by Kuldeep IN Tips and Guides | 3 Comments | 2,228 views

Use WordPress.com Blog as your Image Host


I recently got this idea and implemented it on this blog. I always run out of bandwidth if I use lot of pictures in my post. I like to add pictures in my post but as you might have noticed for the past few months I am not using much images while writing post. So I came up with a solution for  that. I had some blogs setup on WordPress and I was not using them very frequently. So I basically used the WordPress blog to host my images. Its very easy to start a blog of your own with having to have hosting or any technical knowledge.

In a nutshell, the idea is that you create a new Blog on WordPress. Upload new media on WordPress and then hotlink those images back to your own blog. See recent posts on this blog. All the images are either hotlinked from original source or they are all uploaded on WordPress blog.

So, What are the benefits ? Well the benefits that you get by hosting your images on WordPress blog are :

  1. Unlimited Bandwidth so no need to panic while posting those big images post.
  2. You get a control panel of your own to manage your images
  3. Can be used for any purpose i.e. with any file type that is supported on WordPress.com
  4. You get 3GB space to be used.
  5. And I heard Google likes if you link something to other reputed websites, I mean its good for SEO purpose.
  6. Your images never ever get expired.
  7. Saves you from embarrassment.

If you are really new to WordPress then please leave comments and I shall get you started.

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