While you probably have millions of great photos to choose from, following these curation tips means more attention for your profile. And that’s a good thing.
OkCupid Profile “About Me” #5: Things I am not. Using emojis for the OkCupid profile prompt “Things I am not” is the perfect chance to reveal your sassy side. Emojis can be interpreted in many different ways, so describing yourself with them in your OkCupid profile will lead to follow-up questions in your chat. I have a photo that on my computer/facebook whatever it comes up as right side up. However when I upload to okc it goes in sideways. Is there a way to rotate it? On OkCupid, many of our photos are removed with help from our community Flagged Photo Reviewers (aka a jury of your peers). These are members of OkCupid who are active and in good standing and help decide whether a photo violates our rules or not.
The More, the Better
Our stats show that adding more photos means you’ll get more profile activity.
The More (Interesting), the Better
A classic portrait is great. But 6 classic portraits is too much. Vary it up and show off your lifestyle. Maybe that means a photo of you in the kitchen because you love to cook, or on a solo camping trip because it was on your bucket list--you get the picture, get it?!
Only Include You...And Potentially a Pet
Using photos with friends can take the spotlight off you, no matter how fun that group houseboat trip was. Pets, however, tend to up the number of likes and messages you receive.
Note though: photos of you and a pet together are great for your Profile Photos album, but photos of your pet alone should be uploaded only to an Essay.
Connect Your Instagram
It’s easy, and a great way to show off more of your personal flare. Scroll to the bottom of your profile on the app or desktop to link your account. Folks who connect Instagram to their profile get more messages than those who don’t.
Upload pics taken in the late afternoon.
This one’s a bit of a mystery, but data shows that it works. Users with photos taken in the late afternoon get more likes.
Caption your photos.
Adding a caption to your photo gives potential matches a little more context—not to mention a possible conversation starter: “You like to ferment kimchi, too? So cool!” Plus, captioning your photos ensures you’ll show up in OkCupid Discovery, so you can connect with people who are interested in the same things you are. Discovery helps you get noticed for the things you really care about.
Follow the rules
All photos need to follow our photo rules. Don't make us sad by uploading a bad photo. We don't want to have to delete it.
Uploading a photo:
To upload a photo to your Photos of You album, go to your profile, and click on the photo at the top of the page. Then choose which album you want to add a photo to by clicking on the album cover.
'Photos of you' pictures must be of yourself. See our full photo rules here.
If you click upload (or if you originally clicked the Add button from your profile) you'll be able to choose where the photo is: 'Facebook', 'My Computer', or 'Instagram'.
Once you select the photo, you can edit the thumbnail that will be visible. This does not crop the entire photo- if someone clicks on the thumbnail, they will see the full picture, so if you want to edit out something from the image, you'll need to do it before uploading.
Profile Essays
You can also upload photos to your Profile Essays. We have a bunch of prompts about all sorts of topics, and you can enter text or photos or both to answer the prompts.
This is a great place to show off your tattoos, pets, places you've travelled, etc. Photos in your essays do not have to be of you but they do have to be photos you have taken/ have copyright over. See our full photo rules here and read more about how to edit your essays here.
Reordering and Removing:
On the website
Go to the sidebar on the right side of the photo album page. You will see a 'remove' link next to each image, and you can reorder your photos by dragging the 3-horizontal lines up or down.
On the app
To upload a new photo on the app, tap the profile icon in the bottom navigation bar to go to your profile.
From there, tap your profile photo at the top of the page to open your Photos of You album.
Tapping the plus sign on that page will give you the option of selecting a photo from your phone’s library, or taking a new photo right then and there!
To change the order of your photos on the app, press and hold the photo, and then drag it to where you'd like it to be.
To delete photos on the app, press and hold the photo.
On the iOS app, you will see an ‘X’ on the bottom right of the photo. Tap the ‘X’ and confirm to delete.
On the Android app, you will see a trash can icon appear at the top of the page. Tap the icon to delete.
Photo Rules
Pictures must follow our photo rules. Please follow the rules! We’ll be sad if we have to delete your photos.
Frequently Asked QuestionsWhy won't my photo upload?
The minimum size for a photo is 400 x 400 px, so make sure the photo is large enough to be accepted. We don't have a way to resize photos built into OkCupid.
My photo uploaded sideways, what do I do?
Why Are My Pictures Sideways On Okcupid
Caption your photos.
Adding a caption to your photo gives potential matches a little more context—not to mention a possible conversation starter: “You like to ferment kimchi, too? So cool!” Plus, captioning your photos ensures you’ll show up in OkCupid Discovery, so you can connect with people who are interested in the same things you are. Discovery helps you get noticed for the things you really care about.
Follow the rules
All photos need to follow our photo rules. Don't make us sad by uploading a bad photo. We don't want to have to delete it.
Uploading a photo:
To upload a photo to your Photos of You album, go to your profile, and click on the photo at the top of the page. Then choose which album you want to add a photo to by clicking on the album cover.
'Photos of you' pictures must be of yourself. See our full photo rules here.
If you click upload (or if you originally clicked the Add button from your profile) you'll be able to choose where the photo is: 'Facebook', 'My Computer', or 'Instagram'.
Once you select the photo, you can edit the thumbnail that will be visible. This does not crop the entire photo- if someone clicks on the thumbnail, they will see the full picture, so if you want to edit out something from the image, you'll need to do it before uploading.
Profile Essays
You can also upload photos to your Profile Essays. We have a bunch of prompts about all sorts of topics, and you can enter text or photos or both to answer the prompts.
This is a great place to show off your tattoos, pets, places you've travelled, etc. Photos in your essays do not have to be of you but they do have to be photos you have taken/ have copyright over. See our full photo rules here and read more about how to edit your essays here.
Reordering and Removing:
On the website
Go to the sidebar on the right side of the photo album page. You will see a 'remove' link next to each image, and you can reorder your photos by dragging the 3-horizontal lines up or down.
On the app
To upload a new photo on the app, tap the profile icon in the bottom navigation bar to go to your profile.
From there, tap your profile photo at the top of the page to open your Photos of You album.
Tapping the plus sign on that page will give you the option of selecting a photo from your phone’s library, or taking a new photo right then and there!
To change the order of your photos on the app, press and hold the photo, and then drag it to where you'd like it to be.
To delete photos on the app, press and hold the photo.
On the iOS app, you will see an ‘X’ on the bottom right of the photo. Tap the ‘X’ and confirm to delete.
On the Android app, you will see a trash can icon appear at the top of the page. Tap the icon to delete.
Photo Rules
Pictures must follow our photo rules. Please follow the rules! We’ll be sad if we have to delete your photos.
Frequently Asked QuestionsWhy won't my photo upload?
The minimum size for a photo is 400 x 400 px, so make sure the photo is large enough to be accepted. We don't have a way to resize photos built into OkCupid.
My photo uploaded sideways, what do I do?
Why Are My Pictures Sideways On Okcupid
Okcupid Photos Blurry
If you’re on the app or desktop website, the photo should upload exactly as it’s saved on your device. You may want to check the original to make sure it’s saved the way you’d like it to be! There are some operating systems which will let you rotate the view of a photo without actually fully changing the photo itself, so the photo may show as rightside up on your device but then not on OkCupid.
If you’re uploading photos from the mobile website, you may experience a known issue in which some photos are being automatically rotated when they’re uploaded. Sorry about that! If you jump to the app or the full website, this shouldn’t happen.
There’s no way to rotate a photo once it’s uploaded to OkCupid, you'll have to reupload it.
