Photographers simply want to have a nice portfolio with WordPress, with a beautiful theme, possibly linked to Lightroom, without spending too much time on the technical details. This is why Photography Core was made. It is possible to switch between any theme using the Photography Core and everything will still work, automatically. No need to work on the new theme every time. Everything in this plugin is light, efficient, but try to cover every part required by most photography websites.
There aren’t many downloads or reviews because this plugin is actually part of the architecture of themes, so it’s probably not a plugin you would like just to download by itself. But you could, and develop your own theme on it.
FEATURES
- Post Type: Collections
- Taxonomies: Folders, Keywords
- Featured Images for Folders
- Drag & Drop ordering for Folders
- Drag & Drop ordering for Collections (Post Types Order required)
- SEO (doesn’t overdo it; basics which are good enough)
- Internal API (to retrieve the collections, folders, their hierarchy, etc)
- Gutenberg Blocks: Collections, Folders, Keywords, Section Header, Search
- Shortcodes (the same as for the Gutenberg Blocks)
- Seamless integration with WP/LR Sync (Lightroom)
- Works with Polylang
THEMES RECOMMENDATIONS
Currently, three themes are known to use Photography Core. But if you would like to build your own theme, do not hesitate to use this plugin and to contact us so that we can add you here.
- Hikari. Used by the urban explorer Thomas Jorion but also by Jordy Meow.
- Yuzu. Used by the very famous photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
- Kurayami. This one will be awesome, but currently in development.
PLUGINS RECOMMENDATIONS
Those plugins aren’t requires by the Photography Core and are simply recommendations. Remember, avoid using too many plugins, as they slow down your website and increase chance of encountering issues.
- Gallery: Meow Gallery
- Lightbox: Meow Lighbox
- Lightroom: WP/LR Sync
- Order Collections: Post Types Order
- Contact Form: Ninja Forms
- Fonts: Google Fonts for WordPress
- Google Analytics: Analytify – Google Analytics Dashboard
- Multilanguage: Polylang
- Better search: Relevanssi
- More SEO features: The SEO Framework
AVAILABLE FILTERS
- pcore_collections_order: Change the order of the collections. Override this filter and return either ‘date’ (default order, by Publish Date), ‘title’ (order by the Title of the collection) or by a custom ‘ORDER BY’.
- pcore_folders_order: Change the order of the folders. Override this filter and return either ‘tax_position’ (default order, by position – this plugin has this feature built in), ‘title’ (order by the Title of the folder) or by a custom ‘ORDER BY’.