Description
With DeRailed, you create portfolios for photographers, visual studios and creative agencies, organizing images, project pages and presentation areas within a visual structure focused on original work. The theme helps transform WordPress into a photography and portfolio showcase, with space to highlight shoots, campaigns, visual collections and selected projects with clear navigation.
Main Features of DeRailed
- Portfolio layout
Organizes visual projects into pages focused on showcasing work. - Image galleries
Displays photographs, collections, and shoots in compositions designed for visual navigation. - Project pages
Allows detailing work with images, descriptive text and creative context. - Responsive structure
Adapts portfolio display for desktop, tablet and mobile screens. - Theme visual settings
Allows customizing appearance elements according to the site’s identity.
Benefits of DeRailed
- Clearer presentation
Facilitates visual reading of projects, photo series and original work. - More organized portfolio
Helps separate images, pages and content by type of work. - Less technical dependency
Reduces manual tweaks by starting from a ready-made theme structure. - Consistent experience
Maintains coherent visual navigation across pages, galleries and projects.
Who is DeRailed Recommended For?
- Photographers wanting to publish shoots, editorials, collections and original work in a personal portfolio.
- Visual studios needing to organize projects, campaigns and selected images on an institutional site.
- Creative agencies looking to showcase cases, art direction and visual materials with a focus on graphic impact.
How to Download DeRailed
The DeRailed is available for download here on Ultrapack. After downloading the .zip file, install it in Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme, select the theme package and activate it in the WordPress dashboard.
DeRailed works well for sites where images drive navigation, without turning the portfolio into a generic showcase page. Its structure favors visual projects, galleries and work pages, allowing you to create a more organized digital presence for photography, creative direction, studios and visual production.
Frequently asked questions
Is DeRailed – Photography & Portfolio Theme GPL-licensed?
Yes. DeRailed – Photography & Portfolio Theme is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.
Can I use DeRailed – Photography & Portfolio Theme on multiple sites?
Yes. You can install DeRailed – Photography & Portfolio Theme on as many sites as you want. Only automatic updates through Ultrapack Auto Updater have a limit: from 3 to 80 sites, depending on the plan.
How much does DeRailed – Photography & Portfolio Theme cost at Ultrapack?
DeRailed – Photography & Portfolio Theme costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).
Does DeRailed – Photography & Portfolio Theme include updates?
Yes. The current version of DeRailed – Photography & Portfolio Theme is 2.9, published at Ultrapack on Sep 9, 2020. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is DeRailed – Photography & Portfolio Theme scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of DeRailed – Photography & Portfolio Theme goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.
How to install
Automatic updates: this item is updated by the Ultrapack Auto Updater. With it installed, the new version shows up in your dashboard like any other WordPress update (how to set it up).
The file on this page is the developer’s full package, with documentation, demos and plugins. Do not upload that file to WordPress. The theme comes ready inside it, as a ZIP of its own, and that is the one you upload.
- Download the file
themeforest-6828790-derailed-photography-portfolio-theme.zipand extract it on your computer. - Look inside the extracted files for the file
Derailed Main/Derailed-Theme.zip. - In the WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme.
- Select that file and click Install Now.
- Click Activate.
- There is nothing to zip. The ZIP inside the package is already in the format WordPress accepts.
- Uploading the whole package is the most common mistake when installing a theme: WordPress answers that no valid theme was found, and nothing is installed.
- The rest of the package belongs to the author: documentation, demo files and, in some themes, the plugins it asks for during setup.
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