Shared Wedding Photo Album: One Gallery Every Guest Can Add To

1. Upload

   Guests select their photos and videos.

2. Gallery

   You receive and review one collection.

3. Download

   Keep the original files as a ZIP.

What guests do

Guests scan the code or tap your link and choose the pictures they want to send. They wait for the upload result and can come back with more while collection is open. Scanning never takes files automatically from their phone.

What the couple receives

Completed contributions arrive together in your event gallery. Review them from your dashboard instead of saving attachments from different conversations. You can keep collecting before opening the album for shared viewing.

Keep the album private until you are ready

The gallery starts private. You can enable viewing by event link and choose separately whether guests may download files. Anyone with a shared link can forward it, so send it only to the people you want to invite.

Photos and videos in the same collection

All current WeddingPhoto App plans accept both. Hosts can switch photo and video uploads on or off in event settings. Guests need an internet connection to complete a transfer.

Review uploads before guests see them

Turn on moderation if new contributions should wait for approval before appearing in a shared gallery or slideshow. Keep guest viewing off if the couple wants to review the whole collection first.

Download the original files

Download your uploaded photos and videos as a ZIP. WeddingPhoto App does not add compression to the stored originals, but cannot restore quality lost before upload. Guest download permission is separate from the couple's own export.

How long the album stays available

Storage lasts two months, six months or one year from the event date, depending on your package. Uploads close 15, 45 or 180 days after the event. The Forever package includes one year of storage, not permanent archiving.

Plan contributor, viewer and moderator access

A contributor adds files; a viewer browses them; a moderator decides what becomes visible. Those roles need not have the same access. For example, invite every guest to contribute, let only the couple review incoming pictures, then open a selected gallery to the family. Check whether your chosen service supports those separate permissions before inviting people.

Send an invitation that says what the link allows: “Add your photos here; only we can see submissions for now.” Later, send a viewing invitation and explain whether downloads are allowed. If you are still choosing between an album, folder or message, compare the wedding photo sharing methods first.

Choose an album access model

To see which services fit your access choices, compare hosted wedding galleries and Drive-based options, including their storage and download deadlines.

Write the chosen model into your guest instructions. People should know whether their uploads become visible to everyone with the link.

Organize around the event

For a single-day wedding, one collection is usually easier for guests than separate ceremony, cocktail, dinner, and dance-floor links. Organize after download using capture times or host-created categories. For a multi-day celebration, separate albums can make sense when each event has a different audience or access link.

Avoid asking guests to rename files. Preserve originals and add organization in the host layer.

Plan moderation without slowing contribution

Assign one trusted person to check that uploads are arriving and remove obvious accidents. If pictures feed a live screen, moderation needs to happen before display. If the gallery is private and viewed only later, the review can be less immediate.

Close and preserve the album

1. Announce a final contribution date.
2. Export every original file and verify the archive opens.
3. Keep the unedited export as a master copy.
4. Create a curated viewing album without deleting the master.
5. Store a second backup outside the original service.

Document the service's upload, viewing, and deletion dates. “Available for a year” can refer to different clocks, so confirm when each one starts.

Still collecting? Follow our guest photo collection plan and reuse the wedding photo QR code on your signs and messages.

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