Give Your Members Millions of Stock Photos for Their Posts

Every website already includes a stock photo library in the admin area, so you can always add stock photos to your own pages. The Stock Photo Library for Posts add-on gives that same library to your members. A post with good photos is easier to read and more inviting than a long block of text, so the posts and content members publish on your site can look just as good as yours.

When members add an image, they click Library, type what they’re looking for (like “hiking” or “coffee”), choose an orientation and a library — Pexels, Pixabay, Unsplash, Giphy for animated GIFs, or the Icon Library — and click Search Photos. They pick a size and click download, and the photo drops right into their post. There’s no need to visit another website, pay for a stock photo subscription, or save files to their computer first.

Key Features & Benefits

• Your members can search millions of royalty-free photos without leaving your site
• Choose from five libraries: Pexels, Pixabay and Unsplash photos, Giphy GIFs and an Icon Library
• Photos go straight into the text editor members already use to write posts
• Members can filter by orientation (horizontal, vertical or square) to fit the space
• Three ready-made sizes — small (350 pixels), medium (650) and large (1200) — so each photo fits the space it’s in
• Members can also pick a stock photo as the main image of articles, blogs, jobs, coupons, events and discussions
• Works with the Profile Cover Photo and Private Member Chat add-ons, so members can choose stock cover photos and share photos in chat messages
• You decide who gets it: all members, members on certain membership plans, or individual members

How It Works

• Choose where it appears. In Settings » Advanced Settings, search for “stock” and select the places members can use the library, such as text editors, post main images and profile cover photos.
• Choose who gets it. Switch on Enable Free Stock Images in Text Editors for any membership plan, or give or remove access for one member in their Quick Edit settings. A member’s own setting always overrides their plan.
• Members add photos. While writing a post, members click the image button, open the Library, search, pick a size and add the photo in a couple of clicks.

Is This Add-On Right for You?

It’s a great fit if you answer “yes” to any of these questions:

• Do your members publish articles, blog posts, events or other posts on your site?
• Would you like their posts to include quality photos instead of plain text?
• Would you like another reason for members to choose your upgraded membership plans, or to offer individual members?

Tips for Getting the Most From It

• Set up plans before you announce it. If you only turn it on in Advanced Settings, every member gets access. Choose your plans or members first if you want to limit it.
• Match the size to the space. Suggest large photos for the top of a post and small or medium ones for images placed beside the text.
• Let your members know. Share the news in your newsletter so members know they can now add stock photos to their posts.