Media Library – Broken Image Links

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    adamsg1992 · Member ·

    Completely new to wordpress and only just beginning to dabble with it. I am using wordpress.com and everytime I try to upload an image to the media library it only displays a broken image. If I then place the broken image on the blog it continues to display a broken image. When I use image urls the image is displayed fine. The issue with this though is that I can’t use the url of an image for the featured image of a post. Can anyone help with this?

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    justjennifer · Member ·

    The issue with this though is that I can’t use the url of an image for the featured image of a post.

    On WordPress.com, both Featured Images and images in the Gallery feature must be uploaded directly to your WordPress.com website. You can’t use images linked from somewhere else.

    And as you’ve already seen on this post https://mybptc.wordpress.com/2015/08/20/the-test-post/ , there are certain image hosting websites that won’t allow you to hotlink even regular images.

    everytime I try to upload an image to the media library it only displays a broken image.

    What browser are you using when uploading?
    How large is the image?
    What format is it (JPG, GIF, PNG)?
    Are you on a fast internet connection?

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