# Photo Directory Update: January

- Link: https://jeffpaul.com/2024/01/photo-directory-update-january/
- Published: 2024-01-31T22:38:06-06:00
- Author: jeffpaul

I started contributing to the [WordPress Photo Directory](https://wordpress.org/photos/)
back in [August 2023](https://jeffpaul.com/2023/08/contribute-your-photos-to-wordpress/)
and alongside [Jonathan Desrosiers](https://jonathandesrosiers.com/2024/01/im-the-newest-contributor-to-the-wordpress-photo-directory/)
and [Jeff Golenski](https://designtactician.blog/2024/01/12/open-source-your-experience-366-photos-for-the-wordpress-photo-directory/)
have a friendly challenge going in 2024 to competitively contribute to the Photo
Directory. I will try and post monthly recaps to “keep myself honest” this year,
so let’s get started with results from my January submissions!

Jonathan is keeping record of photos of his that get accepted, rejected, or are 
still pending, but I’m going to take a simpler route and just track ones that are
accepted. Before January, I had 2 photos accepted and as the month wraps up that
number has increased by 12 to [14 photos in the directory](https://wordpress.org/photos/author/jeffpaul/).

The following images have been synced to [Openverse](https://openverse.org/) and
thus easier to embed via the Image block’s “Select Image” flow to embed images from
Openverse. As [Jonathan noted](https://jonathandesrosiers.com/2024/01/wordpress-photo-directory-challenge-week-3/)
there’s a delay from when images are approved and appear in the WordPress Photo 
Directory and when they sync over to Openverse; it used to be a monthly sync and
has been updated to weekly, but would seem that a daily (or even hourly or real-
time) sync would help. That way folks who contribute to the Photo Directory could
most easily utilize those images right away in their own posts (and others would
more quickly benefit from the additional photo content as well).

![](https://i0.wp.com/jeffpaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/image-1024x768.webp?
resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)

“[Church of San Giorgio Maggiore viewed through stained glassed windows and columns of the Doge’s Palace](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/55265ab34b/)”
by [Jeffrey Paul](https://jeffpaul.com/)/ [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse)

![Emmy Statue at sunset in the courtyard of the Academy of Television](https://i0.
wp.com/jeffpaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/8765ab31998c4a13.12992479-1536x2048-
4-768x1024.webp?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)

[Emmy Statue at sunset in the courtyard of the Academy of Television](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/8765ab3199/)
by [Jeffrey Paul](https://jeffpaul.com/) is licensed under [CC-CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

![Grace Building in New York City viewed at an upward angle towards the top of the
skyscraper](https://i0.wp.com/jeffpaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/60965ab322a8d6a47.45599860-
1536x2048-4-768x1024.webp?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)

[Grace Building in New York City viewed at an upward angle towards the top of the skyscraper](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/60965ab322/)
by [Jeffrey Paul](https://jeffpaul.com/) is licensed under [CC-CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

![Strokkur geyser in along the golden circle in geysir, iceland](https://i0.wp.com/
jeffpaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/30765ab3600f18a16.61675418-1536x2048-4-768x1024.
webp?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)

[Strokkur geyser in along the golden circle in geysir, iceland](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/30765ab360/)
by [Jeffrey Paul](https://jeffpaul.com/) is licensed under [CC-CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

![Chicago River and surrounding skyscrapers at sunset as viewed from the rooftop
patio at The Royal Sonesta Chicago Downtown](https://i0.wp.com/jeffpaul.com/wp-content/
uploads/2024/01/27365b42b787f8bd0.15706930-1152x2048-4-576x1024.webp?resize=576%
2C1024&ssl=1)

[Chicago River and surrounding skyscrapers at sunset as viewed from the rooftop patio at The Royal Sonesta Chicago Downtown](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/27365b42b7/)
by [Jeffrey Paul](https://jeffpaul.com/) is licensed under [CC-CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

![Beachside pool, cabanas, and palm trees at sunset at the JW Marriott Cancun Resort&
Spa](https://i0.wp.com/jeffpaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/57465b429aed63673.64899094-
1536x2048-4-768x1024.webp?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)

[Beachside pool, cabanas, and palm trees at sunset at the JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/57465b429a/)
by [Jeffrey Paul](https://jeffpaul.com/) is licensed under [CC-CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

The following photos are ones that are also accepted to the Photo Directory, but
have not yet synced to Openverse so I’m attaching these by their Photo Directory
image URLs and manually adding the attribution as the photo caption. Yes, its inconvenient.
Also inconvenient that the Photo Directory oEmbed looks super wonky, which is better
than the fact that respective Openverse images don’t have an oEmbed at all. ????

![a view of a city with a mountain in the background](https://i0.wp.com/jeffpaul.
com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/98665b56c9d591324.55861315-1536x1152-1-1024x768.webp?
resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)

[View of the Washington Monument during sunset from the rooftop patio at the Hotel Washington](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/98665b56c9/)
by [Jeffrey Paul](https://jeffpaul.com/) is licensed under [CC-CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

![a tree in front of a building](https://i0.wp.com/jeffpaul.com/wp-content/uploads/
2024/01/image-4-1024x576.webp?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1)

[The Abbey Resort & Avani Spa at sunset in Fontana-On-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/64265b56c0/)
by [Jeffrey Paul](https://jeffpaul.com/) is licensed under [CC-CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

![a large ship in a body of water with Chicago River in the background](https://
i0.wp.com/jeffpaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/image-2-1024x576.webp?resize=1024%
2C576&ssl=1)

[Lila sightseeing tour boat on the Chicago River with The River Theater on the Riverwalk in the background](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/37065b42ac/)
by [Jeffrey Paul](https://jeffpaul.com/) is licensed under [CC-CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

![a sign on the side of the street](https://i0.wp.com/jeffpaul.com/wp-content/uploads/
2024/01/image-3-1024x768.webp?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)

[Sidewalk sign with the text “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision to reality”](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/36065b56b7/)
by [Jeffrey Paul](https://jeffpaul.com/) is licensed under [CC-CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

![](https://i0.wp.com/jeffpaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/44165ba9ff5d3b3a2.27884565-
1152x2048-1-576x1024.webp?resize=576%2C1024&ssl=1)

[Bobby Cox statue outside Truist Park in Vinings, Georgia](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/44165ba9ff/)
by [Jeffrey Paul](https://jeffpaul.com/) is licensed under [CC-CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

![a sign on a sidewalk](https://i0.wp.com/jeffpaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/
image-1-1024x576.webp?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1)

[Olympic Rings statue located in Centennial Olympic Park (Atlanta, Georgia)](https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/34565ba9f3/)
by [Jeffrey Paul](https://jeffpaul.com/) is licensed under [CC-CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

There are some user experiences I don’t like about submitting to the Photo Directory,
about searching for Openverse images (via the Image block and differently via the
Block Inserter), about the lack of Openverse oEmbed support, and about how images
are (or are not) ingested into the Media Library. I’ll work on a follow-up post 
about those in hopes I might be able to get some of those things a bit more polished
for a nicer publishing experience next month. Until then, [submit those photos](https://wordpress.org/photos/submit/)
folks!

---

_P.S. – that featured image came from Openverse in searching for “January” and is
[Harper’s January](https://www.flickr.com/photos/24029425@N06/10559661755) by [Boston Public Library](https://www.flickr.com/photos/24029425@N06)
is licensed under [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse)._

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- Link: https://jeffpaul.com/2024/01/photo-directory-update-january/#comment-4548
- Published: 2026-03-24T22:42:47-05:00

\[…\] on from January’s post, I’m sharing progress on my contributions to the WordPress
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### By: jeffpaul

- Link: https://jeffpaul.com/2024/03/photo-directory-update-february/
- Published: 2026-03-24T22:47:25-05:00

\[…\] on from January’s post, I’m sharing progress on my contributions to the WordPress
Photo Directory over the past month. Before February, I had 14 photos accepted and
as this month wraps up that number has increased by 26 \[…\]

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