{"id":13724,"date":"2018-05-08T16:18:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/?p=13724"},"modified":"2021-04-26T12:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T16:14:20","slug":"how-to-use-the-boldgrid-connect-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/boldgrid-inspirations-plugin-product-guide\/how-to-use-the-boldgrid-connect-search\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the BoldGrid Connect Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every website needs images&mdash; but not every website owner is a master photographer. That&rsquo;s why we created <\/span><b>BoldGrid Connect Search<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It gives you access to millions of free and affordable paid images directly through your WordPress Media Library. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-access-boldgrid-connect-search\"><b>How to Access BoldGrid Connect Search<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two primary places to access BoldGrid Connect Search&mdash; from the Dashboard&rsquo;s Media Menu or from the Add Media button in the Editor. To access it from the Dashboard, follow these steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log into the WordPress Dashboard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on <\/span><b>Media<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> menu item<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigate to the <\/span><b>BoldGrid Connect Search <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tab <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"searching-for-free-and-paid-stock-images\"><b>Searching for Free and Paid Stock Images<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two types of images that you can find using BoldGrid Connect Search&mdash; <\/span><b>Free <\/b><a href=\"\/support\/boldgrid-inspirations-plugin-product-guide\/understanding-the-attribution-options-in-boldgrid-connect-search\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creative Commons Attribution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> images and Licensed images that you can <\/span><a href=\"\/support\/boldgrid-inspirations-plugin-product-guide\/understanding-how-to-use-boldgrid-coins\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">purchase using BoldGrid Connect Coins.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To see both types of images, leave <\/span><b>Attribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> checked under <\/span><b>License Filter<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To only see licensed, or paid images, un-check the <\/span><b>Attribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter a search term for the image you&rsquo;re looking for, in the following example, we&rsquo;ve searched for a <\/span><b>Kitten.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/connect-search-kitten-1024x512.png\" alt=\"Searching for Stock Images\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/connect-search-kitten-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/connect-search-kitten-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/connect-search-kitten-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/connect-search-kitten-250x125.png 250w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/connect-search-kitten-550x275.png 550w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/connect-search-kitten-800x400.png 800w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/connect-search-kitten-360x180.png 360w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/connect-search-kitten-600x300.png 600w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/connect-search-kitten-1001x500.png 1001w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/connect-search-kitten.png 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free images are denoted with a <\/span><b>Globe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> icon beneath then, licensed images are denoted with a <\/span><b>BoldGrid logo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose the image that fits your needs, and then choose the appropriate size.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Size Previews <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are shown as a blue square overlay to assist you in choosing the correct resolution.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Larger images will have higher resolution quality, but keep in mind that you should use the smallest image to fit your needs, optimizing page load speeds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Download. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The image is now available in your <\/span><b>Media Library.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the image you chose was a <\/span><b>Licensed Image,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it will be displayed with a <\/span><b>watermark<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> until you <\/span><a href=\"\/support\/boldgrid-inspirations-plugin-product-guide\/understanding-how-to-use-boldgrid-coins\/\"><b>purchase it with BoldGrid Connect Coins.<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"whats-next\"><b>What&rsquo;s Next?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations! You now know how to search for the perfect image using <\/span><b>BoldGrid Connect Search.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every website needs images&mdash; but not every website owner is a master photographer. That&rsquo;s why we created BoldGrid Connect Search. It gives you access to millions of free and affordable paid images directly through your WordPress Media Library. How to Access BoldGrid Connect Search There are two primary places to access BoldGrid Connect Search&mdash; from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boldgrid-inspirations-plugin-product-guide"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13724"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36660,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13724\/revisions\/36660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}