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# Image Block | Website Manual

**Image Block**

The Image block places a single picture on a page.

Coming soon

We are recording a new video for this one.

## Before you finish

Tick them off as you go.

**Not seeing your change?**

Your browser may be showing a copy it saved earlier. Open the page in a private window, or press Ctrl + F5 to reload it fresh (Cmd + Shift + R on a Mac).

If your site has a caching plugin, clear its cache too. There is usually a button for it in the bar along the top of the dashboard. Still the old version after a few minutes? Ask whoever looks after your site to clear the server cache.

### Good to know

The Image block places a single picture on a page. You can upload a file, pick one from the Media Library or insert one from a web address, then add alt text, a caption and a link.

Alt text describes the picture for people using screen readers and for search engines, so write what the image shows in plain words. Photos straight off a camera or phone are often very large and slow the page down, so resize them before uploading if you can.

### Up next

- [Paragraph BlockComing soon](/block-editor/paragraph-block/)
- [Heading BlockComing soon](/block-editor/heading-block/)
- [Image BlockPlaying](/block-editor/image-block/)
- [Gallery BlockComing soon](/block-editor/gallery-block/)
- [Cover BlockComing soon](/block-editor/cover-block/)
- [Quote BlockComing soon](/block-editor/quote-block/)
- [List BlockComing soon](/block-editor/list-block/)
- [Video BlockComing soon](/block-editor/video-block/)
- [Audio BlockComing soon](/block-editor/audio-block/)
- [File BlockComing soon](/block-editor/file-block/)

[Related tip **Use one Info Box instead of four separate blocks** A heading, an image, some text and a button is the most common section on a small business site. Spectra's Info Box block builds all four as one block. Read the tip](/tips/use-an-info-box-not-four-blocks/)

MerlinFX client? [Ask for this task recorded on your own site](https://www.websitemanual.com.au/request-a-recording/?video=image-block#request).

### You needed to change one thing. Now you are learning the editor again.

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[Read: Why websites shouldn't be handed back](https://merlinfx-website.pages.dev/articles/why-websites-shouldnt-be-handed-back/)

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## Related agent resources

- [Related tip **Use one Info Box instead of four separate blocks** A heading, an image, some text and a button is the most common section on a small business site. Spectra's Info Box block builds all four as one block. Read the tip](/tips/use-an-info-box-not-four-blocks/index.md)