Want to add some Creative Commons licensed photos to your blog posts? Use Photo Dropper WordPress Plugin. With the Photo Dropper plugin, you can easily search millions of Flickr photos that are licensed for shared use and add them to your WordPress posts with just 1 click. Most interestingly, when you use this plugin, you don’t have to leave your WordPress dashboard to search and add Flickr photos.

Following the Creative Commons license rules, the attribution links are automatically added underneath the images on your blog posts. to comply with the Creative Commons license rules. I think that it is the easiest way to add photos to your blog. You should try this.

Well, be careful about the license and use. If you run a commercial blog, check the box that says “Show only photos that can be used commercially”, in the options page. This will exclude photos marked non-commercial.

Installation of Photo Dropper WordPress Plugin:

• Download Photo Dropper plugin.
• Unzip the photo_dropper.zip file and extract the “photo_dropper” folder.
• Upload the “photo_dropper” folder to your /wp-content/plugins directory.
• From your WordPress Admin panel’s Plugins page activate the Photo Dropper.
• That’s it. From the Options page, set your blog preferences.

How to use Photo Dropper WordPress Plugin?

After activation of your plugin, you will see “Photo Dropper Browse Photos” panel right under your Post editor. Write your blog post and start searching related images withe help of some good keywords. For example: enter “blogging” and click the ‘Search’ button. The plugin will return Flickr photos matching your keywords. Below every photo it displays the links for different sizes (‘S’ – small, ‘M’ -medium, ‘L’ -large). Choose your prefered size and click on the link. It will automatically add that photo and the attribution link to your post. Simple!