
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.
- Cheap premium WordPress themes for photographers
- Affordable premium WordPress themes for photographers
- Affordable magazine style WordPress themes for photographers
- Crafty WordPress themes
- Best wordpress themes for photographers
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.
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
- NextGEN Gallery and Plugins
- NextGEN Gallery add-ons for WordPress
- NextGEN Gallery add-ons – Smooth Gallery
- NextGEN Gallery add-ons – Image Flow
SimpleViewer WordPress Gallery plugin – SimpleViewer 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 WordPress – You 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 toolbar – What 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 Theme – Automatically 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 plugin – WP 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 plugin – Everyone likes a good poll and WP Polls is an ideal plugin for your WordPress site.
Skribit – Stribit is in it’s simplest format a suggestion widget that can easily be installed into your WordPress blog.
After the Deadline – What 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 This – Social bookmarking. Share this has added more and more innovative features to their plugin.
Disqus – The better comment system for your site.
Twitter Widget Pro Vs The official Twitter Profile Widget – Many 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.org – Back 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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