---
title: Bing Images
description: "*Configuring Bing Images in Source* **Free. Photos.** Bing Images is the default automatic photo source in Magic Post Thumbnail 7. It searches Bing for pictures that match your **Search Based on** keywords. No API key is required. Google HTML scraping…"
url: "https://magic-post-thumbnail.com/docs/bing-images/"
updated: "2026-08-16"
category: Image Databases
---

# Bing Images

*Configuring Bing Images in Source*

**Free. Photos.** Bing Images is the default automatic photo source in Magic Post Thumbnail 7. It searches Bing for pictures that match your **Search Based on** keywords. No API key is required.

Google HTML scraping was removed in 7.0. Existing scraping settings are migrated to Bing automatically.

![Magic Post Thumbnail Source page with Bing Images selected — Automatic generation chain on the left, Banks Settings and Preview a search on the right](https://magic-post-thumbnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/source-layout-bing.png)

## Where to enable it

Open **Magic Post Thumbnail > Source**. In **Automatic generation chain**, check **Bing Images** (badge **Photos**) and drag it to set priority. Click **Configure** to edit filters. This chain is used by the editor button, bulk generation, cron and imports.

The Gutenberg block does **not** include Bing. Manual search tabs are photo banks chosen on the Gutenberg Block page (Openverse, Flickr, Pixabay, and Pro photo banks).

## Options

- **Choose the language** — Match the language of your titles or keywords. Default: English.
- **Specified color predominantly** — Experimental. Restricts results to a dominant color (Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Green, Pink, Purple, Teal, White, Yellow), or Default.
- **Rights** — License filter. A stricter license can reduce relevance. Options: Not filtered by license (default), Labeled for reuse with modification, Labeled for reuse, Labeled for noncommercial reuse with modification, Labeled for noncommercial reuse.
- **Image size** — Default, icon, medium, large, or a minimum size (More than 400x300 up to More than 10Mpx).
- **Image format** — Default, Portrait, Square, Landscape or Panoramic.
- **Image Type** — Default, Face, Photo, Clipart, Lineart, Animated.
- **Safety level** — Moderate (default), Active, or Off.
- **Restricted domains** (Pro) — One domain per line. Only these domains are used. Leave empty to disable.
- **Blacklisted domains** (Pro) — One domain per line. These domains are excluded from results.

 

## Preview and limits

Use **Preview a search** on Source to test filters without attaching an image to a post.

Heavy use in a short time can get your server temporarily blocked. Enable **Interval** under Automatic > Pre-Processing & Developer (for example 1 or 2 generations per minute). The plugin does not bill you; Bing may still rate-limit requests.