Why Images or Videos in Blogger Posts Are Broken or Not Showing

If you use Blogger with a default Blogger domain, you automatically get access to various features provided by Blogger, including its built-in system for storing and displaying images and videos in your posts.

However, you may have experienced a situation where images or videos that previously displayed normally suddenly become broken, fail to load, or even disappear from a post.

So, why does this happen?

It turns out there are several reasons why images or videos in Blogger posts may no longer display properly, here are some possible causes.

If you move all your posts from an old blog to a new blog and then delete the old blog, the images or videos in those posts may also become inaccessible or stop displaying.

This can happen especially if the images or videos still use URLs or storage sources associated with the old blog.

In other words, moving a post to a new blog does not necessarily mean that all the media files in that post are also moved to the new storage location, only the post content may have been moved, while the image or video files still point to their original sources.

If the old blog is then deleted and those media files are no longer available, images or videos in posts that have been moved to the new blog may become broken or fail to load.

Besides the deletion of an old blog, images or videos may also stop displaying because their source files are no longer available.

However, it's important to understand that it is inaccurate to assume every image uploaded to Blogger has a specific expiration period, such as automatically expiring after five or six years.

If an image suddenly stops appearing after several years, you should investigate the cause first, there may have been changes to the file source, URL, storage structure, account, or other technical issues.

So, don't immediately assume that the image is no longer available simply because it has reached an expiration date.

The problem may also originate from the image file itself, when it was first uploaded, the image may have displayed normally, but if the file becomes corrupted or the original upload process did not complete properly, the image may eventually encounter problems when loaded again.

The same can also happen with videos, especially if the files use certain formats or have other characteristics that prevent them from being processed or displayed correctly.

Therefore, if an image suddenly becomes broken, it is worth uploading the same file again to see whether the problem actually originates from the file itself.

Another possibility is that the problem comes from the browser you are using, if JavaScript is disabled, some elements on Blogger pages may not function or display as expected.

Many websites use JavaScript to run various interactive features and dynamic elements.

So, if images, videos, or other elements on a page do not work properly, make sure JavaScript is enabled in your browser.

However, keep in mind that JavaScript is not the only factor that determines whether an image can be displayed, if the image file itself is no longer available, enabling JavaScript will not make the missing file reappear.

Those are some of the reasons why images or videos in Blogger posts may become broken or stop displaying properly.

If you frequently move posts from one blog to another, you should also check the image and video sources used in those posts, you don't want to delete your old blog only to discover later that the media used in posts on your new blog has also become inaccessible.

Before deleting an old blog, make sure that all images, videos, and other important files still used by your new blog are safe and remain accessible.