Description
Personalized-product shops receive unusable photos: blurry, backlit, too
small to print. The problem is discovered after the order, and costs an email
exchange, a refund, or an unhappy customer.
Fotalyze scores the photo the moment the customer picks it, and tells them
clearly what’s wrong — before they pay.
The photo never leaves the customer’s device
All the analysis happens in the browser. No image is ever sent to a server,
neither yours nor the plugin’s. There is no third-party service, no account to
create, no outgoing request, no personal data transmitted.
Warns, never blocks
By default, the plugin warns the customer and lets them order anyway. This is
deliberate: no automated tool judges a photo as well as a human does, and
rejecting a good photo costs a sale.
Blocking the add-to-cart button exists as a Pro feature, so it’s a deliberate
choice you make once the thresholds have been proven on your own orders — not
something a fresh install can do by accident.
What is measured
- Sharpness — Laplacian variance, to catch motion blur or missed focus.
- Exposure — overexposed or overly dark areas, where detail is permanently lost.
- Backlight — a subject noticeably darker than its background. Warns only.
- Resolution — actual image size compared to what your print format requires.
- Screenshot detection — recognises files that aren’t photographs at all.
Shop-wide thresholds are adjustable from WooCommerce Fotalyze.
The score stays attached to the order
The verdict the customer saw is recorded on the order line — for free, on
every order. So if a dispute comes up, you know the customer was warned and
ordered anyway.
Free vs. Pro
Free forever:
- Photo scoring with every metric above.
- Customer-facing warning — never blocks the order.
- Shop-wide thresholds.
- The score attached to every order line.
Fotalyze Pro adds:
- Optional blocking of the add-to-cart button, once you trust your thresholds.
- Per-product thresholds — a large-format print can demand a higher
resolution than a small one, without changing the shop-wide default. - A history screen listing every order with a photo score, instead of opening
orders one by one.
Installation
- Install and activate the plugin.
- Open WooCommerce Fotalyze to adjust the thresholds if needed.
- That’s it: the plugin attaches itself to the file fields present on your
product pages, whichever plugin provides them.
FAQ
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Are my customers’ photos sent anywhere?
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No. The analysis happens in the customer’s browser. No file is transmitted,
stored, or accessed by any third party. The plugin makes no outgoing request. -
Does it work with the upload plugin I already use?
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The plugin doesn’t attach to a specific field: it watches for image-accepting
file fields on the product page. So it works with most upload plugins without
any configuration. -
Can the customer order despite a warning?
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Yes, by default. Blocking is an option you enable yourself.
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Does the score recorded on the order count as proof?
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No. It’s computed in the customer’s browser and submitted with the form: it’s
a self-reported statement, not binding proof. It’s more than enough to inform
an ordinary customer conversation. -
What happens if the file can’t be read?
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The plugin doesn’t judge what it couldn’t measure: it flags this and lets the
customer order anyway. -
Does licensing collect any data?
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The photo-scoring engine itself doesn’t — it stays entirely in the customer’s
browser, free or Pro. Licensing is handled by Freemius, which asks for your
own opt-in (not your customers’) on activation, and may then collect
non-sensitive site data (URL, WordPress and plugin versions) to manage your
license and check for updates. See
Freemius’s privacy policy for details. This
is separate from and unrelated to customer photos, which Freemius never sees.
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Contributors & Developers
“Fotalyze” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
0.3.1
- Renamed from SnapProof to Fotalyze: the WordPress.org review team found
SnapProof already in use by several independent photography products.
0.3.0
- Renamed from Photo-Check to SnapProof.
- Fotalyze Pro (blocking, per-product thresholds, order history) is now a
separate add-on, sold through Freemius and installed on top of this plugin
once purchased — the code for those features no longer ships in this free
plugin at all. Nothing changes for the free tier itself. - Dropped the bundled French translation file — translations are now handled
entirely through translate.wordpress.org.
0.2.0
- Fotalyze Pro: optional blocking, per-product thresholds, order history
screen. Free tier unchanged — photo scoring, customer warning, shop-wide
thresholds, and the score attached to every order stay free.
0.1.0
- First release: photo scoring at upload, customer warning, adjustable
thresholds, optional blocking, screenshot detection, score attached to the
order line.