Should I use a canonical URL for images uploaded to a blog post in Wordpress?

[Easigrass]

Hi, I have a wordpress website that has articles/news posts witch contain imagery. I've noticed that in the Media Library, when you upload an image to a blog post it generates a new permalink ...article-name/article-image-01.jpg

I have Yoast SEO plugin and have the option to set a canonical URL for this image. Should I point it back to the actual article?

Thanks for any helpers with this.

[Alick300]

Hi Alex,

Google doesn't use rel=canonical for images so my answer is no.

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-rel-canonical-for-images-nope-22549.html

Hope this helps.

Thanks

[Easigrass]

Thats great thanks for the help