Image optimization SEO isn’t what it used to be. Google is no longer like a toddler you can entertain with a picture book with basic words. Oh no, we’re dealing with a sophisticated teenager, who not only wants a deeper meaning but also to experience the thrill of speed. And your photos better be, like, […] View original post at …
How to Serve Images in Next-Gen Formats in WordPress
Just when everyone thought WebP images were done, they came back in a big way. WebP images are smack in the middle of their comeback story, now that Firefox and Microsoft Edge have recently started supporting WebP images. What is WebP? It’s is the best image format that no one has heard of, but that’s […] View original post at …
How to Create a Default Featured Image for WordPress Blog Posts
Featured images are an essential part of every blog post’s identity; not just for the website, but for any place online where it might be shared. WordPress does have a designated spot where you can easily upload a featured image for each post. However, it’s easy to overlook it when you’re busy trying to write […] View original post at …
Smush Pro Super Servers Now Compresses Images up to 200% Faster
Smush recently compressed its 11 billionth image. Huge! So to celebrate, we’ve given our Smush Pro super servers a major speed upgrade – images are now being pushed out a whopping 200% faster! The server upgrade means you can do all the things you already do with Smush, just much faster, including: Super Smushing – You get […] View original post at …
7 CSS Image Filter Plugins for Instagram-ifying WordPress
If you spend as much time on social media as I do, then you know that people have a tendency to overuse image filters. I guess applying a classy black-and-white filter to a wedding photo could be a nice touch, but not when it’s a picture of a screaming child dancing with the groom. I’d […] View original post at …
A Guide to Sharing Your WordPress Images with Creative Commons
It’s been an issue with writers on the web from the very beginning, but especially since people started blogging: you want to share your ideas, art and other creative talents with others, but still maintain control over other people’s use of your communication. Solution? The Creative Commons license. Using a Creative Commons license, as the creator […] View original post at …
9 Ways to Protect Your WordPress Blog’s Images from Theft
When the original U.S. Copyright Act was established in 1790, it was the government’s goal to protect authors’ rights to their work. Fast forward to the present day, and it’s no longer just writers, composers, and artists whose work needs protecting: so too does the work found on websites. I could probably write whole chapters on this topic of intellectual …
A Quick Guide to Creating Beautiful Images for WordPress Blog Posts
What impression do you get from blogs that have no images or low quality, cheesy stock photos? Perhaps you feel the blog is unprofessional or it gives you the feeling that the content is possibly of a lower quality? If your blog has poor imagery, then visitors to your blog might have the same first impressions of your site. Fortunately, …
Free High Quality Image Resources for Creating Professional WordPress Sites
If someone were to ask you to name your most valuable salesperson, would your website be in the running? While it may not be a flesh-and-blood team member, your website holds great value for your company not only in terms of sales, but also in terms of marketing. And a cohesive “look” plays a role in that. Take a moment …
Replacing Image Links in WordPress After Installing an SSL Certificate
After installing an SSL certificate on your site to amp up your security, you may notice your images suddenly don’t display at all. Don’t panic – just read on for the fix. When you install an SSL certificate, like the free one from Let’s Encrypt we wrote about recently, your site’s address adjusts slightly and even a slight adjustment means some …
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