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The picture of the day is an image which is dynamically updated each day with an image from Wikipedia:Featured pictures.

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Picture of the day

A close-up of the head of a blow-fly. The name blow-fly comes from an older English term for meat that had eggs laid on it, which was said to be fly blown. The first association of the term “blow” with flies was used by William Shakespeare in his plays Loves Labours Lost, The Tempest, and Antony and Cleopatra. Blow-flies are usually the first insects to come in contact with carrion because they have the ability to smell death from up to ten miles (16 km) away. Photo credit: Richard Bartz Archive – More featured pictures...

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Guidelines

1. The picture must already be a featured picture. To nominate a picture for that honor see featured picture candidates.
2. Featured images are currently selected in the order they were promoted (i.e. a rough First In, First Out order). See the featured pictures candidates archive for this order.

See also: Guidelines for writing Picture of the day captions

Including the POTD on your user page

You can insert the image on your user page or talk page by adding the text {{Pic of the day}} (this version is shown above). It will be displayed in a box of no more than 600 pixels wide, and will include a small amount of text based on the article in which the image appears. A no-text version is also available via {{POTD}}.

It is also possible to create your own custom POTD layouts, in case the already-existing versions will not look good within your user page design. Mix and match the following components to make your own. This system will only work for Pictures of the day selected beginning January 1, 2007. Be sure to replace [date] with an appropriate date value. For a dynamically updating version, use {{#time:Y-m-d}} (example: {{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|image}}).

There are two additional pre-defined layouts

• {{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|column}}: This has the image and caption above each other with no borders. Used on some of the Main Page alternatives and suitable for user pages as well.
• {{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|row}}: This has the image and caption encapsulated in (usually) a single table row. This is the version used on the Main Page.

It is also possible to permanently feature a POTD for a selected day. Just add a specific value for the date you want. For example, today's POTD is {{POTD/2008-12-03|image}}. Likewise, you can use date parameters with the other templates as well. If you like the pre-made formats, you can use date parameters there as well, like this: {{Pic of the day|date=2008-12-03}} or {{POTD|date=2008-12-03}}. Again, this system will only work for Pictures of the day selected beginning January 1, 2007.

As a Userbox

Code	Result	Users
{{User:CFeyecare/templates/POTD}}	This user enjoys the Picture of The Day.¤	Transclusions

POTD thumb

When you want to display the POTD like an ordinary thumbnail, similar to {{POTD Commons}}, you can use {{POTD wikipedia}}. For instance, if you want a thumbnailed version, floated right, you can use : {{Template:POTD wikipedia|float=right|title=yes|thumb=yes}}.

Older Pictures of the day

If you want to permanently include a Picture of the day that was selected between November 1, 2004 and December 31, 2006, use the following: {{Wikipedia:Picture of the day/[month] [day], [year]}} or {{Wikipedia:POTD/[month] [day], [year]}}. For example, {{Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 31, 2006}}.

PsOTD selected from May 2004 through October 2004 are only accessible in month-at-a-time archives and can only be placed on user pages by using standard image syntax.

Commons:Picture of the day

Commons picture of the day

Some European Larches (Larix decidua) at dusk on the Siusi alp, South Tyrol, Italy near the Sassolungo range.

Information about inserting the Commons POTD on your user page or talk page can be found on Template:POTD commons.