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title: Unsplash
description: "Unsplash is a royalty-free photo library. You must provide your own Unsplash **Access Key**. **Pro.** This bank is locked on the Free plan (Pro badge on Source). Source badge: **Photos**. **Gutenberg:** yes. Enable it as a search tab on **Magic…"
url: "https://magic-post-thumbnail.com/docs/unsplash/"
updated: "2026-08-16"
category: Image Databases
---

# Unsplash

Unsplash is a royalty-free photo library. You must provide your own Unsplash **Access Key**.

**Pro.** This bank is locked on the Free plan (Pro badge on Source).

Source badge: **Photos**.

**Gutenberg:** yes. Enable it as a search tab on **Magic Post Thumbnail → Gutenberg Block**. API keys and filters stay on Source.

## Open the bank in Source

In version 7, banks are configured from **Magic Post Thumbnail → Source**. Click the bank in the left column (or tick it to add it to the chain), then click **Configure**. The **Banks Settings** panel opens on the right. Save when you are done.

The left column is the **Automatic generation chain** used by the editor button, bulk generation, cron and imports. Drag to set priority: the first bank is tried first. Unchecked banks sit below the chain.

![Unsplash bank settings](https://magic-post-thumbnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/panel-unsplash.png)

## Get an Access Key

1. Register at [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/join).
2. Create an application on the [Unsplash developers / OAuth applications](https://unsplash.com/oauth/applications) page.
3. Copy the **Access Key** (not the Secret) into the Source panel.
4. Click **API testing**, then Save.

## Options

- **Access Key** — required.
- **Choose the language** — Czech, Danish, German, English (default), Spanish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Finnish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, Bulgarian, Russian, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Chinese.