Blog cover and featured image guides
Sizing, design, formats, and the details that make blog cover, featured, and Open Graph images look sharp everywhere they appear.
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Where to Find Free Images for Blog Covers
The well-licensed libraries to pull from, and how to use a free photo without getting burned.
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.
Build a Featured-Image Style Guide
One page that names your fonts, palette, logo spot, type zone, and export.
How to Make a Blog Cover Image
A handful of rules and about four minutes, no design background required.
Featured Image Not Showing in WordPress
Almost always the theme just skips printing it on that template - here is the one-minute test that confirms it.
Compress a Blog Cover Without Losing Quality
A 1200×630 cover should land well under 150 KB with no visible quality loss.
Batch-Making Covers for a Content Calendar
Make a month of covers in one sitting instead of one a week.
Why Your Link Preview Is Not Showing Up
The four things that blank a link card, and the two-step fix that clears them.