{"id":610,"date":"2020-04-26T15:53:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T15:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/?p=610"},"modified":"2022-01-14T04:07:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T04:07:05","slug":"add-featured-image-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/add-featured-image-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Featured Image in WordPress?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you <a aria-label=\"adding a post in your WordPress site (opens in a new tab)\" class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/add-post-in-wordpress-gutenberg-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adding a post to your WordPress site<\/a> and looking for the option to add the featured image in WordPress Gutenberg editor? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The featured image is the main image that will help to make your post attractive. Thus, we recommend you use the featured image on every post you create. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is very simple to add featured images in WordPress posts. In this blog, we are going to share the basic steps to do that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Steps to Add Featured Image in WordPress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>At first, login to your WordPress website<\/li><li>From the admin panel, go to the post and click on Add New<\/li><li>Give the title of the post<\/li><li>Enter the content on the post<\/li><li>On the right-hand side, you will see the option for the featured image<\/li><li>Click on it and upload the featured image either from your computer or from the media library<\/li><li>Click on the Publish button to publish the post.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-3-1024x389.png\" alt=\"Add Featured Image in WordPress\" class=\"wp-image-612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-3-1024x389.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-3-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-3-768x291.png 768w, https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-3-1536x583.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-3-1170x444.png 1170w, https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-3.png 1895w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to add or change the featured image for the previously live posts, do the following things,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>From Admin dashboard  go to Posts &gt; All Post<\/li><li>You will see the list of posts.<\/li><li>Hover over the post, which you want to edit. <\/li><li>Click on the Edit button and see the right-hand side corner. <\/li><li>Now, click on the featured image and you can upload or replace the featured image.<\/li><li>Finally, click on the Update button at the top.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-4-1024x296.png\" alt=\"Add Featured Image in WordPress\" class=\"wp-image-613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-4-1024x296.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-4-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-4-768x222.png 768w, https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-4-1536x444.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-4-1170x338.png 1170w, https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-4.png 1903w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that you are now able to add the featured image to your post or replace it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you need any help regarding this? 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