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Setting a Featured Image in WordPress

How to set a featured image for a WordPress post or page: open the editor, click Set Featured Image, and upload or choose an image from your library.

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Updated May 1, 2017
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Most WordPress Themes allow you to set a Featured image for pages and posts.  Sometimes they'll be called a Post/Page Thumbnail, and essentially it is a image that explains or adds information for a post or page. Step 1 - Go to Post or Page Editor Posts and Pages menus in the WordPress dashboard for opening the editor Step 2- Click the Set Featured Image Button Setting a Featured Image Step 3 - Use the upload files link or drag and drop an image to the media box. Media uploader with the upload files link and drag-and-drop area Based on what your theme has coded, your featured image will show up in your post, page or archive pages.

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