WordPress Image Use Guidelines

Our website is the public face of MLML. We want it to be rich in multimedia and visually appealing. The images we use on our website must be used legally, according to their copyright and licensing. The guidelines below will help to make sure that the image specs are appropriate for use on the web and that we have the right to use a photo. Pay special attention to statements of allowable re-use and how the image owner would like you to give them credit. Please also see our Permitting Guidelines.

 


Image Specifications

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File Types:

 


Image Metadata

*indicates required information

Enter the information below for each image you upload to the Media Library:

 


Image Author/Copyright Owner & Licensing Template

Instructions:

Template:

Required Fields:

Important Notes:

 


Image Metadata Example

Title

Young humpback whale with blowholes clearly visible

Caption

By D. Gordon E. Robertson (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Alt Text

Overhead view of a young humpback whale at the ocean's surface with its blowholes clearly visible

Description

Image Title: N/A

Image author/copyright owner: D. Gordon E. Robertson

Image Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humpback_Whale,_blowholes.jpg

Image license: CC BY-SA 3.0

Image license URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

Image permit information: N/A

Image subjects: Young humpback whale

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Created 2 July 2019 17:09:54
Updated 11 March 2021 01:24:21