My images have disappeared from my posts

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    melonwhisperer · Member ·

    I recently tried to update my site with a new post, however when I went back to review my old posts, I noticed that all of my images have disappeared or will not show up. I am not sure what is causing this. I thought it might be my computer but I had the same problem when I tried a different device. I never had any problems with my images before, but it has been several months since I viewed my site. I thought maybe I need to update my wordpress or something along those lines? I am really clueless, so any help would be appreciated!

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    timethief · Member ·

    Hi there,
    I’ve been here a long time and when images disappear it’s not usually a wordpress.COM issue. In almost every case this is a blogger created issue.

    1. What is the source of the images you posted that have disappeared? Where do they come from?
    2. Are they your own images that you hold copyright for?
    3. Did you upload them into your media library?
    4. Do you have permission from copyright holders to use their images?
    5. Do you have permission to hotlink to them?

    Have you exhausted your free media upload space allocation?
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/space-upgrade/

    Check here http://melonwhisperer.wordpress.com/wp-admin/upload.php to see how much space you have used.

    Are the missing images ones you have deleted from your media library?

    Images you upload into your media library and embed into posts and pages are on wordpress.COM servers. They remain visible unless or until you delete them from your media library. Doing that removes them from every place you embedded them in the blog and leaves behind broken links.

    Are the missing images ones you hotlinked to on other sites? Images you link to on other sites are not on wordpress.com servers, and can disappear if they are removed at the source from the servers they are on.

    Please read this first https://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/omg-my-images-are-gone/

    If and only if those do not apply, post the URLs of the posts the images are missing from into this thread. Then type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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