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Top 5 WordPress Themes for Photographers & Photo Blogs

 

Top 5 WordPress Themes for Photographers & Photography Blogs

Top 5 WordPress Themes for Photographers & Photography Blogs

WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool, and a robust Content Management System (CMS).

WordPress allows you to turn your blog into a fully functional online photo gallery while still maintaining all the features of a normal blog.

With a customizable gallery layout included in many WordPress themes, it has become an amazing solution for photographers to build an online presence in a professional way.

WordPress, with its many photography focused themes, is thus becoming a platform or a foundation to help showcase the talents of budding amateur photographers and seasoned photographers alike.

 

WordPress Themes for Photographers and Photography Blogs

WordPress has various themes that users can install and switch. Themes allow users to change the look and functionality of a WordPress blog without altering the information content or structure.

While there are many themes that are free of cost, you need to pay for premium WordPress themes. With their various tools and picture enhancing features, these premium themes give you – the photographer – the freedom and flexibility of tweaking and posting your pictures the way you want.

You are also able to do it in a style unique to you using the different photography specific WordPress themes available. All you need to do is select a suitable theme for the display of your pictures!

WordPress is also very easy to connect to all the popular social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, which enables you to easily share your work with the world.

 

DeepFocus by Elegant Themes

DeepFocus Theme - WordPress Themes for Photographers and Photography Blogs

DeepFocus Theme – WordPress Themes for Photographers and Photography Blogs

DeepFocus has an interesting tagline: “imagery is my life and life is something beautiful”. And DeepFocus truly delivers on its tagline by showcasing some really beautiful imagery.

DeepFocus is a premium WordPress theme created by Elegant Themes that would transform your WordPress installation into a fully functional, customizable and powerful online photo gallery and blog.

DeepFocus comes with a robust and CMS style homepage that can be easily customized via the advanced theme control panel, making it a great solution for artists and photographers who want to show off their work and build up an online presence.

You can view a demo and explore the theme by clicking here.

 

Features

  • Automatic image resizing
  • Advertising management
  • 5 color schemes
  • Cross-browser compatible
  • Valid code
  • Extensive theme control panel
  • Custom shortcodes
  • Complete localization for easy translation
  • Premium support and updates

You can view a demo and explore the theme by clicking here.

 

Photorifc by Themeforest

Photorific - Photography WordPress Theme

Photorific – Photography WordPress Theme

Photorific Image Gallery and Portfolio

Photorific Image Gallery and Portfolio

Photorific is a premium WordPress theme that is great for photography and portfolio websites.

With Photorific, you can set as many background images as you want for every page, post and portfolio item.

This theme also comes with a color picker, 30+ shortcodes, 3 widgets, unlimited sidebars and much more.

You can view a demo and explore the theme by clicking here.

 

Features

  • Full screen Background Image Slideshow (Upload unlimited images for each page/post/portfolio item)
  • Custom Background Image(s) for every page/post/portfolio item
  • Black and white navigation style (Choose the style you want from the admin panel)
  • Various slideshow options
  • Various lightbox options
  • WordPress short codes for additional styling.
  • Searchable forum.

You can view a demo and explore the theme by clicking here.

 

Core Theme by Themeforest

Core - Premium WordPress Photography Theme

Core – Premium WordPress Photography Theme

Core Theme - Gallery View

Core Theme – Gallery View

Core is the minimalist photography, portfolio template built with latest WordPress features, such as custom post type, image uploader, etc. Core is built to the latest WordPress standards, allowing for the full use of its various features.

Core theme has a beautiful full-screen slider and extensive galleries that give you all the features and options you need to show off your photographs in the most professional way.

You can view a demo and explore the theme by clicking here.

 

Features

  • 3 homepage styles
  • Full Screen slideshow for Photo Gallery
  • Built-in Font Manager. You can upload your own font
  • Extensive galleries and  Supports multiple images upload
  • 4 Portfolio styles
  • 8 Custom widgets
  • Styled typography and flexible page columns
  • Built-in numerous shortcodes
  • Unlimited sidebar. You can create and select sidebar for each of your page

You can view a demo and explore the theme by clicking here.

 

Simplicity by Woothemes

Simplicity - Photography Theme By Woothemes

Simplicity – Photography Theme By Woothemes

Simplicity is a business theme that is hugely customizable with a clean layout, featured home page slider, and custom post types for testimonials, portfolio items, mini-features and slides. It allows you to completely configure your home page the way you want.

Simplicity is a responsive WordPress theme which automatically fits your screen size and looks just as great on a mobile phone or a tablet as it does on the desktop.

Easily customizable via the WordPress admin interface, you can upload your own logo or change the color of the theme in one click. It also has built-in swipe support for your portfolio, images and videos.

You can view a demo and explore the theme by clicking here.

 

Features

  • Clean, responsive design
  • Theme options
  • Page, post and portfolio options
  • Unlimited sidebars
  • Unlimited colors
  • Page templates
  • Shortcodes manager
  • Social media icons

You can view a demo and explore the theme by clicking here.

 

Expose theme by StudioPress

Expose - Portfolio and Photography Blog WordPress Theme

Expose – Portfolio and Photography Blog WordPress Theme

Expose is a CSS and showcase gallery WordPress template best suited for gallery type sites and personal portfolios.It comes with 3 skins, and features custom widgets and shortcodes as well as plugins.

Expose theme is one of the highest quality WordPress themes for photographers as it helps to showcase and enhance your pictures in a professional way.

You can view a demo and explore the theme by clicking here.

 

Features

  • Valid XHTML
  • Strict tableless design
  • Multiple page templates:
    • Index Page with multiple display options
    • Image slider for portfolio entries
    • Gallery display options switched
    • WordPress Shortcodes for additional styling and multiple columns
    • PSD files included
    • Extensive Documentation Included
    • External scripts and resources used

You can view a demo and explore the theme by clicking here.

 

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