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Add a cover photo to your public profile

Your cover photo is the wide banner at the top of your public teacher profile. Upload one, pick a free Unsplash photo, or design one in a few seconds. The picker shows the same crop your visitors will see.

Last updated Sep 22, 2026

Open the cover picker

In your dashboard, open Public Site → Public profile. You can also search for Public profile in the command palette. The Photo & cover card shows your cover and photo together, the way visitors see them. Click Add cover in the top-right corner of the banner. Once you have a cover, the same button reads Edit cover, and the trash icon next to it removes the cover.

The Photo and cover card on the Profile page. It shows a green gradient banner with an Add cover button in the top-right corner, and the teacher's initials and name below it.
With no cover set, visitors see a gradient in your brand colors.

The picker is titled Profile cover photo. Its frame has the same wide 4:1 shape as the banner on your public profile, so anything you place in it is placed the same way on the live page.

The Profile cover photo dialog with Upload, Unsplash and Design tabs. The upload area is a wide dashed frame, and the recommended size is 1600 by 400.
The upload frame is banner-shaped, not a course-card shape.

Pick the right size

  • Best size: 1600 × 400 pixels (4:1). PNG, JPG or WebP. Under about 5 MB is best, but larger files are compressed for you before upload.
  • A different shape still works. The image is scaled to fill the banner and trimmed evenly from the center. A 1600 × 500 banner loses a thin strip from the top and bottom, and a square photo loses a lot more.
  • Keep text and faces in the top half. On your public profile, your photo sits over the middle of the banner's bottom edge, and that edge fades into the page.
  • On a phone the banner is shorter and narrower, so the left and right edges are trimmed more. Keep the important parts away from the far sides.

Three ways to get a cover

Upload: click the frame or drop a file on it. You can also paste a link to an image hosted elsewhere, and we copy it to our CDN when you save. Unsplash: search the free Unsplash library, and optionally put a title on the photo. Design: pick a gradient and type a title. Designs are drawn at the banner's 4:1 shape, so the text is never cropped off.

The Design tab. A wide purple gradient banner shows the teacher's name, with Title and Subtitle fields and twelve background colors to the right.
The Design tab starts with your name as the title. Change it to your academy name or a one-line promise.
Each tab replaces the image you are about to save. If you upload a file and then open the Design tab, the design replaces your upload. Choose your upload again before you click Use this cover.

Check it, then save

After an upload, the frame shows your image in the exact crop the banner will use. If a headline or a face is cut off here, it is cut off on your profile too. Fix the image and upload it again before you save.

The Profile cover photo dialog after a 1600 by 500 banner was uploaded. The whole banner is visible, including the academy name on the left and the chart panel on the right.
A 1600 × 500 banner. It loses only a thin strip at the top and bottom, and the academy name stays whole.

Click Use this cover. The banner appears on the Photo & cover card straight away, and your profile saves it a moment later. The bar at the bottom of the page says Saving, then disappears once the cover is stored.

The Photo and cover card with the new banner in place. The Add cover button now reads Edit cover, with a trash button beside it.
The cover in place on the Photo & cover card.

What visitors see

Click View public profile at the top of the page to see the live version. Your photo is centered over the lower part of the banner, which is why text and faces should stay in the top half.

The public teacher profile. The uploaded banner runs across the top of the card, the teacher's photo is centered over its lower edge, and the name and a Send a message button are below.
The same banner on the public profile.
What size should my profile cover photo be?
1600 × 400 pixels, which is a 4:1 ratio. Other sizes are scaled to fill the banner and trimmed from the center, so the closer you are to 4:1, the less is trimmed.
Why is my cover photo cropped?
The banner is much wider than it is tall. An image of any other shape has to be trimmed to fill it. The picker shows you that trim before you save, so you can pick or edit an image that fits.
Can I use my YouTube or LinkedIn banner?
Yes. Those banners are wide too, and they fit well. Upload the file as it is and check the preview before you save. Keep anything important out of the bottom half, because your photo covers that area.

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