Photo Dropper WordPress Plugin Review

Jul 11, 2010 by Shivendu Madhava

It’s no secret that adding photos to your blog posts is one of the most effective ways to enhance your blog and attract attention to your writing.

When it comes to finding great quality images, you basically have 3 options: stealing, buying, or using Creative Commons-licensed photos. The first can get you into serious legal trouble, the second costs money, so Creative Commons-licensed photos is often the most attractive.

Flickr has millions of Creative Commons licensed photos available in its database. This plugin simplifies the entire process of finding and adding incredible Flickr images to your posts.

With the Photo Dropper plugin, you can now search millions of Flickr photos and add them to your WordPress posts with just 1 click, all without leaving your WordPress dashboard. Attribution links are automatically added underneath the images to comply with the Creative Commons license rules. It’s the easiest way to add photos to your blog. Period. And best of all – it’s Free!

Installation:

1. Unpack the photo_dropper.zip file and extract the /photo_dropper/ folder.
2. Using an FTP program, upload the /photo_dropper/ folder to your WordPress plugins directory (Example: /wp-content/plugins).
3. In your WordPress Admin panel and go to Plugins page (link on the top menu). Click the “Activate” link for Photo Dropper.
4. Once activated, go to Options, then Click on Photo Dropper, and set your blog preferences.

Usage:

1. Once you have the plugin activated, you will see a “Photo Dropper Browse Photos” panel right under your Write Post (or Write Page) editor. Enter keyword(s) for a photo you would like for your post (Example: “sunset”, “black cat”, or “HDR bridge”) and click the Search button.
2. The search will return photos matching your keywords.
3. Once you find a photo you would like to add to your post, click on any of the sizes (”S”mall, “M”edium, “L”arge) to add that photo and attribution link to your post.
4. The photo will appear in your post, followed by a link to the specific CC license for that photo, as well as a link back to the photodropper site, and a link to the photographer’s Flickr page.

Download:Photo Dropper

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