PhotoDropper Plug-In for WordPress, plus a VP Nod
Ok, I’ve been on the hunt for a cool blogroll plug-in that would act like my Blogger blogroll did. And I finally found one in WP Social Blogroll (yay, I’m no longer wistfully longing for my “old” blogroll!). But, while I was searching, I found a new, even cooler, plug-in!
Everyone knows that blogs are a visual medium. Blog gurus are quick to point out that every post should be paired with at least one image. That is super advice. However, I am a writer. I’m only an OK photographer. I know Photoshop enough to be dangerous, but I don’t love it. Sometimes, I write about something (like WordPress plug-ins) that don’t lend themselves to an image, at least not one that I have in my iPhoto library. So, sometimes I turn to free (‘m cheap) stock photos. The problem is, it can take a long time to sort through photo sites. I don’t always understand the licensing or how to attribute the photos. I’m a writer.
Enter PhotoDropper. This clever plug-in searches for Creative Commons license photos for you, gives you options and then adds the attribution for you! How cool is that?
So, I had to play with it. And I wanted to see if it would work to even find breaking news kind of photos. So, here is Mitt Romney’s nod for his Vice Presidential Running Mate: 
And, I’ve heard rumors from the left commenting that he looks like Eddie Munster (That’s all they have?) But I don’t think so, and PhotoDropper found the photographic proof!
How easy was that?
Don’t believe me? Watch it in action. (Oh, and it is at my favorite price point! Free!)
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. I’m downloading it right now.
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Super easy, super fun!
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Cool plug in, I might have to check it out!
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That sounds like an awesome plug-in. Found the only issue though, the images are not pinnable! I wanted to pin this blog post for future reference and it said there are no pinnable images or video on this page.
Interesting. But, I guess that is a sort of good thing. I know that there have been issues about “borrowed” images and Pinterest! I’ll add a pinable image!
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Chelsea, I was just able to pin, I have the Pin-It button on my Firefox tool-bar and I could pin with no problem. (I pinned the video from PhotoDropper, I know they won’t mind!) Curious:)
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Hmm… It worked for me now, too. Weird! Thanks for looking into it for me though!