Whether you are publishing a blog post, creating a carousel, or scheduling a social media update, managing your images effectively is key to great content. Our platform automatically handles the heavy lifting of image storage, link security, and formatting behind the scenes.

This guide explains how images are selected, organized, and optimized across different types of content.

Featured Images

The featured image is the main visual associated with your content. It appears on blog index cards, SEO previews, and social media links.

To ensure your content always looks its best, the system uses a smart fallback process to find the most appropriate featured image if you haven't explicitly set one.

How the system chooses your featured image

1. 1

   Explicitly Set Image

   The system first checks if you have manually selected and saved a specific featured image in the editor. If you have, this image is always used.

2. 2

   Attached Inline Images

   If no image is explicitly set, the platform looks at the images you've uploaded directly to the content's media library and selects the one flagged as the featured asset.

3. 3

   Content Body Images

   If there are no attached images, the system scans your written content and automatically extracts the very first image it finds embedded in your text.

Here is a visual representation of how this decision is made:

flowchart TD
    A[Publish Content] --> B{Did you set a featured image?}
    B -- Yes --> C["Use explicit featured image"]
    B -- No --> D{Are there attached media files?}
    D -- Yes --> E["Use the featured inline image"]
    D -- No --> F{Are there images in the text?}
    F -- Yes --> G["Use the first image in the content body"]
    F -- No --> H["No featured image displayed"]
    
    style C stroke:#10b981,stroke-width:2px
    style E stroke:#10b981,stroke-width:2px
    style G stroke:#10b981,stroke-width:2px

Carousel Posts

When you create a carousel format (often used for social media like LinkedIn or Instagram), the order of your slides is crucial.

The platform automatically normalizes your carousel slides to ensure the cover slide is always presented first.

Social Media Images

For content specifically designated as a "Social Post", the platform automatically injects the correct image to be used as the social media preview card (the image that appears when your link is shared on platforms like X, Facebook, or LinkedIn).

• For standard social posts: The system automatically uses your most recently uploaded image as the social preview.

• For carousel social posts: The system automatically uses the cover slide of your carousel as the social preview, and attaches the rest of the slides for easy navigation.

Behind the Scenes: Image Link Reliability

To keep your media secure, the platform stores images using secure, temporary links. However, temporary links can expire, which traditionally leads to broken images.

You never have to worry about broken thumbnails or expired links. The platform includes an automatic URL-refreshing system:

• Permanent Redirects: Whenever an image is requested, the system instantly swaps any expired secure links with fresh, permanent redirect URLs.

• History Updates: If you roll back to a previous version of a post, the system automatically refreshes the URLs in your image history so old drafts still display correctly.