How to Prepare Image Sizes for Social Media and Blogs
Key points
- Decide the use
- Match the width guideline
- Save
An image that is too large loads slowly or gets downscaled automatically and looks rough.
Rule of thumb
- Blog body: around 1200 px wide
- Social posts: around 1080 px wide
- Profile icons: around 400 px wide
Steps
Set the width to the guideline in Resize Images by Pixel Size and save.
Use "Resize Images by Pixel Size" (free)Tools that go well with this
- Compress & Resize Images: Make image files smaller, and resize them if you like.
- Crop & Rotate Image: Crop an image to any area or ratio, and rotate it.
- Convert Image Format (JPG, PNG, WebP): Convert images to JPG, PNG or WebP, several at once.