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WordPress for Photographers


This is our WordPress for photographers resource page. You’ll find links to free WordPress themes that are great for photographers and some recommended premium ones too.

We also have a selection of tutorial videos to help you get started if you’re new to WordPress

You will also find updated links to our articles on WordPress plugins.

Keep an eye out for our regular feature – Blogging tips for Photographers

Most of these tips are WordPress based and there’s loads of ideas for all levels.

If you have any blogging quick tips or ideas that are great for photography websites then please CONTACT US.

 

 

Free WordPress Themes For Photographers

If you’re looking for a free WordPress theme that is perfect for a photography website then this is the best place to start.

To get the most out of your site I would however recommend using a premium (paid) theme. Here’s a few different designers we’ve focused on before:

Theme Forest themes aimed at Photographers


Theme Forest is a great resource for affordable WordPress perfect for photographers. In these articles we’ve picked out a few we’ve liked.

Other Premium Themes for Photographers

There are plenty of other places to find fanatic WordPress themes are are aimed specifically at photographers. We’ve had a look at some of these developers and highlighted their best premium themes.


StudioPress Premium WordPress Themes

Graph Paper Press WordPress Themes

WordPress Plugins for Photographers

Many of the WordPress plugins and widgets we recommend are also used here at PhotoCreative365. Many of them haven’t been designed with photographers in mind but they certainly do the job well!

Photo Gallery Plugins

NextGen – One of the best WordPress gallery plugins and has a whole of host add-ons

SimpleViewer WordPress Gallery pluginSimpleViewer is a free, customizable image gallery for WordPress. The plugin allows you to create simple galleries like the one above from images stored in your WordPress library or your Flickr feed.

All other Plugins

SEO Plugins for WordPressYou may be familiar with WP Super Cache and the All in One SEO Pack but there are many other wonderful plugins that can be used to help boost those all important rankings

Wibiya toolbarWhat is Wibiya? Well it’s the toolbar you can see just below this post. It’s free, easy to install and requires no coding…… that’s the kind of plugin I like!

WPtouch iPhone ThemeAutomatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Opera Mini, Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm mobile devices.

WP Forum Server pluginWP Forum Server is a very simple and yet complete forum plugin for your WordPress site.

Related posts WordPress plugins - 5 different related posts plugins that you might want to take a look at including the one we use at PhotoCreative365 – LinkWithin.

WP Polls pluginEveryone likes a good poll and WP Polls is an ideal plugin for your WordPress site.

SkribitStribit is in it’s simplest format a suggestion widget that can easily be installed into your WordPress blog.

After the DeadlineWhat do 9 out of 10 photographers have in common? We no good at the spelling and grammar stuff…… so what can give you that little bit of extra help?

Share ThisSocial bookmarking. Share this has added more and more innovative features to their plugin.

DisqusThe better comment system for your site.

Twitter Widget Pro Vs The official Twitter Profile WidgetMany of us are using different Twitter widgets but we’re going to look at two of the most popular ones, Twitter Widget Pro and the official Twitter Profile

Other useful WordPress Articles for Photographers

It’s not just about themes and plugins. We share basic tutorials and some more advanced ones too.

WordPress.com vs WordPress.orgBack to basics article looking at the differences between and WordPress.com and WordPress.org installation.

Create a Facebook Like Box for your WordPress site - In this tutorial we’re going to show you not only how to add a Facebook Like box to your WordPress site but also how to find our your Facebook Page ID.

Using MailChimp with WordPress

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