Set a Featured Image

For customers using the Block Editor, click here.

The Featured Image tool displays a prominent image above a post or page title. This document explains how to add a Featured Image.

Before you start

• You'll need an image saved to your local hard drive or already uploaded to the Media Library.
• The image must be a .jpeg or .png format.
• For best results, upload a landscape image at least 1440px wide by 756px tall.
• We recommend uploading images no smaller than 1200px wide by 630px tall.
• You can crop an image in the Media Library.
• You may have to enable Featured Images in your screen options.
• For customers using the Block Editor, see this article.
• You can search for Featured Images while editing a post with LexBlog's Snapshots feature.

Steps

1. Open a post or page to edit.
2. Scroll down to the Featured Image menu (typically located under the Categories or Tag options in the post/page editing interface):
   
3. Click Set Featured Image.
4. On the Featured Image menu, either select an image from the Media Library, or click the Upload Files tab to select an image from your hard drive.
5. Click Set Featured Image.
6. Choose the location of your selected Featured Image from the Featured Image Position dropdown menu located under the Featured Image menu (refer to the screenshot from step 2 if you're having difficulties finding this)
7. Top/Center (default), Left, or Right.