Weddings are a huge, emotional market. Photographers, planners, venues, dress designers, florists, caterers, stationers and the software and services that support them all want to reach couples while they plan, and wedding blogs are where couples go for ideas.

Most wedding blogs work differently from other niches. Many are built on real wedding features and styled shoots sent in by photographers and suppliers, with expert advice pieces alongside. Knowing that changes how you pitch.

This page sits alongside my free list of websites that accept guest posts, which covers sites across every niche.

Which wedding blogs accept guest posts?

These are long-running wedding publications that are known for running work from contributors, freelancers or guest writers. Each one works differently, so treat this as a starting point:

• Rock My Wedding: a long-running UK wedding blog that features real weddings and supplier advice.
• Love My Dress: a UK wedding blog known for real wedding features and bridal style.
• Green Wedding Shoes: a long-established wedding blog that features real weddings and styled shoots.
• Junebug Weddings: a wedding publication that runs real weddings, inspiration and photographer features.
• Brides: a major wedding title that commissions freelance writers on planning and etiquette.
• Style Me Pretty: a well-known wedding inspiration site built on real wedding submissions.

Most of the blogs above take real wedding and styled shoot submissions rather than classic articles, and the big magazines commission their own writers. Guidelines change, and some sites pause submissions for months at a time, so read each site's current pitch or write for us page before you send anything.

Should you aim for the big names or smaller wedding blogs?

The famous wedding titles are worth a pitch if you have real expertise and patience, but they get far more pitches than they can use, and many only work with writers they already know. Smaller wedding blogs with a loyal readership are often the better first step. They reply faster, they're more open to new writers, and a post on a focused site that your buyers read can do more for you than a line on a huge site they never visit.

Whichever you choose, judge a site on its readers and how it looks after them, not on one metric. A site that still publishes, edits with care and has real people commenting is worth more than a bigger site that publishes anything.

Real weddings, planning advice or the wedding business?

Wedding sites want a few different kinds of content:

• Real wedding features want beautiful, well-told stories of a couple's day, usually sent by the photographer.
• Styled shoots want creative concepts put together by a team of suppliers.
• Planning advice wants practical posts on budgets, timelines, etiquette and choosing suppliers.
• Wedding business sites want posts on marketing, bookings and running a wedding business.

Photographers and suppliers do best with real wedding and styled shoot submissions. Planning tools, venues and services fit well in advice pieces, and marketing services belong on the wedding business sites.

What do wedding editors want?

Beautiful images and a story. Wedding editors want professional photos, a clear sense of the couple and full supplier credits. For advice posts, they want practical, kind guidance from people who work in weddings every week.

They also want variety. Readers want to see couples, budgets, cultures and styles like their own, and editors look for submissions that bring something they haven't featured before.

Free guest post or sponsored post on a wedding blog?

Real wedding and styled shoot submissions are usually free and can take weeks to hear back on. Many wedding blogs also run supplier membership or sponsored features, which are faster and more predictable. Advice pieces from experts sit in between, depending on the site.

How do you check a wedding blog before you pitch?

• Read the three newest posts. Is the site still publishing, and who writes for it?
• Find the current guidelines. Look for a write for us, contribute or pitch page, and check its date.
• Check how recent the features are. A wedding blog still publishing real weddings every week has readers. One that stopped last year doesn't.
• Find a name. A real editor you can email beats a form that never replies.
• Ask if posts are permanent. Some sites prune old content in clean-ups.

There's more in how to check backlink quality and my guide to high DA guest posting sites. Weddings overlap with fashion and lifestyle, so my fashion blogs that accept guest posts and lifestyle blogs that accept guest posts pages are useful places to widen your search.

How should you pitch a wedding blog?

For a real wedding, send a short story of the couple, a gallery link and full supplier credits, and check the blog's style first. A rustic barn wedding won't suit a blog that only features city weddings.

For an advice piece, lead with a couple's problem. "How to plan a wedding guest list when both families are huge" is a pitch. "A wedding planning article" is not. Add a line on your experience in the industry.

Pitch with the calendar in mind. Engagement season over the winter holidays is when couples start planning, and editors fill their schedules for it early.

Can you place a wedding post on my blog?

Yes, when it's about running a wedding business: marketing for photographers and planners, getting reviews, social media for venues, or the tools suppliers use. lilachbullock.com is a marketing blog that's been publishing since the dial-up days, with thousands of indexed articles, and my readers are business owners, marketers and entrepreneurs, mostly in the USA and the UK. Real weddings and planning advice suit the sites above better. Guidelines are on my wedding page.

How placing a post on my blog works

1. Email [email protected], or start on my write for me page, with your target URL, topic and niche.
2. I reply with whether it fits and which format I'd pick: a new sponsored post or a link insertion into an existing, indexed article.
3. You send the article, or I choose the right existing article for your link.
4. I edit, publish and send you the live URL.

Accepted posts usually go live within 24 to 48 hours of everything being agreed. Placements are permanent. I invoice by PayPal, and if you're an agency, I never contact your client.

If you're weighing up where to place a post, how buying a guest post on my blog works explains what you get and what I turn down.

Frequently asked questions

Which wedding blogs accept guest posts?

Well-known examples that take outside writers include Rock My Wedding, Love My Dress, Green Wedding Shoes, Junebug Weddings, Brides and Style Me Pretty. Check each site's current guidelines before you pitch, because they change.

How do wedding blogs accept submissions?

Most take real wedding and styled shoot submissions from photographers, plus advice pieces from experts. Read each blog's current submission guidelines, because many use a form.

What should I pitch a wedding blog?

Send a real wedding with professional photos and full supplier credits, or pitch practical advice to a specific planning problem couples face.

Can I place a wedding guest post on lilachbullock.com?

Yes, if it's about marketing or running a wedding business. Email your target URL, topic and niche and I'll tell you if it fits.