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Should I use a canonical URL for images uploaded to a blog post in Wordpress?
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Hi, I have a wordpress website that has articles/news posts witch contain imagery. I've noticed that in the Media Library, when you upload an image to a blog post it generates a new permalink ...article-name/article-image-01.jpg
I have Yoast SEO plugin and have the option to set a canonical URL for this image. Should I point it back to the actual article?
Thanks for any helpers with this.
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Thats great thanks for the help
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Hi Alex,
Google doesn't use rel=canonical for images so my answer is no.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-rel-canonical-for-images-nope-22549.html
Hope this helps.
Thanks
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