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How to Use WordPress to Display Your Art Portfolio
Last updated on Jun 15, 2016 by Waseem Abbas
Want to create a portfolio on your website? Many photographers use WordPress because it has diverse features to show off your photos beautifully and professionally. In this article, we will show you how to use WordPress to display your art portfolio.
Creating Your WordPress Website
First thing you need to do is to create a website with WordPress.
To start with, you’ll need a hosting plan. We recommend either WPEngine or Hostgator.
Next, you’ll need to install WordPress on your site. Check out this complete guide on how to install WordPress.
Once your WordPress website is ready, you can install the Envira Gallery plugin to display your art portfolio.
Setting Up Envira Gallery to Display Your Art Portfolio
First, you need to install and activate the Envira Gallery WordPress plugin.
Upon activating the plugin, you can go to Envira Gallery » Add New to create an image gallery in WordPress.
Let’s start by adding a title for your gallery…
Next, you need to add your portfolio images into the Native Envira Gallery section. You can click on the Select Files from Your Computer button, or simply drag and drop to add photos.
Once your images have been uploaded, you can hit the Publish button. (Check out this guide to learn more details on setting up your gallery in Envira.)
Now you will see a widget box appear on the right side of your screen. It has the shortcode, and some other information about your image gallery. You’ll need to copy the shortcode from here.
Next, you can go to Posts or Pages. Go ahead and edit the post or page where you want to include the portfolio.
Simply paste the shortcode into the visual editor to place your gallery where you want it. Make sure to click on the Update button to save your changes.
Now your portfolio is live on your website!
We hope this article has helped you to learn how to use WordPress to display your art portfolio. You may also want to check out our guide on how to create a photography website in WordPress.
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Thank you, this is the article I was looking for. By the way, can you tell me what you use for a nice and fast website? Also, I’m planning to create a simple website for my business and I need a domain and hosting recommendation. I heard that asphostportal has a good reputation in this regard. Can you recommend them or are there alternatives?
Hi Martin, we recommend building your website on WordPress. To get your site up and running quickly, we highly recommend WPBeginner’s website building services. If you prefer to do it yourself, you may want to check out SeedProd, which is a beginner-friendly theme and page builder plugin for WordPress.
As for purchasing your domain and hosting, I’m not familiar with asphostportal, but can recommend SiteGround, Bluehost, Hostgator, or WPEngine. For more hosting alternatives, check out our article on the best web hosting.
Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any more questions. 🙂