Blog Guide 6: How to add a picture in a Wordpress blog
If you finished Blog Guide 5: Make that first blog post!, that means you deserve a big applause because you now have published your work online! Congratulations!
At this point, let’s learn how to enhance your post by adding an image to the article.
To do this, you must be logged in to your Wordpress.com account and must be in the Write > Write Post section.
There are two ways to include an image file in a blog post: linking to an image available online and using an uploaded picture file.
1. Linking to an image file online
a. Locate and click the Insert/edit image button in the Compose field toolbar (or use the keyboard shotcut: Alt+Shift+m).
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b. In the pop-up screen, fill in the Image URL and Image Description. The other fields are optional.
c. Click Insert. The image will now appear in the blog post.
2. Using an uploaded image file
a. Go to the Upload section at the bottom of the Compose field and Tags.
b. Click the Browse button and locate the image file you want to upload.
c. Add a Title (Description is optional) then click the Upload button below.
d. Choose whether you want to show the image’s thumbnail, full size, or just the title in the blog post. Also choose of you want to link the image to its file, to a web page, or to none.
e. Click Send to editor. The image will now appear in the blog post.
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