Faster Image Insert – great WordPress plugin

I’ve been working with a friend on their parent’s company Web site and one of the users asked if there was a solution to a common problem: inserting multiple images into a blog post or page at one time. WordPress’ image inserting abilities only let you insert one image at a time or use the gallery function. Neither works very well if you want to insert several larger images into a post.

I’ve tried several solutions but just came across David Frank’s Fast Image Insert plugin. He has the same frustration so he created this plugin that allows you to insert several images at once into the same post or page.

Read more to see how it works.

Here’s how it works:

1. Click on the Insert an Image button

2. Click Select Files

3. Select all the files from your computer you’d like to upload (hold down “CTRL” (PC) or “COMMAND/Apple Key” (MAC) to select multiple files)

4. Once the files have uploaded, you can either click “Show” for each image to expand its editing options or you can click “Toggle Items” to expand all images at once.

5. When you’ve finished editing, click “Save All Changes” and click on “Media Library”. There you’ll see the images you’ve just added. Click on the checkmark beside each image you’d like to insert and then click on “Insert Selected Images”

6. The images will now all appear in your post or blog. You’ll have to cut and paste them around your words or just type your words around where they’ve been placed. You can always re-edit them by clicking on the edit image button that appears when you click on the image in your post or page. So if the alignment isn’t right (or left or centre – ha!) or you don’t want it to align at all or it’s too big/small, you can still adjust it.