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It goes without saying that there is nothing like some stunning photos or images to instantly add a touch of color and interest to your blog. But if you are like the majority of bloggers, you probably don’t use pictures in your posts, either because you don’t know how, or because you think it takes a lot of effort to do so.
Now, if you’re using WordPress as your blogging platform, you’re in luck, thanks to the new PhotoDropper plugin. This plugin allows you to search through Flickr’s immense database of millions of photos that you can use for free, choose an image you like, and add it to your blog post with just one click, all from inside WordPress.
What’s more, you can choose from small, medium and large image sizes, to find the one that best fits the blog template you are using.
And you don’t even need to worry about the legal aspect of using other people’s pictures, because the images that PhotoDropper finds are under the Creative Commons license and available for you to use as long as you credit the author - something that the plugin also does automatically for you by adding the appropriate link. If you have a business blog, you should be aware that many photos on Flickr are not licensed for commercial use, and in this case PhotoDropper has a handy option to only show the ones that are.
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So download PhotoDropper for WordPress now and begin to transform your blog posts with some incredible images.
Alternatively, if you are looking for a wide choice of professional photos, you might want to consider using www.istockphoto.com, where web-sized images will cost you around $1 each.
In any case, the quickest and easiest way to use images to add appeal to your writing is the PhotoDropper WordPress plugin. Now, you’ve got absolutely no excuse for that drab-looking blog full of nothing but text!
