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I’m lazy. I try to automate routine repetitive tasks. For photo blogging, one task that I performed repeated was export images to upload to WordPress. My workflow used to be, export sized image to disk, upload the image to WordPress, optimize the image with a WordPress plugin, and then edit the image caption for use later in a post. It was tedious.

A few years ago I simplified my workflow with a combination of Jeffrey Friedl’s export filter, and presets, Automattic’s WordPress and Adobe Lightroom plugins. This post is a combination of two posts, Export directly from Adobe Lightroom to WordPress and Set WordPress Image Caption with Jeffrey Friedl’s Metadata Wrangler Export Filter with the addition of information about the use of JPEG mini Pro. You can also consider this an update of the Export directly from Adobe Lightroom to WordPress that includes all the information from Set WordPress Image Caption with Jeffrey Friedl’s Metadata Wrangler Export Filter that includes information about how I use JPEG mini Pro to optimize images.

Requirements

To make this work, you’ll need Adobe Lightroom Classic CC, Automattic’ WordPress plugin, Jeffrey Friedl’s “Metadata Wrangler” Export Filter, and JPEGmini Pro Suite. The requirements assume you’re running macOS Mojave. I don’t use Windows. For me, Linux is a server OS. I also assume that all the required software is installed already including Jeffrey Friedl’s filters and presets, JPEGmini Pro Suite, Adobe Lightroom. Jeffrey Friedl has excellent instructions on how to install and use his “Metadata Wrangler” Export Filter on his website. You’ll need WordPress.com or self-hosted WordPress with Jetpack installed.

Configuration

Setup for the JPEGmini Pro plugin is complete once it’s installed. There are no settings. Setup and configuration for Automattic’s WordPress plugin can be found on my earlier post. JetPack is a requirement for this to work. I don’t think it’s necessary to repeat all the steps here. Setup and configuration for “Metadata Wrangler” Export Filter are the same as in my earlier post on the topic.

Metadata Wrangler

From the export preset window, add the JPEGmini and Meta Wrangler post-process actions to the export preset.

The export template that I am currently using is:

{Title?{Title} —} {CameraName?{CameraName }} {CameraMake?+ {CameraMake}} {Lens?{Lens}}  — ({FocalLengthMM? {FocalLengthMM}}, {Aperture?{Aperture}}, {ISO?ISO{ISO}})

I set the title of the image in Adobe Lightroom before I export the image. Upon export, the template set the image caption by appending the title information along with image specific information.

Example.

Upper Buttermilk Falls along the Gorge Trail, Ithaca, New York — FujiFilm X-T2 + Fujifilm XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR — (16 mm, f/16, ISO200)

Other notes

While the specific setup I use if for WordPress if I used Jekyll or Hugo or some other static site generator, my image file export to disk workflow would work well for that purpose. It’s similar to the preset above, except the images are export to disk. In fact, exporting images from my Adobe Lightroom catalogue to disk, to WordPress, to Instagram, to email etc. is all done with variations of this export preset. The only thing that changes is the export destination.

Summary

I name, size, caption, optimize, and export my image files directly to WordPress using this Lightroom export preset. It’s one step – right-click, then select the export preset.

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Were one to exist, I could enter myself into a WordPress theme switcher contest, and I would win easily. Support for IndieWeb technology, namely microformats 2, is sorely lacking in all major theme houses that I have tried. The few themes that do support IndieWeb tech are aesthetically challenged. I have tried them all. The latest one I am trying out is SemPress, mostly because it is minimalist and I was able to modify it to meet some of my needs. SemPress was written by Matthias Pfefferle.

I wanted my images to display larger than the narrow 670px of the default SemPress. Most of my photography is landscapes and cityscapes. These are scenes which I think show best when displayed as large as possible. There are few art galleries displaying landscapes as framed 4×6″ prints. The larger the better. I wanted my landscapes to appear as wide as they can on a 10.5″ iPad Pro.

After hours of trial and error — I have limited understanding of CSS — I have something that works for me. I modified the CSS as follows.

#primary {
        float: left;
        width: 960px;
}

 {
 display: block;
 margin: 0 auto;
 position: relative;
 width: 960px;
}

@media (min-width: 960px) {
 .single-column  { width:960px }
}

There is a weird interaction with the JetPack image CDN. When enabled, all images are displayed no larger than 670px wide. I turned off the feature.

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Replied to Blog Engines and Indieweb Controlling Upstream by Brad Brad
All this WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg stuff got me thinking.  With WordPress it seems like the Indieweb starts making serious and cool progress and the WordPress people come along and knock the game board and pieces off the table.  And it sounds like the disruption from WordPress is going to continue ..

I think WordPress has strayed from its roots as a blogging platform. Automattic seems interested in building a content management system to compete with Medium and Wix. I’ve used WordPress since 2003. I have an intense dislike of Gutenberg. Hopefully, I will have time this weekend to learn more about ClassicPress.