How to Add Images for Your Featured Articles

Step 1: Make Sure You Get the Size Correct

The ideal size for the images that appear in the Featured Articles section are as follows:

width: 630px
height: 250px

Step 2: Upload Your Image

Click the “Add an Image” button just above the post editor, and upload your image. There’s no need to insert the image within the post content unless you want to do that.

Once you upload your image, the theme will choose the first image it finds that you have uploaded and use it as the image for the Featured Article section. If you upload more than 1 image to your post, just make sure your Featured Article image is #1 image listed in the gallery (you may have to move the image up to the #1 spot).

Another Option: Use a Custom Field

Although the above method seems most simple, you may want to use the custom field method instead.

To do so, add a new custom field named: home_feature_photo

In the Value field, you’ll need to add the URL path to the image.

Example: http://www.wp-smooth.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/smoothshot.jpg

And that’s it. The theme will do the rest.