Uploading Images

Methods for getting images to your site

The majority of the images for your site will be product images, which will be handled either through the product editing page or the additional images feature.

But you may also have images on your home page or perhaps on other pages. How can you get these images to your site so that you can reference their URLs when editing a page?

Most developers will use an FTP program to transfer images from their computer to their host. If you are not familiar with FTP, there is another easier method provided by cPanel’s File Manager Tool.

Steps are as follows:

  1. Login to cPanel and open File Manager

File Manager

  1. In File Manager, open the directory for your store. This will correspond to the DIR_FS_CATALOG folder specified in your includes/configure.php file. Typically it will start with public_html.

  2. You are now at the top level of your cart. Open the folder images/.

  3. On the left side of File Manager, press the “Upload” button. This will open a new browser tab.

File Manager Upload button

  1. Drag and drop your image or use the file selection dialog. Select your image.

File Manager Upload page

Once the image has uploaded, press the “Go Back” link at the bottom of the screen. You may upload more images if you need to.



Still have questions? Use the Search box in the upper right, or try the full list of FAQs. If you can't find it there, head over to the Zen Cart support forum and ask there in the appropriate subforum. In your post, please include your Zen Cart and PHP versions, and a link to your site.

Is there an error or omission on this page? Please post to General Questions on the support forum. Or, if you'd like to open a pull request, just review the guidelines and get started. You can even PR right here.
Last modified March 30, 2026 by Scott Wilson (377c362d).