Guides
Practical guides to blog cover, featured, and Open Graph images - the calls that make a post look right everywhere it appears.
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How to Write Alt Text for Any Image
Not every image wants the same alt - some get a sentence, some get nothing, some need the data spelled out. A decision tree by image type, for accessibility, SEO, and AI search.
Grain Is a Finish, Not a Fix
Banding is noise you barely turn up until it vanishes. Grain is noise you turn up until you can feel it - a finish for flat colors and photos, now on every background.
Why Gradients Band - and How Dither Fixes It
On an 8-bit screen there are only 256 steps per channel, so dark gradients break into visible bands. A little dither makes them smooth again.
What Makes a Good Blog Featured Image
The handful of decisions that make or break a cover, and why most of them fall apart the moment it shrinks to a thumbnail.
What Size Should a Blog Cover Image Be?
Two sizes carry almost every cover - one to share, one for the hero.
Free Blog Cover Makers - What to Look For
The four things a free cover tool needs, and the one missing piece that wastes your afternoon.
Featured Image vs Cover Image vs OG Image
What each one means, where it actually shows up, and whether you need all three.
How to Make a Blog Cover Image
A handful of rules and about four minutes, no design background required.
How to Add a Featured Image in WordPress
Where the setting hides, the Cover-block mix-up, and the image that will not show.