Cookbook › Images
Upload an image from your device
Paste into ChatGPT or ClaudeUpload this exact original to my media library, titled “Summer garden”, with the alt text “Flowers beside a garden path”. Don’t redraw it or create a post. Check the saved image.
Creates a draft. Standard and Trusted do this on their own; Read only can’t.
What happens
Section titled “What happens”- In ChatGPT, attach the image. Your assistant uploads the original file with
upload_image_fileand checks it arrived unchanged. - In Claude, your assistant gives you your site’s WordPress upload page with
request_upload. Choose the file there and say when it’s done. - Your assistant finds the saved image and checks its title and alt text.
Try also
Section titled “Try also”- “…and set it as the featured image of my spring post.”
Good to know
Section titled “Good to know”- JPEG, PNG, GIF or WebP, up to 5 MB. For SVG, see Add an SVG logo or icon.
- Retrying the same upload doesn’t create a second copy.
- Claude can’t pass attachments on to other apps yet, which is why it uses the upload page.