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Photoblogging with WordPress

Photoblogging with WordPress

An overview of recommended features, practices, themes and plugins for creating a photoblog with WordPress.

Kristen Symonds

April 23, 2015
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  1. Theme night: Photoblogs
    A picture says more than a thousand words.

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  2. Eww! Seriously? Don’t do that?
    “sometimes called phlogs”

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  3. Recommended Features
    Photos!
    One per post
    Galleries
    Plain background
    Simple typography
    EXIF
    About page
    Contact Page
    Gear page (if you want)

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  4. Nice photoblogging themes
    wordpress.org/themes/tags/photoblogging/
    Genesis (studiopress.com)
    Anything simple!

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    Boardwalk
    https://wordpress.org/themes/boardwalk/

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    Cubic
    https://wordpress.org/themes/cubic/

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    Gridsby
    https://wordpress.org/themes/gridsby/

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    Twenty Twelve
    https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwelve/

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    Twenty Fifteen
    https://wordpress.org/themes/twentyfifteen/

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  10. Photoblog Examples

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  11. • One post/image per page
    • EXIF
    • Thumbnail archive
    www.durhamtownship.com

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  12. • One post/image per page
    • EXIF
    • Buy print/card
    wvs.topleftpixel.com

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  13. • One post per page
    • Usually 1 image per post
    • EXIF
    • Thumbnail archive
    photoblog.kristarella.com

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  14. • Standard blog format
    • Simple theme
    matthewkeighery.com

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  15. • Uses a category on main blog
    • Tiled galleries
    ma.tt

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  16. Tips
    Make things easy for yourself!
    Use a separate blog, or just a category on your current site
    Use native WP features (e.g., media library)
    Post regularly
    Use post scheduling
    Photoblogging requires perseverance, don’t give up!

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  17. Recommended tools
    A camera
    you probably have one
    in your pocket/bag right
    now!
    Automatic backup
    iCloud, Dropbox, Flickr,
    Google
    Image manager/editor
    iPhoto, Bridge,
    Lightroom, Aftershot Pro
    WordPress mobile app
    Image compressor
    ImageOptim, JPEGmini,
    Kraken, Compressor.io

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  18. Recommended plugins
    Not YAPB (sorry)
    Jetpack
    Tiled Galleries
    Photon
    Publicize & Sharing
    a lightbox
    Jetpack’s carousel, or
    another
    Exifography

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