Phoxel – Photography Portfolio WordPress Theme

Someone looking for a wedding photographer gets nothing from your fashion shoot

You shoot weddings, studio portraits and the occasional corporate event. In a single gallery it all sits together, and that makes sense to you because it is your work. But someone arriving with a wedding date in mind wants to see weddings, and every photo from another genre makes them keep looking.

Phoxel is a WordPress theme for photography portfolios, built with Elementor. It is meant for studios and for personal, wedding, fashion, model, makeup and event photography, as well as agencies, blogs and photo galleries. Precisely because it covers so much, deciding how to separate your work is up to you, and it pays to make that call before uploading the first image.

A portfolio sorted by what you get hired for

One way to solve this with the theme's pieces is to treat each genre as its own way into the site. This organization is our own idea, not a Phoxel feature, so try it with your material:

• One page per type of job. With Elementor you can build Weddings, Portraits or Events as separate pages, with your strongest photos from each.
• A menu that speaks like the client. The dropdown menu lets you group those pages under a single item.
• A form at the end of each page. With Contact Form 7, which the theme already styles, you can ask what you need to know for that job.
• A blog to tell the story of the work. Posts can show complete shoots, with the Load More button keeping the list from getting long.

Inside Phoxel: design, panel and demo

• Responsive, retina-ready design, built for mobile too.
• Touch and swipe on touch screens.
• Several color variants to adjust the look.
• Animate CSS effects and Font Awesome icons.
• Drag-and-drop Elementor for the pages.
• One-click demo importer and sample content in XML.
• Child theme included, so your code changes stay separate.
• Redux options panel, custom widgets and a shortcode generator.
• Valid HTML5 and CSS3, with SEO-friendly markup.

Work that needs another tool

Delivering photos to the client. Its features do not include private proofing galleries or password-protected ones. If your work ends with a couple choosing images, that part needs another tool.

The calendar. Its features do not include session booking either. A form collects the request, but you confirm the date.

The block editor. Phoxel is not optimized for Gutenberg, so your daily work goes through Elementor.

The shop is an add-on. It is compatible with WooCommerce, but what you sell and how you present it has to be defined and set up in that plugin.

Compatibility and getting Phoxel running

It works with Elementor, Contact Form 7 and WooCommerce. The order for getting started can be this:

1. Install and activate the theme, and add the child theme if you will touch code.
2. Use the one-click importer to load the demo. If you get stuck, the theme has a video tutorial.
3. Adjust the logo, colors and variant in the options panel.
4. Replace the sample images with yours, starting with those on the front page.
5. Create the page for each genre, order the menu and test the site on a phone.

Catalog paths depending on how you deliver and edit

If you mostly shoot weddings, Weddphy is compatible with Elementor and brings proofing galleries for the couple and password-protected galleries. If you like Phoxel and only lack photo selection, Picu Pro turns WordPress into a gallery where the client marks, comments on and confirms their images.

If you prefer WPBakery, Milano includes that builder and Revolution Slider. If you stay with Elementor and want more dedicated pieces, Rhye brings 27 widgets for that builder and changes pages through AJAX.

Questions from a photo studio

Which page builder edits it?

Elementor, with drag and drop. The theme is not optimized for Gutenberg.

Can I sell from the site?

Yes, it is compatible with WooCommerce. The plugin takes care of the shop.

Can my clients choose their photos?

The theme's features do not include proofing galleries. For that you can add a plugin such as Picu Pro.

Can the demo be imported?

Yes, with a one-click importer. There is also sample content in XML.

Can I change the code without losing it?

It includes a child theme, which is the place for those changes.