# Credit your photos and videos

A photo or video credit names its author. This article teaches you how to write it on the media, display it under a photo and list all your credits on a page.

## Before you start

- The credit is written on the media in your media library. You write it once and it follows the photo wherever you place it.
- A credit only appears where you place it: under a photo or on a page with the **Media credits** block.
- The credit and the alt text are part of your site’s export.

## Write a media file’s credit

1. In the admin menu, open **Media** then **Media library**. Click a media file.
2. At the bottom of the details, fill in **Credit** with the name to credit: a photographer, an agency or a stock image bank.
3. Optional: fill in **Credit link** with the page the name should lead to, for example the photographer’s website.
4. Leave the field. The credit is saved.

![The credit fields of a photo imported from Pexels in the media library: Credit filled in with Liv Kao, Credit link to her Pexels profile, then the Pexels Source.](https://static.lovelyrender.com/uploads/2026/10/240-images-credit.png)

| Field | Content | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Credit** | The name to credit. | The name the file carries, if it carries one. Otherwise empty. |
| **Credit link** | A web address that starts with `https://`. Any other value is not kept. | Empty |
| **Source** | Shown for a media file imported from Pexels, linked to its page on Pexels. It cannot be edited. | None |

The same fields are found under the description on a media file’s screen, opened with **Show more details**. Click **Update** to save them. Emptying a field removes the credit.

## Reuse the photographer’s signature

Professional photographers write their name and a copyright notice in their files. When you upload a JPEG or TIFF photo, your site fills in **Credit** with the author’s name or, if it is missing, with the copyright notice.

This filling happens only at upload and only if the field is empty. A credit you edited or erased is never rewritten.

**Note:** A screenshot, an image exported from an online tool or a photo that went through a messaging app has often lost this information. Fill in the credit by hand then.

A media file imported from Pexels arrives credited: its author’s name, the link to their profile and Pexels as the source. [Find a photo on Pexels](https://lovelyrender.com/documentation/find-pexels-photo/) describes the import.

## Display the credit under a photo

1. In the Media block, place the cursor in a paragraph or heading of its caption.
2. In the toolbar, click **Data**.
3. In the **Value** list, choose **Credit**. The editor shows `{media_credit}`.
4. Optional: write “Photo:” in **Before the value**. This text only appears if the media file has a credit.

Your site displays the credited name of that media file. If you replace the photo, the caption cites the author of the new one. A media file with no credit shows nothing. If the caption contained only the credit, it disappears.

The **Credit** data is only offered in a Media block’s caption. The name is shown without a link, because the caption can sit in a block that is already clickable.

## List all the credits on a page

1. Open the page that should show the credits, for example a “Credits” page or your legal notice.
2. Add the **Media credits** block. [Add a block](https://lovelyrender.com/documentation/add-block/) details the insertion.
3. Save the page. The block lists all the credits in your media library.

![The Photo credits page of Clos Vermeil in the editor: a heading, a sentence of thanks, then the list of photographers in alphabetical order, Grape Things and Liv Kao followed by on Pexels.](https://static.lovelyrender.com/uploads/2026/10/884-doc-design-credits.png)

- The block shows one row per credited name. Forty photos from the same studio make a single row.
- The name is a link when one of its media files has a **Credit link**.
- When a name’s media files come from Pexels, the name is followed by **on Pexels**, with a link to the site.
- Names are sorted in alphabetical order.

The list updates each time the page is displayed. A credit you add appears and a credit you empty disappears. As long as no media file carries a credit, the block shows nothing on the site. The editor shows a message instead.

**Warning:** The block lists the whole media library, not only the media files displayed on your pages. To remove a credit from the list, delete its media file or empty its **Credit** field.

### Format the list

| Setting | Effect | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tab **Settings**, panel **List display** | The bullet of each row: none, disc, circle, square, numbers, letters or Roman numerals. | The browser’s bullet |
| The block’s **Styles** tab | The typography, colors, borders and margins of the list. | Inherited from the page |
| Block **Credited name** | The style of each name, at rest, on hover and on focus. You set it once for the whole list. | The look of your links |

To select the **Credited name** block, click any name in the list.

## Know when to credit

- Some licenses require the credit, for example the Creative Commons “BY” license. A contract with a photographer may provide for it.
- Pexels’s license does not require a credit. The block remains useful as a courtesy to photographers.
- The credit does not replace the alt text. The alt text describes the image and the credit names its author.

## See also

- [Upload your photos and videos](https://lovelyrender.com/documentation/upload-photos-videos/)
- [Find a photo on Pexels](https://lovelyrender.com/documentation/find-pexels-photo/)
- [Write a legal document](https://lovelyrender.com/documentation/write-legal-document/)