A picture tells a thousands words, but in some instances it just adds some life and pizazz to your site. Luckily adding photos and videos is really easy using WordPress.
WordPress Adding Videos and Photo Video
In this video from WordPress.tv, you will see how to add photos and videos to your posts.
Although the video is actually made for WordPress.com sites rather than self hosted WordPress site, the principles are the same.
- Select the relevant file using the “Upload/Insert” section.
- Upload the file or enter the url for the file.
- Insert into post. With images, you can define the size and position of the images.
- Save Post via “Save Draft” or “Publish”
SEO Tips for Images
Name the image file as something relevant to to site and what you are trying to do with that page. Don’t be afraid of using of long file names.
When you insert images don’t forget the Alt Text associated with the Image should include the relevant keywords for that page. The SEO weight of the ALT Test is low but it does help.
