Today, I am going to be doing another review of a WordPress plugin. This plugin is WP Portfolio and it’s very easy to use and benefit from it. A plugin that allows you to show off your portfolio through a single page on your wordpress blog with automatically generated thumbnails.
If you are a freelancer and need a way to show off your portfolio, then this plugin is for you. It’s very easy to use and you can be set up in less than 5 minutes.
This plugin is written by Dan of danharrison.co.uk, otherwise known as Daniel Jago Harrison. In case you were wondering, his middle name Jago is the Cornish form of Jacob. He says that he is often asked how to pronounce his middle name, it’s pronounced “Jay-go”.
Installation Instructions
- Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation
- Activate the plugin from Plugins page.
- Edit a page that you want your portfolio to appear on and paste some code into it.
- Add your websites in WP Portfolio within your Wordpress admin area.
Simple Usage
The plugin requires you to have a free account with Shrink The Web to generate the thumbnails.
- To show your portfolio, create a new page and paste code into it.
- You can show all or a part of the portfolio from within code by using the function.
- You can show a random selection of your portfolio from within code by using the function. Please note that there is no group information shown when this function is used.
WP Portfolio Plugin – Admin Panel
This will appear on the left hand side where all the other panels are. In my admin area, this panel appears second last. This panel shows you all the links to the different settings.
- WP Portfolio – Shows you all the websites you have listed in your portfolio. You will be able to delete or edit each website.
- Add New Website – I think this means exactly what it says. You will have to enter the name, url of the website, a small description and then get to choose which group it belongs to.
- Add New Group – You enter the groups name, a small description and then the order. This helps when you have more than one group.
- Website Groups – Shows you all the portfolio groups. You will be able to delete or edit each website. I also like that it shows the total number of websites per group, this is a bonus if you ask me
- Portfolio Settings – This is the engine and the plugin thumbnails will not work until you enter the details in correctly. The details are STW access key ID, STW secret key, thumbnail size, days to cache, etc.
- Layout Settings – Here you can edit the template layout as well as the CSS styling.
- Documentation – All the documentation of the plugin is displayed here. What to use and how, layout template and css code as well as the function codes.
Screen shots:
Below are some screen shots of the rest of the plugin settings/pages.
WP Portfolio Plugin - General Settings
WP Portfolio Plugin - Website Groups
WP Portfolio Plugin - Layout Settings
WP Portfolio Plugin - Websites
Some Basic Links
Examples of plugin in action:
- You can visit my portfolio page to see it working on a full page
- You can view my blog at the bottom and you will see sites being promoted via the random group selection.
Final Thought
I think this is a plugin for anyone wanting to get into showing their profile to others. Lets them see what kind of work you have done and it will surely benefit you. Let me know what you think about this plugin, I’m ready for it
Are you using this plugin? Have you installed it yet?
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Article by George Serradinho
I am the proud owner of Serradinho and have made this my second home. I'm into blogging, downloads, WordPress and the internet in general. I also love meeting and helping others and learning new techniques.
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It is a good plugin. So now we can show all our work have done regarding to blogging. It is useful to build reputation.
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@Dana – yes, you can use it for reputation purposes.
That’s a great plugin and very simple..Initially I faced few problem while working with this plugin but later On I got it right.. Thanks for your pointer and suggestion for this plugin..
@Harsh – no problem. I guess all new plugins take a while to get use to. Once you know the ins and outs, then it’s easier than normal.
I agree with you George. The most common mistake which we make when we install a plugin that we never read the Guide come with that plugin and because of it, we always make a mistake and never able to use it to maximum level.
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@Harsh – you are so correct. Always make sure you have gone through all the documents to know the full potential of the plugin
Ah great review George.
I think i’ll start using that soon on my blog as I might be offering a service.
Glad to know that this plugin will help me out.
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@Teen Blogger – glad to be of help. Let me know if you need assistance, love to help
This plugin is cool.
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Not really a plugin that I have a need for right now but it still gets bookmarked in the event I need it in the future.
I wonder if I would benefit from using this on my Insane Limos blog to show my Limo fleet to guests? Your thoughts?
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@Extreme John – well, you might be able to have it displayed in a nice way and make it easier for your clients.
Hey ,
Thats a nice plugin.It woud be of great help for me as showing of my previous work to potential buyers who visit my site. I will install it and let you know my feedback
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@Sourish – I will wait for your feedback then, good luck with using it.
Great find, George! Not only is the a great plugin for designers to nicely showcase their work it would be great to use to feature recommended sites! Off to try it out!
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@Plus Size Shopping Online – you are correct, it can be used for many other purposes and that’s what I like about it.
Really a great plugin to showcase the work on a blog. CSS on your log’s portfolio page is looking great. Will definitely give it a shot on my blog. Nice review George, Appreciated.
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It is a very useful plugin!
I have used it on several of my blogs!
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That looks like a pretty cool plugin. I have a few websites, and I’ve thought about consolidating them for display in one place. Sounds like this might do the trick.
Nice plug in here. However, I only maintain one main blog. This is good for those bloggers who has a lot of blogs to flaunt.
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Impeccable plugin. I have just installed and it works fine. Thanks for the great share.
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Thanks for the great review George, it’s very much appreciated! I’ll be referring to your article to others!
Also, thanks for sponsoring the plugin for the additional features. It’s people like you who make developing plugins worthwhile.
Dan
@Dan – no problem at all, it’s a lovely plugin that many could use and benefit from