{"id":7934,"date":"2019-12-10T17:01:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T22:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/?page_id=7934"},"modified":"2025-11-14T11:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:08:16","slug":"profile-images","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/userguide\/people-directory\/old-people-directory\/profile-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Featured Image<\/strong> filed is where a person\u2019s profile image needs to be uploaded. This image will automatically display in all galleries as well as a persons full profile. If no photo is uploaded, a generic Old Well image will display instead.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2021\/01\/directory-no-featured-image.png\" alt=\"example of profiles with and without a feature image\" width=\"450\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2021\/01\/directory-no-featured-image.png 812w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2021\/01\/directory-no-featured-image-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2021\/01\/directory-no-featured-image-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2021\/01\/directory-no-featured-image-600x356.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the above screenshot from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/about-us\/directory\/\">Pathology directory<\/a>, Dr. Curley and Dr. Dent have a Featured Image added to their profile but Shelby Currier does not.<\/p>\n<h2>Feature Image Specs<\/h2>\n<p>Feature images should be cropped to a 2 x 4 aspect ratio.\u00a0 Cropping them to <strong>400 pixels wide by 800 pixels tall<\/strong> format is ideal.<\/p>\n<p>For consistency, try to crop all your headshots in a similar fashion, with the same amount of white space around the head and shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Attach a Photo to a Profile<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Edit a profile.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Featured Image<\/strong> box on the right side of the screen and click the <strong>Set featured image<\/strong> link.<span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8266 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2019\/11\/Featured-Image-300x124.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2019\/11\/Featured-Image-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2019\/11\/Featured-Image.png 598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Either select an existing image from the media library or upload a new one.<\/li>\n<li>The Featured Image will be used as the photo that displays on an individuals profile page as well as in any galleries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Featured Image filed is where a person\u2019s profile image needs to be uploaded. This image will automatically display in all galleries as well as a persons full profile. If no photo is uploaded, a generic Old Well image will display instead. In the above screenshot from the Pathology directory, Dr. Curley and Dr. Dent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/userguide\/people-directory\/old-people-directory\/profile-images\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Profile Images\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3206,"featured_media":0,"parent":13464,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7934","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7934\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}