Which photo-sharing services let Lightroom re-publish updated photos without losing comments or treating them as new uploads?
Asked 11/27/2014
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I want a photo-sharing service that works well with Lightroom when I update images after they’ve already been published. Ideally, if I change develop settings or metadata, Lightroom should be able to re-publish the photo in place, keep existing comments/context, and not make the image appear as a brand-new upload in the public stream. Flickr partly does this, but replacements can still show up as new in the photostream. Are there services or workflows that handle this better, preferably through a Lightroom publish service?
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Smugmug has a lightroom plugin that is excellent, and I know of no restrictions on how often an image can be replaced, in place. It is not a free solution but it is a very solid one that is not very expensive; it also supports custom domains (varies by plan you pick). I think most of their competitors work the same (e.g. zenfolio) though I have not used them. The lightroom plugin is smart enough to upload just metadata changes (for example if you change a caption) without sending the whole image, and also to know when you change the image itself and schedule for upload (you do have to push the "publish" button to start the upload when ready, but it can queue thousands of images to send in background). [I have no affiliation with SM other than as a customer.]
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Look for a Lightroom publish service, not just an export/upload plugin. Publish services are designed to track changes and re-publish updates more cleanly.
Based on the answers, SmugMug is a strong fit: its Lightroom plugin can replace images in place, queue large batches, run uploads in the background after you start publishing, and even send metadata-only changes without re-uploading the full file. It’s a paid service, but was specifically recommended for this workflow.
Flickr can also work through Jeffrey Friedl’s Lightroom plugin, which automates re-uploading and metadata updates better than manual export/upload.
Another service mentioned as likely similar is Zenfolio, though no firsthand details were provided.
So the practical answer is: use a service with a proper Lightroom publish integration—especially SmugMug if you want in-place replacement and background publishing behavior.
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