Understanding how to edit an image in Wordpress can help when you're looking for ways to improve your site speed. Site speed is an important factor when it comes to ranking high in Google searches.
Even if you're using a plugin to optimize your images, it's a good habit to know how to edit and resize your images within Wordpress as you upload them so your plugin isn't having to work like crazy in the background.
The less strain on your website the better. Resized images take up less space on the server. Further optimizing them with a plug in can help even more.
I hope this quick video tutorial on how to edit an image in Wordpress helps you as you look for ways to improve site speed.
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PatsyC
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Thank you, I didn't notice to that edit area before.
I have a problem that really bothers me because when I want to add a Feature image to my posts, they end up massive. I wrote a blog post on it and had lots of answers but nothing worked.
The theme developer told me the ideal size is set to 800W x 533H that is too big. So I'm left with a row of plain, boring looking posts.
I plan on trying it again, but this time I'll click on the image and adjust the size with the corner arrows.
I have a problem that really bothers me because when I want to add a Feature image to my posts, they end up massive. I wrote a blog post on it and had lots of answers but nothing worked.
The theme developer told me the ideal size is set to 800W x 533H that is too big. So I'm left with a row of plain, boring looking posts.
I plan on trying it again, but this time I'll click on the image and adjust the size with the corner arrows.
Gunnertwist
Premium
Thanks for the great training. I did not know that WP could do that. Learn something new every day, it's awesome. :)
Carl
Carl
dgurtner
Premium
it depends on where you're uploading from. If you're using a browser, consider using an image optimizer first, like tinypng.com, and then uploading and cropping etc. this will already greatly reduce the file size that you'll be uploading and therefore reduce the strain on your server too :-)
I've taken 8MB files and reduced them to 300k that way
I've taken 8MB files and reduced them to 300k that way