal account and approve the Lightroom device. Return to Lightroom and wait for the connected account to appear, then use Test Connection if you want to check it.

Started with Google or Microsoft without a password? Sign in on the website with that linked identity. You do not need to add a ShootCal password or connect a calendar.

The current public plugin (0.7.5.30) uses website sign-in and browser approval. There is no password field, code to enter, or address to copy in the plugin. If you need to open the approval page again while Lightroom waits, choose Reopen Browser. Cancel stops that sign-in attempt.

If the approval page asks you to sign in first, ShootCal opens in a new tab. After signing in, return to the Lightroom connection page and choose Continue after signing in, then Continue, check the studio shown, and choose Allow Lightroom to connect. The request is carried automatically; you do not enter a code in the browser.

Create a published collection under ShootCal Galleries, drop photos in, and hit Publish. Uploads go directly to cloud storage (a 1,500-photo wedding doesn’t crawl through our web server), and if an upload is interrupted, the next publish heals it automatically. The collection’s name becomes the gallery. If a gallery with the same name already exists (like one you created in Galleries), the photos upload straight into it instead of making a duplicate. Your custom order comes along. Drag photos into any order in the collection and that exact order is what clients see, every publish. (Galleries can also be switched to date-taken or filename order with Photo order when you open the gallery in ShootCal.) Re-publishing updates in place. Re-edit a photo, publish again, and the gallery copy is replaced: no duplicates, and removals sync too.

Good to know ​

  • Favorites your client picked survive re-publishes: they’re tied to the photo, not the upload.
  • The gallery’s shoot date fills automatically from the photos.
  • To see or disconnect the Lightroom devices you have approved, open Settings > Preferences in ShootCal and find Lightroom Classic.
  • Deleted the gallery in ShootCal? The next publish of its collection quietly creates a fresh one: nothing errors.