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WordPress tips and reminders: Images and captions [1]
['Ameya Nagarajan']
Date: 2024-03-13 11:48:25+00:00
At Global Voices, we cannot use any image that is under standard copyright, unless we have the explicit permission of the image's owner.
Any multimedia included in a story must be:
clearly credited to the original creator
indicate that it is used with permission
link back to the original
link to the license under which it is used
If it does not do this, we are liable for nuisance lawsuits, each of which costs a minimum of EUR 700. Find an example of this here:
Image sources
Where can you find images that are licensed under Creative Commons or public domain?
Here are some sources:
It is also legal to use screenshots in some cases; so you can take a screenshot of a YouTube video, as long as you mention where you got the screenshot and link the video in the caption. Like so:
However, please make sure the video is streaming on the highest quality, and you’re watching it full screen, and when you take the screenshot, the progress bar and playback controls are not visible.
It should not look like this:
You can also try and make an image in Canva, or ask Giovana Fleck, Sydney Allen or Ameya Nagarajan to try and make one too.
Image size and quality
Featured images should be at least 800 pixels wide, and ideally landscape not portrait, since they will display as landscape. Ideally, choose images that are 1200 pixels wide so they look good in the extra-wide format and the featured grid.
Captions
Your caption should have the following elements:
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