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How to Use the WordPress Image Editor

Learn how to use the WordPress Image Editor and the Media Library. We discuss all aspects of inserting images into Posts and Pages as well as editing images (rotating, scaling, cropping) directly in the Image Editor.

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How to Use the WordPress Image Editor – Part 2 – The 2 image editors

This is the second part of a series on using the WordPress Image Editor and Media Library.   In this series we discuss all aspects of inserting images into posts or pages as well as editing all aspects of those images.  In this part we discuss the two image editors you will find in WordPress; the [...]

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How to Use the WordPress Image Editor – Part 3 – Rotate and Flip Images

This is the third part of a series on using the WordPress Image Editor and Media Library.  In this series we discuss all aspects of inserting images into posts or pages as well as editing all aspects of those images.  In this part we discuss how to use the Media Library image editor to rotate [...]

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How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 4 – Why Not Use the Media Library Instead of FTP?

This is part 4 of an updated and expanded version of an earlier lesson on using the FV WordPress Flowplayer plugin to host your own videos. In this part of the lesson I explain why I suggest using FTP to upload your videos rather than using the Media Library. Video Transcript Let’s check in on [...]

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How to Use the WordPress Image Editor – Part 4 – Scale Images

This is the fourth part of a series on using the WordPress Image Editor and Media Library. In this part we discuss how to use the Media Library image editor to scale images. Video Transcript Okay so the next thing we’re going to do is we’re going to scale the image. Now if you’ll click [...]

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How to Use the WordPress Image Editor – Part 5 – Crop Images

This is the fifth part of a series on using the WordPress Image Editor and Media Library. In this part we discuss how to use the Media Library image editor to crop images. Video Transcript Now another thing you can do is crop the image and the first way to crop the image is simply [...]

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How to Use the WordPress Image Editor – Part 6 – Edit the Thumbnail of an Image

This is the sixth part of a series on using the WordPress Image Editor and Media Library. In this part we discuss how to use the Media Library image editor to edit the size, shape and scale of a thumbnail of an image. Video Transcript The next thing we’ll talk about then are these Thumbnail [...]

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How to Use the WordPress Image Editor – Part 7 – Understanding Image Versions

This is the seventh part of a series on using the WordPress Image Editor and Media Library. In this part we discuss the various versions of an image created when using the Medial Library image editor. Video Transcript This is that image and if we go take a look at our page that we were [...]

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How to Use the WordPress Image Editor – Part 8 – Scale the Image Using the Inline Editor

This is the eighth part of a series on using the WordPress Image Editor and Media Library. In this part we discuss how to use the inline editor to scale an image we’ve inserted into a post or page. We discuss the difference between this method and using the Media Library image editor. Video Transcript [...]

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How to Use the WordPress Image Editor – Part 9 – Inline Editor Advanced Image Settings

This is the ninth part of a series on using the WordPress Image Editor and Media Library. In this part we discuss how to use the Advanced Image Settings of the Inline Editor to restore the original image size, manually set height and width, change CSS classes and add inline styles. Video Transcript We can [...]

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How to Use the WordPress Image Editor – Part 10 – Inline Editor Advanced Link Settings

This is the tenth part of a series on using the WordPress Image Editor and Media Library. In this part we discuss how to use the Advanced Link Settings of the Inline Editor to create no follow links, add styles to the link and to add a link title. Video Transcript Then finally what you [...]

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How to Create a Link to a PDF File that Opens in a Web Browser

This member asks how to create a link that opens up a PDF file in the viewer’s web browser. I demonstrate how to use the Insert Media function of the Media Library to insert the PDF file link. We then discuss reasons why this may not always work and look at the settings within the [...]

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Renaming Images in the Media Library

A member asks about the best way to rename an image.  You can’t rename the image in the Thesis Media Library so the best way to do this is to rename the image on your computer and then upload the renamed version to your Media Library. Video Transcript Great. And then the first simpler question [...]

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Where to Store and How to Upload Site Images

A member asked “What is the best way to store and upload images for a WordPress/Thesis website”.  We discuss the various ways images are uploaded and stored. Thesis custom/images/ folder The Media Library Other methods and locations Video Transcript So I’m going to start off with a question that Brian has asked. He has asked [...]

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