Depending on the source of the images you are using, you might need to provide credit when using them. Or you just might want to do it, to appreciate the work of the author. Either way, you’ve come to the right place.
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Free images licensing explained
Free images licensing is broad. The license allows free usage of the image, without paying anything. You can use the images anywhere. However, there are a few things you need to look for to make sure you are not infringing copyright.
Disclaimer: This article serves as a guide only. You should check with an attorney to verify if your specific situation is not part of an exception or a particular law in your country. This article is not legal advice.
How to search by id in StockPack
There are situations where you already know the id of the image, and you are looking to just download it faster into the WordPress site. We noticed that some photographers were searching by ID to retrieve their own images posted on Unsplash. Another use case was for users that saw the id of the image on watermarked images. Whatever use case you need it for, you can search by id in StockPack.
How to add stock images in Elementor
If you want to skip all the info, you can go directly to the plugin at https://wordpress.org/plugins/stockpack/
Inserting stock images in Elementor is a lot easier with StockPack. You can search and download images without ever leaving your Elementor editor inside WordPress.
Elementor is a very popular WordPress page builder, and it’s currently being used on 4 million websites. This makes it easier and faster to build pages, and a lot of users find the builder to be more intuitive.
With the StockPack plugin, you can now search and download 220 million+ Stock Images right from the Elementor WordPress plugin.
Image lazy loading
Mobile traffic has crossed the 50% mark some time ago. That is a huge incentive for webmasters to increase their page performances.
One of the most effective ways to increase the speed of a page in WordPress or any other platform is lazy loading images.
Changing the automated captions
In the book “Don’t make me think” by Steve Krug, there’s an explanation about the fact that humans are quite likely to scan an article instead of reading it.
While scanning your article the parts that stand out are the ones that are more unique. That includes images and captions, as captions are normally in a different style.
All in one stock image search. Unsplash, Adobe Stock, Getty Images, iStock, Pixabay, Deposit Photos, and Pexels are now in WordPress.
This article displays a full list of all the stock image providers that StockPack is supporting and what you can do with them in WordPress.
Save time on image searching in WordPress
When you are looking for a good image you will spend a lot of time browsing around. Most of the time you find the image on the first page of a certain stock photos provider.
5 simple image tricks that go a long way in WordPress
It’s quite common to focus on the article text and handle images at the end. Some times it takes a lot more time to choose the images than writing the article.
However, images should not be treated like that. Images are consumed 60.000 times faster than text. They matter a lot. Here are some tips to improve how you select and insert an image in WordPress.
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How to connect Unsplash to WordPress in 2 steps (2min)
Summary
This short article will explain how to connect Unsplash to your WordPress Media Library using StockPack.
Step 1. Install the StockPack plugin on your WordPress website
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