Do you spend your day shooting the beauty of this world? Then, make sure you create an online photo album to show people what the world looks like through your eyes.
Photography is an art that implies various styles and techniques. As a photographer, you will need to create a portfolio with albums for each specific genre of photography to organize your masterpieces more efficiently.
Here is what you can find in this article:
- How to create an online photo album.
- What tool should you use to digitize this process?
- How to design an online photo album.
- And much more.
Modula Gallery Plugin
Create stunning, responsive photo galleries with ease. Showcase your work, captivate your audience, and boost engagement. You don’t need to do any coding.
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How do I create an online photo album?
Creating an online photo album is easier than you might think. First of all, you need a website up and running.
You can follow this tutorial if you don’t already have a website. It’s said that WordPress is the perfect match for photographers due to its large amount of plugins that can help you create stunning online photo albums.
Speaking of plugins, once you own a website, you need a tool to make your work easier. There are a lot of photo gallery plugins, but if you want a powerful tool that is easy to use, then Modula is the answer.
Modula is a user-friendly gallery plugin for photographers, designers, and creatives. It doesn’t require coding skills and is a perfect choice for both beginners and professionals.
I digress. Let’s see how you can make an online photo album using Modula.
???? Install and activate Modula
In this section, I’ll show you how to install Modula – the process is the same for every WordPress plugin.
Go to your WordPress dashboard > Plugins > Add New.
Here you can find free plugins you can install for your WordPress website. Type Modula in the search bar in the upper right corner, and then click on Install Now.
This will take a couple of minutes. Once the installation process is over, you can press Activate, and you will find the Modula plugin in your WordPress menu.
???? Create a new album
Modula Pro provides an Albums extension that helps you display multiple galleries on a page and organize them into albums.
So, whenever you want to create an album, go to the Modula icon and click on Albums > Add New.
Next, you can add a descriptive title to your album – I’ve named my album snapshots. Then, click on Select galleries to start creating a photo album.
???? Create an online photo album for your website
As shown in the picture below, I have already created five galleries. All these galleries are different, and each of them has some specific gallery settings.
- Sunset photography – this is a photo gallery for your website.
- Street photography – it’s a masonry image gallery.
- Wildlife photography – this one is a WordPress multimedia gallery.
- Smiles – an image gallery with thumbnails.
- Minimalist photography – a basic image gallery.
Next, select the gallery/galleries you want to add to your album and press Insert galleries.
➕ Add more customization options for your online photo album
Once you add galleries to your album, you can take advantage of every Modula customization option. You will see here that everything is customizable. You can:
- Select grid type.
- Add animations and make your galleries more dynamic.
- Add thumbnails.
- Customize the title and caption.
- Add hover effects.
- Enable download and allow your visitors to download your masterpieces.
- Show EXIF data.
- Enable zoom on hover.
- Add password-protection.
- Make your albums mobile responsive.
✅ Add the WordPress photo gallery to your website
After customizing the albums to fit your needs, don’t forget to click on Save Album.
Your album will be saved, and a shortcode with the copy link will pop up. So, copy and paste the shortcode into a page or post it wherever you need it.
Once you’ve published the album on your website, it will look like a photo book. Amazing. Right?
⭐ Final thoughts
The best part about Modula Pro is that you can create both galleries and albums. You can even mix images and videos.
Using albums, you can showcase your works on one page. Incredibly useful if your content covers multiple sectors/niches. No need to create a page per gallery; albums give you the freedom to combine!
Keen to see more of what Modula Pro offers? View our pricing page here; we’ve clearly defined the features you’ll receive depending on your chosen package!
Modula Gallery Plugin
Create stunning, responsive photo galleries with ease. Showcase your work, captivate your audience, and boost engagement. You don’t need to do any coding.
