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Looking to make your photography website faster, smarter, and more profitable this Black Friday?

We've curated the best deals we could find, specifically for photographers.

Don't miss out:
🔗 picu.io/black-friday/

#WordPress #photography
Black Friday Deals – picu
Between Cyber Monday and Black Friday, you will find a lot of good deals on various tools for photography, from WordPress plugins like our own to AI-assisted photo editing software. We collected some ...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Exciting news – For a limited period this Black Friday, we're offering an exclusive $50 discount on picu Pro!

Upgrade now for just $99, down from $149. This is a rare opportunity you won't want to miss!

picu.io/pro

#WordPress #photography
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November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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"I have bought several plugins for WordPress over the years. I can say without hyperbole that this is my favorite I have purchased and one I would be sad not to have access to."
— a happy picu customer

This is why we do what we do – thank you ❤️
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#WordPress #photography
My first time for an invaluable plugin.
My first time for an invaluable plugin. fancie (@fancie) 20 hours, 17 minutes ago I have bought several plugins/add-ons/extensions for WordPress over the years. I can say without hyperbole that thi…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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We’ve been working on improvements and refinements to make your day-to-day workflow just a little bit smoother.

Here's our monthly update:

– Invoices for clients
– Business details in settings
– Order History Logs
– Bugfixes and Improvements

🔗 picu.io/blog/update-...

#WordPress #photography
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November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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The newly released order status notifications let your clients access their invoice and gives them the option to retry a purchase, in case payment wasn't successful.

Some more details in our dev-blog:
log.picu.dev

#WordPress #photography
Screenshots of the notifications shown to the client about the order status after images have been ordered.
November 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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picu 3.3.0 & picu Pro 2.3.0 released ✨

– Professional Invoices for your clients
– Add business details to picu orders
– Log important changes to orders
– Improved handling of orders with failed/abandoned payments
– Bugfixes & Improvements

Update to the newest versions now!

#WordPress #photography
November 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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We'll be sending out some news this week.
Subscribe to our newsletter to make sure you don't miss it!

💌 picu.io/newsletter/

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Newsletter – picu
Subscribe to our newsletter to be among the first to be notified of new features and updates!
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October 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Are you using your proofing galleries to sell images yet?

picu Pro supports Stripe, PayPal or manual bank transfers to accept payments directly on your own website. Your gallery, your prices, no hidden fees.

Check it out here:
picu.io/pro

#photography #WordPress
Screenshots of our e-commerce settings in picu Pro to sell images right from a proofing gallery.
October 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Our e-commerce feature already lets you sell photos through WordPress directly to your clients. And very soon, we’re adding professional invoices for your clients, that they can download and/or print on their own for each of their orders.

🔗 log.picu.dev/client-invoi...

#photography #WordPress
A screenshot of how client invoices will look in our upcoming release.
October 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Our newsletter brings you curated updates on new features, tips for your proofing workflow, exclusive promotions and the occasional behind-the-scenes look at our development.

No spam, just the good stuff – delivered straight to your inbox.

✉️ picu.io/newsletter/

#photography #WordPress
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October 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Here's a quick update on what we've been up to recently and what we've got planned for the months ahead.

– Support for PayPal launched 💸
– Bank Transfer as a manual payment option 🏦
– Rank Math Compatibility 🚧
– and more...

🔗 picu.io/blog/update-...

#WordPress #photography
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October 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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We're excited to announce that picu Pro now officially supports PayPal when selling images.

Now you can offer payments through Stripe, bank transfer and PayPal, making it easier than ever for clients to complete their orders.

Read more:
picu.io/blog/paypal-...

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picu Pro 2.2.0 & picu 3.2.0: PayPal Support is here – picu
We’ve been listening to your feedback, and today we’re thrilled to announce that picu Pro 2.2.0 brings PayPal support to your photo proofing workflow. More Choice for Your Clients Your clients have di...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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We've been working hard this week to iron out the final details for our upcoming release, bringing PayPal integration to picu.

Can't wait to get this into your hands on Monday!

And now, have a great weekend everyone ✌️

#photography #WordPress
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September 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Can't believe it's been 10 years since releasing our photo proofing plugin as a public beta on wp.org! 🥳

Born out of frustration with existing tools back then, it became an essential tool for thousands of photographers and their businesses!

Here's to the next ten years! 🥂

#photography #WordPress
September 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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picu Pro already lets you sell images directly from your proofing galleries with Stripe payments – and now we're adding PayPal support too!

Coming very soon! 📸💰

picu.io/pro/

#photography #WordPress
picu Pro – picu
Bring your own branding Make it your own Your Branding is essential to your business. Add your own logo, adjust colors, and even use Google or Adobe (Typekit) Fonts to make picu your own. Collect feed...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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📸 Tired of endless email chains with your clients over image selection?

"Can you resend photo #47? Wait, I meant #74... actually, can you show me all the ones from the ceremony again?"

Sound familiar? 😅

Stop the chaos and start proofing professionally with picu.

#photography #WordPress
September 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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🎉 picu 3.1.0 & picu Pro 2.1.0 are live!

– Original filenames preserved
– Auto-cleanup of unused images
– Preparation for more payment options
– Bank transfer support
– Fixed various bugs
– Added missing translation strings

Update to v3.1.0 & Pro v2.1.0 now!

#WordPress #photography
September 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Monday check-in: What's one thing in your photography workflow that you wish worked better?

Curious to hear what's on everyone's mind this week.

#photography #workflow
September 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Photographer Mark Henney shared some of his favorite Adobe Lightroom tricks on YouTube. He touches on a lot of things from working with the tones panel, histogram, tone curves or even the color mixer.

Did you know all of them?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=csIO...

#photography #lightroom
9 Crazy Lightroom Hacks Pro’s Know that Beginners Don’t!
YouTube video by Mark Denney
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September 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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We just released picu 3.0.4, which fixes a compatibility issue with the Rank Math SEO plugin.

Upgrade now, especially if you are using Rank Math and/or experienced any issues.

Download here:
wordpress.org/plugins/picu/

More information about the issue in our dev-log:
log.picu.dev/rank-math-co...
Rank Math Compatibility – picu Dev Log
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August 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Finding the perfect moment to capture the blue or golden hours of the day can be tricky, but there are ways to make it easier.

We collected some helpful tools in this guide:
🔗 picu.io/blog/find-th...

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Find the perfect blue/golden hour in your region – picu
Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or just starting out, finding the perfect blue and golden hour in your region is a game-changer. If you’ve ever taken a photo during these times, you know exactl...
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August 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Ever wanted to learn more about how autofocus systems actually work?

This introduction to the "Anatomy of Autofocus" gives you a great overview of the different systems that need to work together in your camera and lenses to make them focus.

🔗 petapixel.com/anatomy-of-a...

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The Anatomy of Autofocus: How Cameras and Lenses Achieve Perfect Focus
Autofocus systems are engineered to keep subjects sharp, responsive, and accurately rendered. Here's how they do it.
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August 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Here's a quick update on what we've been up to recently and what we've got planned for the months ahead.

– E-commerce: Payment Providers & Paypal 💸
– Translations Update 🌐
– Bugfix Updates 🚧
– Special Offer for Photo Clubs & Associations 📸

🔗 picu.io/blog/update-...

#WordPress #photography
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July 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Pricing photography services can feel like walking a tightrope.

Too low and you risk burnout & razor-thin margins. Too high and potential clients walk away before you could even show your work.

Learn how to set prices with confidence in this guide
🔗 picu.io/blog/pricing...

#photography #business
Pricing Guide for Photographers – picu
Learn how to calculate pricing for your photography, different pricing models photographers use, and how to set profitable prices.
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July 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Did you know you can style the text in your emails when sending out proofing galleries to your clients?

picu lets you use markdown to add things like headings, links, lists and more to your emails easily.

🔗 picu.io/docs/how-to/...

#photography #proofing #WordPress
Formatting Email Text – picu
Starting with version 2.5.0, picu supports basic Markdown syntax in emails. Supported Markdown Elements Links To add a link to an email, enclose the link text in square brackets and then add the URL d...
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July 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM