SR Product 360° View

by Akash Sharma (Super Rishi)

Description

SR Product 360° View turns a sequence of product photos into an interactive 360°
spin on your WooCommerce store. Customers drag, swipe, or use the arrow keys to
rotate the product; open a fullscreen popup; and zoom in, on desktop and touch.

See it in action

What the free version does

Simple and variable products: choose one 360° set on the product and it shows on
every variation.
Store-wide settings: size, autoplay, looping, drag and swipe, hover-to-rotate,
flick-to-spin, zoom, and the 360° badge, all under 360° View Global Settings.
Display modes: a 360° badge on the product gallery that opens a full-screen
viewer, inline placement in the gallery/summary/tabs, or the [sr360] shortcode.
Full-screen viewer: play/pause, a frame slider, and zoom, with full keyboard and
screen-reader support.
Shoppers can find them: a small 360° marker on products in shop, category and
search listings, and a 360° column in the admin Products list so you can see your own
coverage at a glance.
Accessible: keyboard-operable viewer and admin, ARIA state, focus-trapped modals,
and prefers-reduced-motion support.
Developer-friendly: a documented REST endpoint, filters/actions, template
overrides, and a shortcode.

What the premium version adds

The free version above is complete and not time-limited. Premium is for larger catalogues
and finer control:

Bulk import: set up 360° views across many products at once from a server folder
or a remote/CDN URL pattern, with a dry run that writes nothing first and a background
importer that handles large catalogues without timing out.
A different 360° set per variation: the viewer follows the shopper’s
selection as they choose a colour or size.
Per-product and per-variation settings: override the store-wide defaults on
individual products instead of everywhere at once.
A configurable pop-up: size, overlay colour and opacity, background, close button
and which controls appear. (Free’s opens full-screen.)
Replace the featured image with the 360° view in the product gallery.

Details: https://superrishi.com

Installation

Upload the plugin to wp-content/plugins/, or install it from your site’s
Plugins screen, and Activate it. Requires WooCommerce.
Edit a product and open the Product 360° View meta box.
Click Select 360 images and choose your frame sequence (name frames in order,
e.g. frame-01 … frame-36).
Update the product, and the 360° viewer appears on the product page.
Adjust store-wide defaults under 360° View Global Settings.

Screenshots

The 360° viewer on a WooCommerce product page.
The Product 360° View meta box with a populated, reorderable frame grid.
Global Settings, with store-wide defaults for every product.
The full-screen viewer with play/pause, frame slider and zoom.
The 360° marker on products in a shop listing.
The 360° column in the admin Products list.

Faq

Is the free version limited?

No caps and no time limit. There is no restriction on how many products can have a 360°
view, how many frames a set may contain, or how long you can use it. What premium adds is
listed above (bulk import, per-variation sets, per-product settings, pop-up configuration
and replace-featured), and everything else is in the free version.

How many frames do I need?

Any contiguous sequence. Commonly 24, 36, or 72 photos taken at even rotation
steps. Frames are ordered by natural filename order, so name them sensibly.

Can each variation have its own 360° view?

In the premium version, yes: each variation can have its own frame set, and the viewer
switches as the shopper changes their selection.

In the free version, 360° sets are chosen on the product rather than per variation: pick one
set on the product and it shows for every variation of it.

If you are moving from a previous version of this plugin and your 360° images were set up
per variation, the free version will not show them until you choose a set on the product
itself. The importer leaves your old data untouched either way, so nothing is lost and
upgrading picks the per-variation sets straight back up.

Can I load frames from a CDN or a server folder?

That is Bulk Import, which is a premium feature: it sets up many products at once from
a folder path or a URL pattern. In the free version you choose each product’s frames from
your Media Library.

For frames served from another domain, set the CORS mode and have that host send an
Access-Control-Allow-Origin header; the plugin tells you when this is needed.

I used a previous version of this plugin. Will my old 360° data be imported?

Yes, from 6.1.0 onwards. If the plugin finds 360° data from a pre-6.0 version on
your site, it shows a notice offering to review and import it. You see exactly what was
found, what cannot be imported, and why, before anything is written, and nothing
is imported until you say so. Your old data is never altered or deleted, so you can check
the results before you rely on them. It works even if your subscription has lapsed.

One case needs help: the most recent older version kept the list of which images make up
each 360° view on SuperRishi’s servers (your images themselves have always been on your
own site). If your licence details are no longer on the site, the importer cannot fetch
that list on its own. It will say so plainly rather than failing quietly. Contact
support and we can sort it out.

The importer is a temporary tool for the migration window and will be removed in a later
version.

Does the viewer work on touch devices and with a keyboard?

Yes. Drag on desktop, swipe on touch, and rotate with the arrow keys when the viewer
is focused. Popups trap and restore focus, and auto-rotation respects
prefers-reduced-motion.

I switched my product template to WooCommerce’s new Product Gallery block. Where’s the 360° badge?

SR Product 360° View attaches to WooCommerce’s standard product gallery: the classic
gallery, and the default block template’s Product Image Gallery block, which both
fire the gallery hooks the plugin uses. WooCommerce’s newer Product Gallery block
renders differently and does not fire those hooks, so the badge and the “replace
featured image” mode won’t appear there. Use the standard Product Image Gallery block,
or choose the Inline display mode or the [sr360] shortcode. These place the
viewer directly and don’t depend on the gallery.

Reviews

Great customer Support

By rowannma on February 6, 2024

I downloaded the free version and didn't realise i was limited to the amount of 360 images i could upload. I was a bit hesitant of sending money via card payment in rupees so contacted support and asked if PayPal was an option, they sorted me out instantly with a payment method i felt comfortable with and even after my purchase continued to help me with guidance. Very happy so far. Would definitely recommend.

worst product forever

By shajolreddy on June 4, 2021

very bad service. not load 360 views on the single product page. just show the background and zoom button.

Excellent Plugin

By intothewildbeat on April 8, 2021

I needed support with the plugin and wasn't disappointed. Super Rishi helped me to solve my issue. Thank you. I would definitely recommend this plugin.

Great Support!

By tat1ana on March 24, 2021

Very positive experience with the developer: quick response, helpful with any technical issues and super friendly. Thanks a lot!

Very nice plugin!

By markm99 on March 13, 2021

Works better than many other (paid) options. I had a display issue in relation with my theme, and it was resolved within hours. Very recommended plugin!

Great!

By JMcCorm1ck on January 28, 2021

I tried a few different 360 viewers, this one seemed the best for my needs. Very simple and effective. Once I figure out how to take better 360 shots I will upgrade to the paid version. Thanks superrishi!

Nice plugin!

By Frank Hazeborg (frankhazeborg) on January 18, 2021

Nice plugin! Does exactly what it should do! However, it would be nice if I could use 360 rotation with a shortcode as well.

Almost good,

By simonattilahun on November 7, 2020

Great idea: upload small, optimized pictures and make them animated by a WP plug-in. Poor implementation in the details: - pop-up window hides the whole product page (instead of transparent layer) - pop up window close button only can be put to 2 unasable places (top middle or top right, not the corner of the image - latest plug-in version even makes it worse, it enlarges the animation to full window, with horrible end-result in large screens It would be a 5-star plug-in if these would be fixed.

better than Woocommerce 360 plugin

By wordpressn00b777 on July 17, 2020

I love that the plugin keeps the 360 pictures separate from the regular product images. This plugin works perfectly! Get it!

The best 360 Product view plugin

By tiwit on June 23, 2020

Fantastic!!! This is the best 360 Product view plugin. Look no further!!! Highly recommend to everybody if you are looking for such plugins. Works like a charm!!!

Changelog

6.2.0

This is a ground-up rebuild of SR Product 360° View, and the first release of the 6.x line.
Versions 6.0.0 and 6.1.0 were development milestones and were never published.

Rebuilt from scratch: a new viewer, a new settings system, and a new admin experience,
built on the open-source SpriteSpin engine.
Your 360° data from the previous version is found and offered for import. A notice
shows what was found, what can and cannot be imported and why, and nothing is written
until you say so. Your old data is never altered or deleted, so you can keep the old
plugin installed until you are happy with the result, and it works even if your
subscription has lapsed. The importer is temporary and will be removed in a later version.
Store-wide settings for size, autoplay, looping, drag, touch and swipe, hover-to-rotate,
flick-to-spin, and zoom.
Display modes: a 360° badge on the product gallery that opens a full-screen viewer,
inline placement, or the [sr360] shortcode.
Shoppers can see which products have a 360° view before opening them: a small marker on
the product image in shop, category and search listings, and on “You may also like”
grids. In the admin, a 360° column in the Products list shows your coverage at a glance.
A percentage loading bar while a large set downloads, so the viewer no longer sits on a
blank stage before the first frame appears.
Works with block-based (Site Editor) product templates, and falls back sensibly on themes
and gallery plugins that do not fire WooCommerce’s standard hooks.
Accessibility: keyboard-operable viewer and admin, ARIA state, focus-trapped dialogs, and
prefers-reduced-motion support.
Fully translatable, with a translation template included.
A documented REST endpoint, filters and actions, and theme-overridable templates.
Security hardening throughout, and an automated test suite covering the parts that matter.