WordPress plugins can be a fantastic way to add a wide range of functionality to your blog. From cool image galleries to practical backup tools, plugins can provide features that can really enhance your visitor’s experience on your blog.

However, there are some important things to remember about plugins. Because plugins can be developed by anyone, some of them are coded really well, some really poorly, and most somewhere in between. The result is that some plugins are more reliable than others, some simply won’t work with your installation, and some will actually conflict with other plugins. Plugin authors are also responsible for maintaining their own tutorials and support.

Because of all of these factors, the ProPhoto Blogs team does NOT offer technical support for third-party plugins in any way.

Don’t run away yet :) Despite all of these things, there are many well coded and maintained plugins that can add fabulous features to your blog. My hope is that this area can be a plugin resource for ProPhoto users, providing a list of plugins that are reliable and that interact nicely with the Prophoto theme.

First, you can find instruction on finding and installing a plugin in your blog here. In an effort to narrow down the thousands of plugins available for WordPress, we have created a list below of some of the more popular, well written plugins that work well with the Prophoto theme. (Check back often as this list should continue to grow):

• NextGen GalleryEasily the most popular WordPress image gallery plugin. A really thorough admin area with lots of options. Can be used in conjunction with some other plugins to achieve additional display effects.
• WP DB BackupThis is the only tool for blog backups that we are currently recommending. Can be used for both one-time or regularly scheduled backups of your blog’s database. Easy to use and just plain gets the job done.
• AkismetGot comment spam? Not any more. This is a great solution that we loved enough to make the only plugin we include with our handheld installations. Everyone should be using it.
• Full CircleA plugin that you can connect to your Facebook and/or Twitter accounts that will comment on that service every time you publish a new blog post. Cool!
• Category OrderThis plugin allows you to easily rearrange the order of your category list with a simple drag and drop interface.
• Sexy BookmarksThe Sexy Bookmarks plugin adds an elegant row of social media icons to the bottom of each of your posts. You can select your icons from a massive list of popular social sites.

Now, one negative potential side effect of using plugins is that many can interfere with the functionality of the ProPhoto theme.  So if you find yourself facing a problem that you don’t know how to solve, your first troubleshooting step should be to try disabling all of your plugins (by going to “Plugins” in your WordPress admin area) to see if that resolves the problem. If it does, turn them back on one by one to see which one was the culprit, and then, if you can live without that one, do so. It’s a good idea to contact the plugin author if you find a problem.Not only can plugins interfere with ProPhoto, but they can seriously slow down your site, as well.  As such, you want to limit the number of plugins you use.  Only use plugins that provide options you simply must have and that ProPhoto does not provide.  If you are wondering whether ProPhoto can do something or not, email us and, you might be surprised that you can already do in ProPhoto what you wanted to do with a plugin!

WordPress plugins can be a fantastic way to add a wide range of functionality to your blog. From cool image galleries to practical backup tools, plugins can provide features that can really enhance your visitor’s experience on your blog.

However, there are some important things to remember about plugins. Because plugins can be developed by anyone, some of them are coded really well, some really poorly, and most somewhere in between. The result is that some plugins are more reliable than others, some simply won’t work with your installation, and some will actually conflict with other plugins. Plugin authors are also responsible for maintaining their own tutorials and support.

Because of all of these factors, the ProPhoto Blogs team does NOT offer technical support for third-party plugins in any way.

Don’t run away yet :) Despite all of these things, there are many well coded and maintained plugins that can add fabulous features to your blog. My hope is that this area can be a plugin resource for ProPhoto users, providing a list of plugins that are reliable and that interact nicely with the Prophoto theme.

First, you can find instruction on finding and installing a plugin in your blog here. In an effort to narrow down the thousands of plugins available for WordPress, we have created a list below of some of the more popular, well written plugins that work well with the Prophoto theme. (Check back often as this list should continue to grow):

• NextGen GalleryEasily the most popular WordPress image gallery plugin. A really thorough admin area with lots of options. Can be used in conjunction with some other plugins to achieve additional display effects.
• WP DB BackupThis is the only tool for blog backups that we are currently recommending. Can be used for both one-time or regularly scheduled backups of your blog’s database. Easy to use and just plain gets the job done.
• AkismetGot comment spam? Not any more. This is a great solution that we loved enough to make the only plugin we include with our handheld installations. Everyone should be using it.
• Full CircleA plugin that you can connect to your Facebook and/or Twitter accounts that will comment on that service every time you publish a new blog post. Cool!
• Category OrderThis plugin allows you to easily rearrange the order of your category list with a simple drag and drop interface.
• Sexy BookmarksThe Sexy Bookmarks plugin adds an elegant row of social media icons to the bottom of each of your posts. You can select your icons from a massive list of popular social sites.

Now, one negative potential side effect of using plugins is that many can interfere with the functionality of the ProPhoto theme.  So if you find yourself facing a problem that you don’t know how to solve, your first troubleshooting step should be to try disabling all of your plugins (by going to “Plugins” in your WordPress admin area) to see if that resolves the problem. If it does, turn them back on one by one to see which one was the culprit, and then, if you can live without that one, do so. It’s a good idea to contact the plugin author if you find a problem.Not only can plugins interfere with ProPhoto, but they can seriously slow down your site, as well.  As such, you want to limit the number of plugins you use.  Only use plugins that provide options you simply must have and that ProPhoto does not provide.  If you are wondering whether ProPhoto can do something or not, email us and, you might be surprised that you can already do in ProPhoto what you wanted to do with a plugin!

WordPress plugins can be a fantastic way to add a wide range of functionality to your blog. From cool image galleries to practical backup tools, plugins can provide features that can really enhance your visitor’s experience on your blog.

However, there are some important things to remember about plugins. Because plugins can be developed by anyone, some of them are coded really well, some really poorly, and most somewhere in between. The result is that some plugins are more reliable than others, some simply won’t work with your installation, and some will actually conflict with other plugins. Plugin authors are also responsible for maintaining their own tutorials and support.

Because of all of these factors, the ProPhoto Blogs team does NOT offer technical support for third-party plugins in any way.

Don’t run away yet :) Despite all of these things, there are many well coded and maintained plugins that can add fabulous features to your blog. My hope is that this area can be a plugin resource for ProPhoto users, providing a list of plugins that are reliable and that interact nicely with the Prophoto theme.

First, you can find instruction on finding and installing a plugin in your blog here. In an effort to narrow down the thousands of plugins available for WordPress, we have created a list below of some of the more popular, well written plugins that work well with the Prophoto theme. (Check back often as this list should continue to grow):

• NextGen GalleryEasily the most popular WordPress image gallery plugin. A really thorough admin area with lots of options. Can be used in conjunction with some other plugins to achieve additional display effects.
• WP DB BackupThis is the only tool for blog backups that we are currently recommending. Can be used for both one-time or regularly scheduled backups of your blog’s database. Easy to use and just plain gets the job done.
• AkismetGot comment spam? Not any more. This is a great solution that we loved enough to make the only plugin we include with our handheld installations. Everyone should be using it.
• Full CircleA plugin that you can connect to your Facebook and/or Twitter accounts that will comment on that service every time you publish a new blog post. Cool!
• Category OrderThis plugin allows you to easily rearrange the order of your category list with a simple drag and drop interface.
• Sexy BookmarksThe Sexy Bookmarks plugin adds an elegant row of social media icons to the bottom of each of your posts. You can select your icons from a massive list of popular social sites.

Now, one negative potential side effect of using plugins is that many can interfere with the functionality of the ProPhoto theme.  So if you find yourself facing a problem that you don’t know how to solve, your first troubleshooting step should be to try disabling all of your plugins (by going to “Plugins” in your WordPress admin area) to see if that resolves the problem. If it does, turn them back on one by one to see which one was the culprit, and then, if you can live without that one, do so. It’s a good idea to contact the plugin author if you find a problem.Not only can plugins interfere with ProPhoto, but they can seriously slow down your site, as well.  As such, you want to limit the number of plugins you use.  Only use plugins that provide options you simply must have and that ProPhoto does not provide.  If you are wondering whether ProPhoto can do something or not, email us and, you might be surprised that you can already do in ProPhoto what you wanted to do with a plugin!