Darkroom – Photography and Portfolio WordPress Theme

Darkroom is a full site editing block theme for photographers, portrait studios and creative agencies who want their pictures to do the talking. Bold Montserrat headlines, Lora italics, one crimson accent and generous white space keep every photograph first. Behind the calm editorial look sits a complete studio website: portfolio, booking forms, a session price calculator and a print shop that sells numbered limited editions, each number to exactly one buyer.

It is built the way Gutenberg was meant to be used. Every page is made of core blocks you edit right on the canvas, and colours and fonts live in Global Styles. The interactive parts are real blocks of the companion plugin Darkroom Core. No page builder, no shortcodes, no lock-in.

Your Studio Site in Minutes

• One-click demo import: 11 pages, menus, 16 portfolio works, 12 testimonials, 6 journal stories and an optional ready-made shop
• The import never touches your own content, and running it again never makes copies
• The plugin and WooCommerce install from the theme's own setup screen
• Step-by-step documentation, from the first upload to going live

11 Pages, Ready to Make Your Own

• Home: full-screen hero slider with pause and play, an interactive services stage, a giant footer word that reveals a photo
• About Me: sticky portrait, story, session steps, kit list and signature
• Gallery: category filters, 2 to 4 columns, "Load more" and a museum-style lightbox
• Services: packages with a Studio / On-location price switch
• Pricing: comparison table, live session calculator and a mini print shop
• Shop: limited edition picker, filters, quick view and cart drawer
• Blog: categories, "Most read", live studio hours and newsletter
• Testimonials: review carousel, before / after slider, review form with live preview
• FAQ: instant search across every answer
• Contact: OpenStreetMap map (no API key), opening hours, booking form
• Coming Soon: countdown, progress bar and "Notify me" form

A Print Shop That Sells Numbered Editions, Safely

• Buyers choose a size, a frame and a free edition number
• A number in a cart is held for 15 minutes, an unpaid order keeps it for 3 days, a paid order owns it for good
• Two buyers can never get the same number, even when they click in the same second
• Prints sold at a gallery or fair are marked as sold and leave every cart at once
• Prices appear exactly as WooCommerce formats them, including currency and taxes
• A checkout styled to match the design, with every WooCommerce hook kept for your extensions
• Compatible with HPOS and the Cart and Checkout blocks

17 Blocks in Darkroom Core

Hero slider, Portfolio grid, Testimonials, Featured edition, Shop catalog, Price list, Session calculator, Before / after, Tabs, FAQ search, Countdown, Studio hours, Most read, Share, Studio map, Leave a review and Form. Each one is edited on the canvas with its own sidebar settings, and it keeps working with another theme.

Built on Standards

• theme.json v3: change colours, fonts and spacing in Appearance → Editor → Styles
• 10 full-page patterns and 40+ section patterns
• Forms with server-side validation, honeypot and rate limit
• Accessible: keyboard-friendly menus, a pause control for every autoplay, reduced-motion support, WCAG AA contrast
• Responsive from 320 px phones to 2560 px screens
• Translation ready, with locally served fonts
• Tested with WordPress 7.1 and WooCommerce 11

What's Included

Darkroom block theme, Darkroom Core plugin, documentation and licensing files.

Requirements

WordPress 7.0+, PHP 7.4+ (8.1+ recommended). WooCommerce is optional and needed only for the shop.

Please note: the preview photographs are for demonstration only and are not included. The package contains striped placeholders that show the exact size of every image.

Thank you for choosing Darkroom. If you have questions, write to us through the item's support page and we will be happy to help.