How to Edit Image in WordPress—Beginner’s Guide

Did you know WordPress has a default image editor? In this blog, we’ll talk about how you can easily use this editor to edit images in WordPress.

WordPress comes with built-in image editing features. You can use the WordPress editor to crop, rotate, flip and resize the images. It is very helpful to edit the images when creating a gallery in WordPress.

In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to edit images in WordPress.

Edit Image in WordPress

The WordPress image editor comes in handy when you have to quickly resize or crop images. Let’s get started:

• At first, navigate to Media>> Library.
• Next, upload an image from your computer or choose an existing one to edit image in WordPress.

• Then, click on the Edit Image button placed below the image.
• You’ll see the few image editing options on the screen.

Crop Image

Once you have done that, click on the crop tool and drag the cursor to crop the image. You can adjust the cropping size by dragging and dropping the edges of your selection. 

Scale Image

Scale tool allows you to resize the image to custom dimensions. Make sure to scale the image before cropping it.

Note: WordPress only allows you to scale down the image. That means you can’t increase the size of the image.

Rotate Image

Rotate tool allows you to rotate image orientation 90 degrees in either a clockwise or anticlockwise direction. Click on the rotate image tool one click at a time.

Flip Image

Flip tool allows you to flip the image vertically or horizontally. Flip vertically flips the bottom of the image to the top on each click, whereas flip horizontally clicks the left side of the image to the right side.

Undo/Redo 

WordPress’s default editor also provides you the option to undo and redo the changes you have made in the image. Use the backward or forward tool for one change at a time. 

Restore Original Image

It’s possible to easily restore the original image, just in case you accidentally messed up while editing. To do so, again edit the target image. This time you’ll see the restore image button. Next, click on it to recover the photo.

Once you have finished editing and optimizing the image, don’t forget to save the changes you have made.

Final Words

At last, you can easily edit images in WordPress by following the steps mentioned above. I hope you find this tutorial helpful for doing basic image editing. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter. 

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