Title: Adding Featured Image
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Adding Featured Image

 *  [katyag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katyag/)
 * (@katyag)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-featured-image-3/)
 * I found a a photo to use for the featured image on Flickr, but it’s showing up
   as a blank photo on my page for some reason. Do you know why that is? Do we have
   post a link to a photo? Or can we also upload it from our files?

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 *  [Stanko Metodiev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metodiew/)
 * (@metodiew)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-featured-image-3/#post-5163014)
 * In Dashboard => Appearance => Theme Options you have ‘Featured Image (link)’ 
   where you should add the url of the desired image.
 * If you want you could upload the image in your site and to use the uploaded image
   url, it should work fine.
 *  Thread Starter [katyag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katyag/)
 * (@katyag)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-featured-image-3/#post-5163049)
 * I tried adding the url for several images, and it just shows up as a blank photo.
   Here’s my website: [http://www.katyagordeeva.com](http://www.katyagordeeva.com).
 *  [Stanko Metodiev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metodiew/)
 * (@metodiew)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-featured-image-3/#post-5163051)
 * From what I saw the image url is actually a page. See [http://www.stockvault.net/photo/133438/antique-typewriter-close-up](http://www.stockvault.net/photo/133438/antique-typewriter-close-up)
   
   In theme options you should add the image url, not a page
 *  Thread Starter [katyag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katyag/)
 * (@katyag)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-featured-image-3/#post-5163052)
 * Hm, I’m not sure why it did that. Do you have any suggestions of free images 
   sites where I can easily get the image urls?

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