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The 5 Best Free Lightbox Plugins for WordPress
WordPress lightbox plugins have been around for a long time, and are arguably more popular than ever. Why? Largely because of their versatility and potential application across a variety of industries such as retail galleries, artistic and professional portfolios, an endless stream of food blogs, and opt-in placements. Aside from industry-specific benefits, WordPress lightbox plugins can: Prevent users from having to open…
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Sider – A New Horizontal WordPress Theme
Say hello to Sider, our new horizontal WordPress theme. Sider is perfect for photographers and artists who want to display their work in a beautiful, horizontal layout. It’s simple to use, easy to set up, and comes with tons of customization controls including logo uploads and front page options, plus optional upgrades such as fonts, footer credit removal,…
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6 Steps to Speed Up Your WordPress Website
Between powerful tools like WordPress and fast connection speeds available to many, it has never been easier to showcase high-quality selections of your photography online. But the need for speed is pivotal. Inflict a sluggish site on the world and you can expect search engines to steer clear. Even the users who do land on your site…
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What is Influencer Outreach and Why Does it Matter?
With more than 41 million photographers in the U.S. alone and a market value pushing $82 billion, the photography industry is ever-expanding. Competition is fierce, to say the least. How will you grow your business and thrive in such a saturated market? Your website is a key means to reaching new customers, and one of your primary web-related focuses should…
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Introducing Filters – A New Way To Find Photos In Sell Media
How can we make it easier for your customers to find the photos they’re looking for? That simple question led us to create something that we think you’re going to love: a new feature called “Filters.” Filters is included in version 2.1 of our free Sell Media plugin for WordPress. Filters can be added to any Page using this shortcode: [sell_media_filters]…
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5 Slideshow Plugins for Showcasing Images on Your WordPress Website
With a massive increase in social media usage over the past ten years, the demand for media is constantly on the rise in what is now a largely image-centric web. More than ever before, this leaves designers and photographers tasked with finding a way to make their work stand out from the noise. A slideshow is a great way to engage…
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Featured User: Award-Winning Photojournalist William Thomas Cain
Being a photojournalist means much more than taking pictures for newspapers. It’s about capturing the world’s people, cultures, conflicts, and occurrences. With a single snap, a moment in the present becomes a documentation of the past that will tell a real-life story not just in current events, but for future generations down the line. Graph…
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Streamlined Photo Proofing For Photographers
Photo proofing is now easier for you and your clients thanks to our new “Access Control” extension for Sell Media. WordPress is the Swiss Army Knife of web publishing. With our themes and plugins, you can run your entire photography business on one WordPress website, from your portfolio and image galleries to your blog, photo cart and back-end e-commerce management.…
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How to upload photos from Lightroom into WordPress
Sell Media 2.0 introduced a laundry list of new features, including the ability to import photos that were exported from Adobe Lightroom. In this tutorial, I’ll show you just how easy it is to integrate these two powerful photography platforms. Overview For those who don’t know, Sell Media is our free WordPress plugin that allows…
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13 Free Web Apps to Supercharge Your Photography Business
When running a photography business you will often have to take on jobs that you aren’t immediately familiar with. Yes, you may know exactly how to create sharp focus at night, but what about completing accounting tasks or managing your own client list? Fortunately, there are myriad web apps available that can help you supercharge your photography business…
