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From the course: Using WordPress to Create a Blog for Creators
Optimizing featured image
- [Instructor] A featured image is the main image that gets attached to your blog post. It is simply a way for your audience to find you and to understand what your blog post is all about visually. Now, when we talk about how to optimize your featured image, there are a couple of best practices to keep in mind. Number one, do not forget to add a featured image to your blog post. This is so important for readers to find you through images, and this is why you should absolutely remember to add a featured image before you publish your blog post. The next thing to keep in mind is to add an alt text that describes what your featured image is all about and how it is adding context to your blog post. This is done so that the search engines where your blog post and your image are going to show up understand why the image is there to add to the blog post and vice versa. The next thing to keep in mind is to use the right specification…
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