All about photography WordPress websites.
Tools and tips for users of the popular CMS that handles 30%+ of the Internet.
Collection of recommended WordPress plugins (that I'm often using when building photography websites). Almost all plugins below have excellent reviews & a rating of at least 4 out of 5 stars, and have been thoroughly revised and tested.
Read articleThe definitive guide on optimizing your images to increase the speed of your photography website: how to size & compress your images, what file types and tools to use, how to test your site's speed (plus examples & FAQs). Start your engines!
Read articleAnswering your questions about what it means to be a pro, SEO blog titles, WordPress plugins and navigation menu naming tips.
Read articleA great photography blog can bring huge SEO benefits. Get my blogging course for photographers and learn how to set up a sustainable blogging practice and how to never run out of blogging ideas.
Read articleThe importance of blogging and writing lots of meaningful content for your target audience, from the words of successful UK wedding photographer Linus Moran. Get inspired and learn how you can improve the content on your site.
Read articleLearn what "auto-fulfillment" is, why it matters, and how you can now build a completely automated print-selling website on WordPress using the NextGen Pro plugin.
Read articleI'm going to try to do a video exclusive, I'll try to act as an image thief, sort of a hacker if you want, just to prove how easy it is to steal large images from the source code on WordPress, Squarespace, and Wix.
Read articleA step-by-step process for changing your site's URL while maintaining search engine rankings and avoiding indexing problems. Especially important when rebranding your business or when switching to a shorter domain name.
Read articleAnswering your questions about keeping old portfolio images on your site, using dashes in domain names, transitioning from Blogger to WP, Yoast media redirection settings & more.
Read articleGutenberg is taking WordPress users by storm. Let's explore what it is, how it compares to other page builders, and whether you should be using it.
Read articleAnswering your questions about tracking site rankings, Google Analytics reports, using & customizing large WP themes, and a detailed domain name conundrum (changing domain name or changing site content when you have new business goals)
Read articleAnswering your questions about my favorite WP theme, the benefits of working with ForegroundWeb, my thoughts on the future of the photography market, and troubleshooting your WP site not saving your changes.
Read articleIf you feel you're ready to launch a new WP photography website, take some time to go through this list of small tasks to make sure everything is ready to go live.
Read articleThis article aims to give you a round-up of tools & services you can use to sell prints and image licenses, using WordPress or dedicated photography platforms. The margins have become narrower, and have more options these days.
Read articleThe whole WordPress ecosystem has matured a lot in recent years, and with it came better-and-better plugins that sit on top of WordPress' default editor. Page-builder plugins are a fantastic way to create advanced page designs on your WordPress website.
Read articleWordPress themes have come a long way in recent years. Premium WP themes are now incredibly flexible and powerful, they're mobile-friendly and SEO-friendly, and they often include a slew of powerful plugins that extend their functionality even further. Here are my recommendations.
Read articleAfter setting up your hosting account and installing WordPress, you need to configure a few details first, before starting to add the content to the site, things like: staging area, user and search engine access, sample content, settings, permalinks, security & more.
Read articleEven if you have a developer building the WP site for you, you should learn how WordPress works and how to manage the site content in the future. This is a curated list of good introductory (and free!) WordPress resources for beginners.
Read articleIf you've decided to choose WordPress for your photography website, the hosting provider is critical to the well-being of your site, and to your SEO and marketing efforts. Put your photography website on a quality WP hosting service from the beginning, it's the foundation that everything else sits upon.
Read articleHow do you decide what platform to build your photography website on? WordPress has become very popular, but photographer-specific tools have their own strong features. This article will help you decide which best fits your needs.
Read articleAnswering your questions about filtering your own visits in Google Analytics, the balance between retina image quality and website performance, selling high-res images while still protecting them, using Yoast's focus keyword feature.
Read articleWordPress' popularity leads to complexity as well. Combining this with poor hosting services, improper management, security attacks and negligence, and you get a slew of possible errors. The solution is prevention: properly manage your WordPress site to avoid security and functionality problems down the line.
Read articleSee what website design you can achieve if you use the right WP theme and if you let yourself be creative along the way. When the type of photography you shoot demands something special, it's OK to step outside of the norm and creating something unique to showcase it online.
Read articleAnswering your questions about website caching, good WP hosting providers, paid/affiliate links and how to size images on your site (for good performance).
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