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  cplteen · Member · Feb 5, 2015 at 4:17 pm

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  My images are not appearing correctly. Our tech person informs me that https://i0.wp.com is being added before the images and keeping them from displaying properly. How do I get this to stop?

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  stothek · Member · Feb 5, 2015 at 6:19 pm

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  Hi there!

  i0.wp.com Looks to be a caching server WordPress.com is using to speed up the loading of images on WordPress.com sites.

  But, I think the issue at hand is that the image you’re trying to hotlink is not actually an image file. See how the name ends in .php? That’s actually a type of web page. The site you’re linking to might use that for a number of reasons like automatically formatting the image, or to prevent hotlinking.

  Even without the added i0.wp.com code, that image embed won’t work because you’re essentially linking to a web page. You’ll have to find a supported image format to be able to put it in your post, something like a .jpg .gif or .png

  Also, with regard to linking to other images, you want to make sure the publisher has given permission for you to use it, as images are copyrighted.

  Here’s a resource to help you find free to use images if you need it.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/add-media/finding-free-images-and-other-media/

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  cplteen · Member · Feb 7, 2015 at 5:37 pm

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  Hello. We have discovered that the content café images work on this blog – https://shorewoodlibraryteens.wordpress.com/ despite the fact they do not end in an image file extension.

  Using that link has worked for years to pull in the image. If you were to disable the caching server, then we can continue using the links as before. It is very important that we be able to continue using those links.