Everything you'd want to know before you install.
A detailed look at how Shoppable Customer Photo Gallery — UGC & Instagram works, why we built it the way we did, and the thinking behind the features above.
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Why a shoppable UGC gallery
Studio photos reassure, but real customer photos convince. User-generated content (UGC) is perceived as far more authentic than a classic product shot: it shows the product worn, in real life, by real people. By making these photos shoppable — each photo points to the products it contains — you turn social proof into a direct sales channel.
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Two content sources, one moderation flow
Photos arrive in two ways. Your logged-in customers share their photos from their account area, with the guarantee that they actually bought from you: the form only lets them tag products from their valid orders. In parallel, you import your Instagram posts through the official API: the module fetches your latest posts, skips duplicates and places everything in the moderation queue. Nothing appears on the storefront without your approval, unless you enable auto-approval for customer uploads.
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The hotspot editor, the heart of the module
From the back office, open any photo and place your product dots directly on the image: one click to create a dot, drag and drop to reposition, an instant search by name, reference or ID to link the right product. Positions are stored as percentages, guaranteeing an identical rendering on mobile, tablet and desktop. On the storefront, the dots pulse discreetly and open a product card with the up-to-date price and a direct link to the product page.
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Built for compliance and performance
GDPR consent is explicitly requested at every upload, and your customers can delete their photos at any time from their account. Images are re-encoded as JPEG in two optimized sizes so they never weigh down your pages, the storage folder is protected against script execution, and all front-end JavaScript is vanilla, jQuery-free, and respects the reduced-motion preference.
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