Featured image on *page* (not post) for Google search display?

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#1

Google has been displaying a specific photo from my home page next to its search result for my site.

Recently, Google decided to choose a different image from the page which isn’t ideal.

I’ve searched a bit and I guess Google uses Wordpress’ “featured image” tag to select the search result photo.

How can I indicate what my featured image is on a Wordpress page (not post)?

#2

Hi There @lhd333

Thanks for writing in! You will need to use a search engine optimization plugin for that. For example, you can utilize a plugin like Yoast SEO (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/).

Please refer to the following resource for more information (https://yoast.com/image-seo/).

Thanks!

#3

I have Yoast but don’t have a clue where I would set the featured image for a page. Any tips?

Much appreciated.

#4

Hello @lhd333,

For pages, you will have to edit the page in Pages > {Name of the page} and then you will find the featured image meta box.

  • Go to Pages and then find the page you want to edit.

  • Click “Edit” underneath the page you like to edit.

  • And when you are in the Page Editing screen, you should be able to find the Featured Image section in the right panel of the screen.

We would love to know if this has worked for you. Thank you.

#5

Holy crap thank you!

I’ve been wondering where that side menu went!

#6

Hi lhd333,

Glad that we could be of help :slight_smile:

#7

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