Designating a featured image
Another cool thing about WordPress—if we didn't have enough of those already—is that you can choose any single image as the featured image for a given blog post. For that purpose, you want to pick an image that represents the post well.
Some themes will make use of the featured images and display them prominently, while some will not. The default theme, the one we've been using, Twenty Nineteen, uses the featured image to create a great-looking, full-width bar right above the main content of the post. Depending on the theme you're using, its behavior with featured images can vary; but in general, every modern theme supports them in one way or another.
In order to set a featured image, once again look at the options ...
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