Stock Photos

Machined can automatically find stock photos for your featured images using Pexels and Unsplash. Stock photos are free on all plans and no API keys are required.

Automatic image selection

You can enable automatic stock photo selection for featured images. Select Pexels or Unsplash in the Featured Images dropdown on your cluster. Each time an article is written in this cluster, Machined will search for a relevant photo based on the article's keyword and topic.

Auto-selection of featured images only runs on articles that don't already have a featured image.

Manual image selection

You can also manually search and choose specific photos. Open the featured image popup for the article in question and navigate to the Pexels or Unsplash tab. Search for images and select the one you want to use.

Attribution

Pexels and Unsplash require attribution for their images. Machined automatically adds the appropriate attribution when you use stock photos, so you don't need to manage this yourself.

Image storage

Machined does not remove existing images when you select new ones, so you can always go back to a previously selected image. You can see all images for an article by opening the Featured Images popup.

Machined will store images for up to 3 months, at which point they will be permanently delete