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WordPress Basics | Media Milwaukee
  • Introduction
  • Accessing Media Milwaukee
    • Accessing Media Milwaukee
    • Logging in to Media Milwaukee
    • Resetting Your Password
    • Switching From Dashboard to Live Site
  • Working With Text and Links
    • Creating a Post
    • Adding Text
    • Creating or Editing a Link
    • Adding an Image
    • Aligning and Resizing an Image
    • Adding an MP3
    • Adding a Video
    • Adding a Slideshow
    • Aligning and Resizing a Video
    • Adding a Caption to an Image, MP3, or Video
    • Adding Alt Text to an Image
    • Adding a Heading
    • Adding a Blockquote
    • Moving and Deleting Items in a Post
    • Setting a Featured Image
    • Switching Between Default and Advanced Post Template
    • Previewing a Post
    • Submitting a Post for Review
  • Administrator Actions
    • Editing and Publishing a Pending Story
    • Assigning Categories and Adding Story to Home Page
    • Changing Publication Date and Time
    • Working with Roles and Adding Users
  • Troubleshooting
    • Panels in Editor Are Missing
    • Unable to Log In
    • Did Not Receive Password Reset Email
    • Featured Image is Wrong, Upside Down or Sideways on Social Media
    • Block Toolbar is Missing
    • Document and Block Tabs Don’t Appear on Right
    • Left Panel Items Are Icons (Not Words)
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  1. Working With Text and Links

Setting a Featured Image

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Last updated 3 years ago

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A Featured Image is the image that appears in a home page card (Top Stories, Headlines, etc.) or special project grid card. When using the Advanced template, the Featured Image is also the hero image (large image on top of the story.)

A Featured Image must be a landscape-oriented image. Minimum dimensions are 1024 x 768 pixels. If you take a photo with a modern phone or camera, the photo will meet (or exceed) these dimensions. Screenshots and photos downloaded from websites will not meet the minimum dimensions.

Note: Refrain from resizing or cropping images prior to upload.

  1. In a post, make sure the Document tab is selected (on right.)

  2. Scroll down to the Featured Image area (on right.)

  3. Click Set featured image.

  4. In the Featured Image box, use the Upload tab to navigate to and select an image on your computer. Or, use the Media Library tab to select an image that was previously added to the site.

  5. Click Set featured image.