Adding Images and Media

Here are the steps to adding images and media to your WordPress pages and posts:

1. From the Dashboard, click Pages/Posts on the left-hand menu bar.
2. Select one of the pages or posts to edit. (Or, view any page/post and click Edit in the admin menu bar.)
3. Below the page/post title, click on the Add Media button (Figure 1).
   • Insert Media window appears.
     

     Figure 1: Add Media Button

      

4. Choose Upload Files if the image is not on your site yet, otherwise, find the desired image in the window and skip to step 6.
5. Click the Select Files button. From your computer, select an image and click Select (OK on a PC). Or, you can drag and drop files into the upload area (Figure 2).
   

   Figure 2: upload files

    

6. Enter a title, caption, a description of the image, and select an image size to be displayed on your page. Click Insert into Page/Post (Figure 3).
   
   

   Figure 3: caption of an image

    

7. When you have finished formatting your page or post, click Update on the far right-hand side and visit your site (Figure 4).
   

   Figure 4: Update

See Also

• Introduction to WordPress: Media Library