iPhone photos are accepted
Upload them as they are. A photo taken at an angle straightens itself.
Your images and videos load fast on every screen
Upload your photos and videos straight from your phone. Your site makes them lighter and sends each screen the version it needs.
Free Pexels photos in the editor
Framing set for each screen
Videos hosted with no ads
Photographers credited
The eight photos on a wine estate’s page, on a phone
The same photo sent to every screen
2.2 MB
The version sent to the phone
164 KB
Measured on the 480-pixel-wide AVIF version, against the 1,600-pixel photos.
Your phone photos become light
Your site makes each photo lighter and prepares several sizes of it. It keeps your original file.
Your page doesn’t jump while loading
The text doesn’t move when the images arrive.
Your subject stays in frame on a phone
A landscape photo becomes a portrait photo on a phone. Choose the point to keep visible for each screen: a hand, a face or your product.
A photo can cover its whole frame or fit inside it in full.
You find free photos without leaving your page
Search for a Pexels photo or video (a free image library) from the block where it goes.
Filters to find things fast
Filter by orientation and by color.
The photographer credited
The photo arrives with its author’s name and the link to their work.
Your videos start at the right moment and weigh less
No video downloads before it reaches the screen or starts with sound.
Once, when it appears
A short shot plays when the visitor reaches it.
On a loop while it’s visible
A mood clip runs in the background, with a pause button to stop it.
On hovering over a card
A card’s video starts when the mouse passes over it.
In step with scrolling
The video moves forward and back as the visitor scrolls the page.
Your videos load faster
A two-minute Full HD video goes from 142 MB to 56 MB. It stays on your site, with no ads and no channel to open.
Your images and videos are understood by all your visitors
Give each image an alternative text. A screen reader reads it to blind people and Google uses it to understand the image. A decorative image is marked as such.
Add a video’s subtitles, its translation or its written description. Your visitor chooses them in the player.
The editor flags an image without alternative text and a video without subtitles. See Accessibility
Your photographers are credited on your site
The photographer’s name is taken from their files on upload. A Pexels photo arrives with its credit and its link.
Show the credit under a photo or on a Credits page. That page updates with every photo you add.
Can I use Pexels photos for my business?
Yes, free of charge and with no obligation to credit them. You can’t resell them as they are or make them your brand. Check that a person or a brand visible in the photo is not a problem for your use. Your own photos will always show your work better.
Do I need to resize my photos before uploading them?
No. Your site prepares the sizes and format your visitors need.
Will my photos and videos fill up my storage?
Yes, they count towards your plan’s storage, lighter versions included. A re-encoded video frees up space for you. Compare storage across plans
Is it better to host my video or put it on YouTube?
Both work. Keep a short presentation or mood video on your site. Put a channel or long videos on YouTube or Vimeo and embed them in your pages. They load without your visitors’ cookies. Lovely Render is not a video platform.
Will my videos start on their own with sound?
No. A video that starts on its own is muted and waits until it reaches the screen. A looping video keeps a pause button.
Can I show my menu or my brochure as a PDF in the page?
Yes, in a viewer placed in the page. Your visitor can always download it from their browser.
If I leave, do I keep my photos?
Yes. Your whole media library leaves in your site’s archive, with its credits. See how to take your site with you
Add your photos and videos with our guides
Every plan includes all these tools for your images and videos
Plans differ only in traffic and storage.