Photoblogging with WordPress

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

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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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