Add Flickr Pic’s to WordPress Posts

There are many ways to add images to your WordPress Posts. I personally like to add images via my Flickr account. A Flickr account can be obtained for free here! I would recommend downloading Flickr’s uploadr software to your computer and using it to upload your images so that you can set it to resize your images. If you have a free Flickr account you have a max of 100mb of uploads to your account per month. So resizing will increase you ability to upload more photos while not using to much bandwidth.

When you have Flickr uploadr downloaded and opened click on upload and then preferences:

Under the automatic resizing drop down menu choose a size. I personally am choosing 800 pixels because it will render the smallest file size but still a nice sized image.

Click OK. Now you can begin to drag and drop your photos into the left panel of Flickr uploadr. Highlight the pictures you wish to upload in the left panel. On the right side set your title, desciptions, tags etc. then click upload.

When it is finished uploading a little box will pop up. Click on “go to flickr”. Here you will be able to pick which set to add it to and then click on “Save this batch”. You will then be taken to the next page where you can click on your uploaded photo. This will take you to a page that looks like this:

Click on all sizes above the picture. The next page will display the different size options. For posting in your wordpress blog I recommend using the small option and if you wish for people to have the option to view a larger image you can simply link the two which I will further explain below. Click on small and you will see the smaller sized image load. Below the image you will see two options. Highlight and copy option number 2 “grab the photo’s URL”.

Now go to your wordpress blog post. Click on the tree icon above the post box. You will see a little insert/edit image box appear. Paste the link into the Image URL box and add a description then click on insert.

You should now see the image. To link to a larger image return to your flicker account. Click on Medium or Large and then copy that link. Go back to your wordpress post and click on the image and then click on the icon of the chain link (not the broken link). This will open a box where once again you will paste the link into the Link URL box. Add a title if you wish and then click on update.

Go ahead and finish your post and then click on Save and Continue Editing. There will then be a preview link above the left side of the post box. Click on it and check your post to make sure everything looks great. If all is good go ahead and publish the post