=== Pexels: Free Stock Photos ===
Contributors: raajtram
Donate link: https://raajtram.com
Tags: pexels, free stock images, stock photos, free photos, pixabay, fotor, unsplash, gutenberg images, free images
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 5.2.3
Stable tag: trunk
Requires PHP: 5.4
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Pexels provides high quality and completely free stock images for personal and commercial use. This plugin helps you search, browse and download those photos directly to your WordPress site, giving you the benefits of hosting them (cropping, compressing, caching etc.).

== Description ==

Pexels provides high quality and completely free stock images for personal and commercial use. This plugin helps you search, browse and download those photos directly to your WordPress site, giving you the benefits of hosting them (cropping, compressing, caching etc.).

= Features =

- Search and browse thousands of free stock photos from [Pexels](https://pexels.com "Pexels") from your WordPress Dashboard
- Add ANY image to your WordPress Media Library with one click
- Use the image inside your post/page content
- Use the image as a Featured Image
- No attribution required (really!)

= Screenshots and Documentation =

- To start searching and using images, go to Media > Pexels Photos
- Search for your photos
- Click to download
- Go to your page/post editor and use the photos
- Visit the [Pexels Documentation](https://raajtram.com/plugins/pexels/ "Pexels Documentation") page to see the screenshots and documentation.

== Installation ==

1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/pexels-fsp` directory, OR install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
3. To start searching and using images, go to Media > Pexels Photos
4. Search for your photos, click once to download
5. Go to your page/post editor and use the photos
6. Visit the [Pexels Documentation](https://raajtram.com/plugins/pexels/ "Pexels Documentation") page to see the plugin in action and other documentation.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Are the images free? =

Yes :) All photos on Pexels are licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. This means the pictures are completely free to be used for any legal purpose.

= Does the plugin hotlink (directly link) to the images on pexels.com? =

No. The plugin indeed downloads the images to your WordPress site, giving you all the benefits of hosting them (cropping, compressing, caching etc.).

== Screenshots ==

1. Search results
2. Insert it into the post/page or use it as a Featured Image

== Changelog ==

= 1.1 =
* Enabled support for Gutenberg (or any other editor, for that matter!)
* Moved page under "Media" to facilitate image downloads without depending on the post editor
* Updated screenshots
* Added documentation link

= 1.0.3 =
* Added screenshots
* Added the "Settings" page link

= 1.0.2 =
* Added more credit to Pexels.com

= 1.0.1 =
* Minor updates to the readme.txt file
* Minor updates to the settings.php file

= 1.0 =
* Released

== Upgrade Notice ==

This version facilitates use on the new Gutenberg Editor for WordPress (by allowing you to download images independent of the editor)!