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How to Get the URL of Images You Upload in WordPress

Last updated on July 29th, 2019 by Editorial Staff
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How to Get the URL of Images You Upload in WordPress

Do you want to find the link or URL of images you upload in WordPress?

Sometimes you may need to get the link of an image to display it in other areas of your website or social media platforms.

In this article, we will show you how to easily get the URL of images that you upload to your WordPress site.

How to Get the URL of Images You Upload in WordPress

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Finding a WordPress Image URL – Step by Step

WordPress automatically creates a unique URL for each image you upload to your website using the default WordPress media uploader.

Usually, a WordPress image URL includes your domain name followed by /wp-content/uploads/, date of image upload, and the image file name.

For example, an image named ‘travelaccessories.png’ uploaded to example.com in January 2019 will have a URL like this:

www.example.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/travelaccessories.png

Now let’s take a look at how to get the URL of images uploaded to your WordPress site.

First, you need to login to your WordPress admin area and click on the Media menu. Once done, it will open your media library where all your images and other media files are stored.

Next, you can use the search feature to find the image that you want to find the link of.

Search Image in WordPress Media Library

Once you click on the image, it will open a popup window with the image attachment details. You will see the image details in the right column and image preview on the left.

The right column displays all image details including file name, file type, upload date, file size, dimensions, and image metadata like image alt text, title, caption, description, image uploaded by, etc.

You will also see the image URL at the end. It is the link next to ‘Copy Link’ option.

Find WordPress Image URL

You can simply copy the link and use it anywhere you like.

If you open the image URL in your browser, then you can see the full size original version of the image uploaded.

Finding Your WordPress Image URLs from the Frontend

The method shown above lets you get the URL of any image uploaded in WordPress, whether it is published live or not.

If you want to get the URL of images already published on your site, then you can get it from the frontend itself. It is much easier!

Open a page or post where the image is published and locate the image. After that, right-click on the image, and select ‘Open image in new tab’ option.

Open WordPress Image in a New Tab

Once the image opens in the new tab, look at the URL in the address bar. That is your WordPress image URL.

Get the URL of Images in WordPress

Now you can copy the image address and use it anywhere you want.

It is pretty quick and straightforward!

How to Get the URL of GIFs, Videos, and PDFs in WordPress

As mentioned above, other media files like GIFs, videos, and documents like PDFs are also saved in the WordPress media library. You can easily find the URL of these files by following the same steps as shown above.

Go to Media » Library from your dashboard, and then click on a GIF, video, or document whose URL you want to see. After that, attachment details popup window will appear.

GIF URL in WordPress

You can get the attachment URL next to the ‘Copy Link’ option on the right column.

We hope this article helped you to learn how to get the URL of images you upload in WordPress. You may also want to see our guide on basic image editing in WordPress.

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11 Comments

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  1. yligman says:
    Aug 11, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    Hallo Mr Wpbeginner

    Please i need information for url post wp. Localhost host and live hosting. Is there anyway for fix url for all url link domain?

    Regards

    Yligman

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Aug 12, 2020 at 10:05 am

      If you mean you’re trying to move the site from local to a hosting provider, you would want to take a look at our article below:

      https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-wordpress-from-local-server-to-live-site/

      Reply
  2. Rahul says:
    Jul 19, 2020 at 12:26 pm

    Hello,

    I there any way to bulk export the image url ? I am using the website for eCommerce where multiple images of product are required so,

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Jul 23, 2020 at 9:21 am

      We do not have a recommended method for what it sounds like you’re wanting at the moment.

      Reply
  3. Jordan says:
    Aug 12, 2017 at 11:13 am

    Does google analytics track this part of your website? So I’m linking ” ” on another website. When I test going to the link im not seeing the traffic in google analytics.

    Reply
  4. Marco Panichi says:
    Oct 13, 2016 at 2:06 am

    And the next question is: where I can find all the versions created after the upload?
    I mean, the large, medium, thumb sized version of the image.

    Reply
  5. Rosa says:
    May 20, 2014 at 3:11 pm

    Thank you so much! This worked perfectly. :)

    Reply
  6. Alice says:
    Apr 6, 2014 at 6:03 pm

    Thanks, that was very helpful and clear!

    Reply
  7. Waqas Ali says:
    Nov 1, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    Alternatively one can ‘right click’ on the image and copy URL.

    Reply
    • Editorial Staff says:
      Nov 1, 2012 at 4:36 pm

      Not if that image is not inserted into a post.

      Reply
  8. Nizam Khan says:
    Nov 1, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    Nice post! This will be helpful for newbies. Thanks for sharing :)

    Reply

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