When you need free public domain and CCO-Licensed images for your blog, you may not know where to turn. Fortunately, when you use WordPress, it’s easy to incorporate high quality images that will help boost engagement on your website.

By checking out these 10 sources for CCO-Licensed and free public domain images, you can easily get what you need to make your website great. When you need to use copyrighted images, you should have a resource that gives you high quality images at no charge. High quality royalty-free images from stock photo sites are expensive.

CCO licenses allow copyright owners to release their works without restriction. Public domain works are either expired CCO licenses, or work originally released with no restrictions.

Now, anyone can use these public domain or CCO-License images for their blogs, websites, or otherwise. When you need images for your website, take a look at these 10 resources to get what you need.
<h2><a href="https://unsplash.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Unsplash</a></h2>
Start with Unsplash, a popular spot for high quality photos that are CCO licensed. It’s a highly used site because it releases 10 new photos every 10 days, and you can search for the images you need whether the theme is business, nature, restaurants, etc.
<h2><a href="http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Public Domain Pictures</a></h2>
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Go straight to the source by checking out Public Domain Pictures. It’s a site offering free high quality images for your website, including graphics and vectors that can be downloaded. Check out the different categories and browse through until you find the perfect one for your site.
<h2><a href="https://pixabay.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Pixabay</a></h2>
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If you’re looking for a site that is always updating their collection, you’ll love working with Pixabay. They have a huge variety of free images and they update regularly to offer images that haven’t been used online as much.
<h2><a href="http://publicdomainarchive.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Public Domain Archive</a></h2>
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This is similar to Public Domain Pictures. Check it out for a huge collection of public domain photos that are easy to browse and offer a search feature. You’ll love the amazing organization and categories feature.
<h2><a href="http://littlevisuals.co/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Little Visuals</a></h2>
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This website is easy to remember for the great name and it offers some really beautiful options for your needs. Check out their hundreds of high resolution photos that are perfect for your website. Search to find images that make sense for your needs.
<h2><a href="http://nos.twnsnd.co/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">New Old Stock</a></h2>
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New Old Stock is a site that offers something unique; vintage photographs only. It will be easy to remember when you need to update your vintage photo collection.
<h2><a href="http://pickupimage.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Pickup Image</a></h2>
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Check out Pickup Image if you need another great option offering a huge selection. Search by browsing or using tags.  They also offer graphics and clip art.
<h2><a href="http://www.splitshire.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SplitShire</a></h2>
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The SplitShire site is full of beautiful images under CCO license. It’s easy to browse with tags and view images in a mosaic fashion.
<h2><a href="http://magdeleine.co/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Magdeleine</a></h2>
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If you haven’t seen Magdeleine, this site is beautiful and fun. It’s an easy way to browse for your free photos and it offers both public domain and those that require attribution. You’ll have to be sure that the image you picked is marked “public domain” to be able to use it without attribution.
<h2><a href="http://libreshot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LibreShot</a></h2>
Lastly, check out LibreShot if you like the work of photographer Martin Vorel. These photos are released as public domain.

When you need CCO-licensed and free public domain images to make your website more complete, you need reliable sources to find them. You don’t have to pay for professional photography or take them yourself; simply check out one of these ten sites to get the photos you need from easy-to-search sources, free to use, and always updating for new possibilities for your vision. You’ll love having so much variety on your site and updating it with new pictures when you need a great new shot of nature or something vintage.