Wix Blog: Adding a Cover Image to a Blog Post
3 min
Adding a striking cover image to your blog post is a simple way to captivate your readers' attention. The cover image is displayed on each post in your blog feed, your Post List, and when you share a post on social media.
You can add a cover image to your post in your post's settings in the post composer.
Dashboard
Wix app
- Go to Blog in your site's dashboard.
- Select the post that you want to add a cover image to.
- Click Settings.
- Enable the Featured image toggle.

- Add a cover image:
- Choose to upload a new image if your post doesn't have one yet or replace an existing image:
- Upload a new image: Click the Add icon .
- Replace existing image: Hover over the existing image and click Update.
- Click +Upload Media to add an image from your computer, or select an image from your site files or one of the stock image options such as Media from Wix.
- Click Add to Page.
- Choose to upload a new image if your post doesn't have one yet or replace an existing image:
- (Optional): Enter alt text in the field provided under the cover image in the post composer.
- Click Publish.