Photo Sphere Viewer — WordPress Real Estate Plugin
Photo Sphere Viewer – 360° Panorama, Virtual Tour, 360 Video & AR 3D Model Viewer
by WPXERO · WordPress.org page · Website
Photo Sphere Viewer has 600+ active installs on WordPress.org and 10,910 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 23, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Photo Sphere Viewer at a glance
Is Photo Sphere Viewer well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Fully responsive, touch-optimized drag/pinch on mobile
- Navbar buttons toggle individually — zoom, caption, fullscreen, autorotate, download
- Style controls for navbar background, caption color, typography, alignment
- Width/height in px, %, vh or vw
- Default yaw (-180° to 180°) and pitch (-90° to 90°)
- Custom canvas background color
- Mouse-wheel zoom, drag movement, two-finger touch, Ctrl+scroll, cursor capture and fisheye toggles
- Original-resolution image loading on by default (use_original=yes) for shortcodes
- Built on Vite, so the frontend bundle stays small
- Translation-ready (text domain photo-sphere-viewer, loads from /languages/)
- A clean shortcode API and Elementor widget hooks if you’re extending it yourself
Photo Sphere Viewer reviews and ratings
2 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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realy good till....
it got the JEW Update on 29the of Nov, Autorotation was free, now they charge you Money for something which was implemented allready since months. the last Update is only there to get some schekels however before i was a big fan of this plugin
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Simple and professional
A useful plugin for displaying 360-degree images
mhdighsmi
Where Photo Sphere Viewer ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Photo Sphere Viewer appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Real Estate Plugins | #28 by tag, #94 in search | #32 | – |
Details
Embed 360° panoramas, multi-scene virtual tours, 360 video and AR-ready 3D models in WordPress. Works with Elementor, Gutenberg and shortcodes.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Photo Sphere Viewer competes in
Tags
- 360 panorama
- 360 Video
- 3D model viewer
- real-estate
- Virtual Tour
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- Version
- 2.2.5
- Last updated
- Aug 23, 2026
- First published
- May 14, 2022
- Requires WordPress
- 5.0
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.0
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Photo Sphere Viewer FAQ
What does Photo Sphere Viewer do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Photo Sphere Viewer offers Fully responsive, touch-optimized drag/pinch on mobile, Navbar buttons toggle individually — zoom, caption, fullscreen, autorotate, download, Style controls for navbar background, caption color, typography, alignment, Width/height in px, %, vh or vw and Default yaw (-180° to 180°) and pitch (-90° to 90°).
How many active installs does Photo Sphere Viewer have?
WordPress.org reports 600+ active installs for Photo Sphere Viewer as of September 7, 2026.
Is Photo Sphere Viewer still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 23, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Does Photo Sphere Viewer have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 1 recent support threads for Photo Sphere Viewer are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Photo Sphere Viewer free?
Photo Sphere Viewer is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.
Where does Photo Sphere Viewer rank among Real Estate Plugins?
Photo Sphere Viewer is #32 in the WordPress.org Real Estate Plugins ranking.