Welcome!

The WordPress Photo Directory is a directory of free, publicly-contributed, CC0-licensed photographs.

The Photo Directory team moderates every photo submitted to the directory, maintains and improves the directory site itself, and provides resources and documentation to educate, encourage, and facilitate photo contributors.

If you’re a new contributor, welcome! You can come chat with us in #Photos on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..

Stay tuned as we develop our contributor handbook. If you’ve encountered an issue or have a suggestion for the Photo Directory, feel free to create a ticket.

We encourage you to submit one or more of your best photos to our directory!

Michelle Frechette 3:39 pm on November 1, 2023

October Photo Directory Update

October is in the books! Time for an update on all things Photos.

We have added new members to the moderator team! Our goal is to moderate photos as quickly as we can. Please do remember we are all volunteers and work through the list as we are able to.

If you’d like to contribute photos to the directory, you can do that at WordPress.org/photos.

If you’d like to join the moderators team, you can do that at make.wordpress.org/photos/handbook/moderating-photos

Current stats for the project as of today, November 1, 2023:

Number of photos: 10,530
Pending photos: 58
Rejected photos: 1665
Photos since the last meeting: 952
Photos rejected since the last meeting: 161
Number of contributors: 1456

Top contributors
🥇 topher1kenobe: 810 photos
🥈 mbigul: 531 photos
🥉 shelob9: 425 photos
🏅 mdburnette: 424 photos
🏅 michelleames: 287 photos
🏅 jenniferbourn: 270 photos
🏅 chrisedwardsce: 175 photos
🏅 javiercasares: 125 photos
🏅 kafleg: 119 photos
🏅 mburridge: 113 photos

Categories
NATURE (7084)
ARCHITECTURE (2080)
ANIMALS (979)
OBJECTS (956)
FOOD-DRINK (931)
ARTS-CULTURE (769)
TRANSPORTATION (681)
INTERIORS (319)
PATTERNS (291)
TECHNOLOGY (168)
PEOPLE (165)
FASHION (70)
ATHLETICS (24)

Landscape 7969
Portrait 4238
Square 303

Michelle Frechette 1:28 am on October 3, 2023

September Photo Directory Update

September is over! Time for an update on all things Photos.

We’ve begun onboarding new members to the photo moderators team.

If you’d like to contribute photos to the directory, you can do that at WordPress.org/photos.

If you’d like to join the moderators team, you can do that at make.wordpress.org/photos/handbook/moderating-photos

Current stats for the project as of today, October 2, 2023:

Number of photos: 9536 (644 photos added since the last report)
Pending photos: 36
Rejected photos: 1486
Photos since the last meeting: 1333
Photos rejected since the last meeting: 198
Number of contributors: 1365 (83 more since the last report)

Top contributors
🥇 topher1kenobe: 804 photos
🥈 mdburnette: 424 photos
🥉 mbigul: 364 photos
🏅 shelob9: 354 photos
🏅 jenniferbourn: 270 photos
🏅 michelleames: 268 photos
🏅 chrisedwardsce: 175 photos
🏅 mburridge: 113 photos
🏅 roytanck: 107 photos
🏅 kafleg: 97 photos

Categories
NATURE (6365)
ARCHITECTURE(1909)
OBJECTS (897)
ANIMALS (887)
FOOD-DRINK (833)
ARTS-CULTURE (696)
TRANSPORTATION (643)
INTERIORS (300)
PATTERNS (275)
TECHNOLOGY (159)
PEOPLE (130)
FASHION (65)
ATHLETICS (24)

Landscape 6314
Portrait 2992
Square 231

Julia Golomb 8:52 pm on September 21, 2023
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Michelle Frechette 10:36 pm on August 28, 2023

August Photo Directory Update

It’s almost the end of August! Time for an update on all things Photos.

Contributor Days this year have gone really well. We’ve onboarded many photographers into what kinds of photo subjects are acceptable, how we evaluate photos for inclusion in the photos directory, and what makes a good photo in general.

We’ve also begun onboarding new members to the photo moderators team.

If you’d like to contribute photos to the directory, you can do that at WordPress.org/photos.

If you’d like to join the moderators team, you can do that at make.wordpress.org/photos/handbook/moderating-photos

Current stats for the project as of today, August 28, 2023:

Number of photos: 8892
Pending photos: 0
Rejected photos: 1385
Photos since the last meeting: 1170
Photos rejected since the last meeting: 283
Number of contributors: 1282

Top contributors:
🥇 @topher1kenobe: 791 photos
🥈 @mdburnette: 424 photos
🥉 @shelob9: 285 photos
🏅 @jenniferbourn: 270 photos
🏅 @michelleames: 243 photos
🏅 @mbigul: 239 photos
🏅 @chrisedwardsce: 175 photos
🏅 @mburridge: 113 photos
🏅 @roytanck: 106 photos
🏅 @javiercasares: 88 photos

Categories:
NATURE: (5907)
ARCHITECTURE: (1786)
OBJECTS: (869)
ANIMALS: (837)
FOOD-DRINK: (774)
ARTS-CULTURE: (659)
TRANSPORTATION: (618)
INTERIORS: (290)
PATTERNS: (267)
TECHNOLOGY: (150)
PEOPLE: (115)
FASHION: (61)
ATHLETICS: (23)

Landscape: 5995
Portrait: 2671
Square: 226