Whether amateur or professional, photographers with a WordPress website and/or blog need the right plugins. With the right plugins, you can make your site stand out, keep it from slowing down and make sure you can display your images in the highest possible resolution.

Your images are important and they are probably the lifeblood of your site. You need to be able to show off your talents without your site taking forever to load or losing resolution due to the size of the image. Here are five great plugins every photographer should be using for their WordPress website. 

<h2>WP Smush Plugin</h2>

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The <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/" rel="nofollow" target=_blank">WP Smush plugin</a> makes it easy to keep the resolution you need without killing your website load times. This plugin will reduce the size of images without losing the resolution you need to show off your awesome pictures. It's 100% free and will take care of making sure your site doesn't slow down due to the many images you will be showing off. 

If you let your site load slowly, it could deter viewers from actually staying on your site. It will also hurt your SEO and you cannot have a website, as a photographer, without showing off plenty of images. 

WP Smush has more than 300K downloads and a 4.7 out of 5 rating. It's known as one of the best plugins for reducing the size of images without giving up quality. 

<h2>Easy Watermark Plugin</h2>

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Of course, you need to protect your work and the <A href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-watermark/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Easy Watermark</a> plugin allows you to do just that. Without a watermark, someone could steal your image and you may not have the time to track them down and file a lawsuit. Avoiding all of this mess is easy with the Easy Watermark plugin.

You can easily add watermarks to every image you upload to your media library with this plugin. This means, if someone does steal your image, it will be watermarked with your name, company name and even logo. This will keep them from using it without giving you credit. 

The Easy Watermark plugin has more than 20K downloads and has a 4.2 out of 5 rating on WordPress. It will help protect your brand and keep your images from being used without your permission or without receiving credit.

<h2>Envira Gallery Plugin</h2>

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The <A href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/envira-gallery-lite/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Envira Gallery</a> plugin provides a great choice for photographers looking for a responsive gallery plugin. It's easy to set up and can used within minutes. 

If you need to set up a personal portfolio, show past work you have done, display travel images or any other type of images in a gallery, this is the right choice. The drag-and-drop editor makes it easy for anybody to use and the plugin is very SEO friendly. It's also set up to work great with mobile devices. 

Envira Gallery Lite has been downloaded more than 150K times and has received a 4.4 out of 5 rating on WordPress.

<h2>Imsanity Plugin</h2>

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The <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/imsanity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Imsanity plugin</a> is another good choice for resizing larger images. This will help you get those images that are too big to upload set up on your site without any issue. It's designed for even beginners to use and makes resizing images very easy.

This plugin isn't a replacement for WP Smush, but another one you should add to your arsenal as a photographer. It has been downloaded more than 100K times and has a 4.8 out of 5 on WordPress.

<h2>Pinterest "Pin It" Button</h2>

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Of course, every photographer needs a Pinterest plugin to allow for easy pinning. The <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/pinterest-pin-it-button/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest "Pin It" Button</a> plugin is the right choice. It will automatically add the "Pin It" button to all your images making it easy for visitors to pin your pictures.

The plugin has been downloaded more than 30K times and has a 3.9 out of 5 rating on WordPress.

If you're a photographer looking for the right plugins for WordPress, these five should certainly be at the top of your list.
