Photos Disappearing from Posts

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  srbowm · Member · Oct 3, 2021 at 4:56 am

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  I notice that photos have disappeared from some of my posts but the labels remain. One such post is at https://sarahbowmansite.wordpress.com/2021/08/31/surprised-by-the-camera/, and another is ‘some’ of the photos (steps 1 to 4) on this page https://sarahbowmansite.wordpress.com/2021/08/12/amateur-photo-editing/. Does it matter if I merely copy and paste the photo from Windows Live Photo Gallery on my computer or if I upload them? I forget how I did the ones that disappeared but I use both methods. It’s important to know what I’m doing wrong so I can fix it.

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  amirudra789 · Member · Oct 3, 2021 at 5:13 am

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  Hello

  I have checked the above-shared page URL, the image is showing error 403, using the chrome developer tool and viewing the image link it says
  ‘URL signature expired’ https://snipboard.io/5aDfgU.jpg

  Could you please reupload those images under the media library and retest?

  Regards:

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  justjennifer · Member · Oct 3, 2021 at 6:20 am

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  Hi there, hope you don’t mind me adding to this discussion. @amirudra789 is correct.

  Sometimes services like facebook/instagram will have a limited time for external linking and then the link becomes invalid. When you link your images from outside services, you’re basically giving them control over what appears/loads (or not) on your site.

  The best thing to do is to upload those images to your site directly rather than linking them in order to avoid this. If you have large images, you’ll want to resize and optimize them prior to uploading them to your site. You can learn more about this in this support guide:https://wordpress.com/support/media/image-optimization/

  Hope that helps too.

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  srbowm · Member · Oct 3, 2021 at 11:35 am

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  Thanks so much to both of you for this information. Some of the photos that disappeared were my own copied from Facebook so I knew it’s not that I was violating someone else’s copyright. I will try your advice and see if it works. This is very important since I am starting a new blog with an emphasis on photography, using my own photos, and I can’t have them disappearing after a week or two!

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  justjennifer · Member · Oct 3, 2021 at 11:50 am

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  Thanks for clarifying. Even linking to your own FB images makes no difference.

  If you were previously adding your FB images via “Insert by URL,” try using Facebook embeds https://wordpress.com/support/facebook-integration/facebook-embeds/

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  srbowm · Member · Oct 3, 2021 at 12:03 pm

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  Thanks so much, justjennifer. This gives me options to work with.