MyStock.photos

A WordPress site for browsing and importing CC0 stock photography.

What it is

MyStock.photos is a WordPress site offering a large, searchable collection of CC0 (free-to-use) images. A custom gallery lets visitors browse and filter the collection, and a companion plugin lets WordPress users pull images from Flickr straight into their own media library.

Tech stack

• WordPress as the content platform for the photo collection and site itself
• Vue.js powering the front-end image gallery — search, filtering, and lazy loading
• A companion React app, shipped as a WordPress plugin submodule, for browsing and importing photos — built on top of the Free Stock Photos feature in Orbit Fox
• Flickr API as the source for importable images

What it set out to achieve

• Give visitors a fast, filterable gallery for finding CC0 images without leaving the browser
• Let WordPress users import photos directly into their media library in a couple of clicks, instead of downloading and re-uploading
• Keep the gallery and importer as two independently maintainable codebases sharing one platform