How to Upload an Image in WordPress
Published on December 4, 2017
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Images in your article makes things easier on the eyes. It breaks all those lines of text up and gives your site better visual appeal. You can also rank better in Google by adding alt. text to those images based on your targeted keyword. Remember if people enjoy reading your articles they will return to your site, which is your number one goal in having an online business. Adding images will definitely bring the visitors so let me take a moment to go over how to upload an image in WordPress.
Make Sure the Image Doesn’t Have Copyrights
You cannot simply search on Google for images and use whatever you like. Most of them are copyrighted and you can get sued for using them without permission. Your best solution is to find sites that offer free images without copyrights. Here are some places to look.
Pixabay
Wikicommons
Save Your Image
Now that you have found the image you are looking for, save it to your computer.
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Add Media
With your image saved, you can determine where in your article it will go. Once you find the right spot: Click add media
Drag image to the field
Click Insert Post
The Image is Uploaded Now What?
From here I highly recommend adding your targeted keyword to the Alt. text. Here are the steps: Click the image Click the pencil icon
Add your text
Click Update
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