Images not showing on my website

Right-click a broken image and choose Open image in new tab. The address and the error you get tell you the cause.

The image shows 404 Not Found

The file isn’t where the page expects it.

• Check the name and case. Photo.JPG and photo.jpg are different files on our servers.
• Check the file was uploaded, to the folder in the address.
• After moving your site or changing domain, images may still point to the old address. In WordPress, update the old addresses in your database. See Changing the website URL in WordPress and Fixing broken image links in WordPress.

The image address starts with http://

If your site uses HTTPS but images use http:// addresses, browsers block them as mixed content. See Fixing mixed content warnings.

The image shows 403 Forbidden

• Permissions are wrong. Image files should be 644 and folders 755. Fix them in cPanel’s File Manager with Change Permissions.
• Hotlink protection is blocking it. If you turned on Hotlink Protection in cPanel, add every address your site uses, including www. and non-www. versions, to the allowed list. See Configuring hotlink protection in cPanel.

You replaced an image but still see the old one

Your browser, your site’s cache or Cloudflare is showing a saved copy. See Clearing your cache. Uploading the new image with a different file name avoids the problem.

Images load slowly or look blurry

Large photos slow your site down. Resize them to the size they’re shown (usually no wider than 2000 pixels) and compress them before uploading. In WordPress, see Optimizing images with LiteSpeed Cache. If lazy loading or image optimisation in a caching plugin causes blank images, turn those options off to test.

Images look wrong when shared on Facebook

See I shared my website on Facebook but it displayed an incorrect preview.