Chapter 3

Uploading and Displaying Photos and Galleries

IN THIS CHAPTER

Check Using the built-in image-upload feature

Check Inserting a photo into your post

Check Add multiple images displayed side by side

Check Add a cover photo to your post

Check Creating photo galleries in WordPress

Adding images and photos to your posts can really dress up the content. By using images and photos, you give your content a dimension that you can’t express in plain text. Through visual imagery, you can call attention to your post and add depth to it. With WordPress, you can insert single images or photographs, or you can use a few nifty plugins to turn some of the pages in your site into a full-fledged photo gallery.

In this chapter, you discover how to add some special touches to your site posts by adding images and photo galleries, all by using the built-in image-upload feature and image editor in WordPress.

Inserting a Single Image into a Post

Adding an image to a post is easy with the WordPress image uploader. Jump right ...

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