Inspiro
WPZOOM · Freemium · 4.7/5
A video and photography theme with a full-screen hero.
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Bold Photography
by Rara Theme
A photography portfolio theme with grid galleries and a clean type scale.
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What Bold Photography is
A photography portfolio theme with grid galleries and a clean type scale.
It sits in the photography part of the theme market and is sold by Rara Theme on a freemium basis. A theme decides your layout, your typography and a large slice of your page weight, so it is the hardest thing on a WordPress site to change later.
Before you commit, record a speed test of your current site, then run the same test after you switch, on the same page, so you can see exactly what the new theme costs you.
What Bold Photography looks like
The official screenshot from the WordPress.org theme directory, as published by the theme authors.
See it running on a live demo site at the WordPress.org preview.
Real user ratings
Score
4.8/5
Reviews
23
Active installs
1,000+
Downloads
155K
Latest version
2.3
Last updated
2026-05-24
Figures come straight from the public WordPress.org theme directory API for version 2.3. You can check them yourself on the WordPress.org listing.
Where Bold Photography ranks elsewhere
Bold Photography does not appear in the published "best of" lists we track from WPBeginner, TechRadar, Kinsta, Themeisle and similar sites. That is not a mark against it - those roundups are short and skew towards the biggest names.
What changed in the latest version
v2.3Latest releaseMay 24, 2026
- Bug Fixed: Testimonial Custom Post Type Archive Title and Content issue with Jetpack
- Updated: WordPress 7.0 ready
v2.2December 09, 2025
- Bug Fixed: Deprecated Function WP_Dependencies-add_data() warning after WordPress update 6.9
- Updated: WordPress 6.9 ready
v2.1May 29, 2025
- Added: Twitter X, Threads, Bluesky, Fetlife, Discord, Tiktok, Line, Phone and Rss icons
- Updated: WordPress 6.8 ready
Release notes are the developer's own words, published on WordPress.org. Read the full changelog
Pros and cons
- Clean gallery grids that work with the standard block editor.
- Rated 4.8 out of 5 by 23 WordPress.org reviewers.
- There is a free version you can trial before paying.
- Works with the block editor and the mainstream page builders.
- Customiser options are limited in the free version.
- Switching themes later means rebuilding page layouts, so choose deliberately.
How to use it
- 1Activate the theme, then set your image sizes before uploading a single gallery.
- 2Upload compressed images at the maximum size the layout actually displays.
- 3Build galleries with the theme's gallery template rather than raw blocks.
- 4Turn on lazy loading for anything below the fold.
- 5Check a gallery page on a phone connection, not just desktop.
How it compares
Other photography themes we recommend, with their public WordPress.org score where one exists.
| Theme | Rating | Reviews | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bold Photography | 4.8/5 | 23 | Freemium | Clean gallery grids that work with the standard block editor. |
| Inspiro | 4.7/5 | 127 | Freemium | Full-screen video backgrounds look great with no configuration. |
| PhotoFocus | 4.6/5 | 17 | Freemium | Images get the space they deserve on every screen size. |
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