You know the drill. You've just written a solid post about productivity tips, marketing strategies, or whatever your blog covers. The content is ready. But you still need a hero image.
So you open Unsplash and start scrolling. Office desks with laptops. People pointing at whiteboards. Coffee cups next to notebooks. Download something that's close enough. Crop it. Upload it. Step back and realize it clashes with your brand colors.
Thirty minutes gone, and you're still not happy with it.
As of today, there's a better way.
What We Built
Xylo sites can now generate custom hero images using AI - designed specifically for your post, automatically using your brand colors and logo.
The whole process takes about 10 seconds:
Write your post (the hard part you're already doing)
Click Generate with AI in the Hero Image section
Choose your style:
Graphic - Modern, clean designs (perfect for tech, business, how-to content)
Photo - Photorealistic images (great for lifestyle, travel, storytelling)
Choose your dimensions:
16:9 - Standard widescreen (recommended for most blogs)
21:9 - Ultra-wide cinematic (dramatic desktop hero sections)
Click Generate
The AI creates a unique image using your site's actual branding - your logo placement, your color palette from Settings. Every generated image looks like it belongs on your site, not a generic template.
What This Actually Saves You
No more:
Scrolling through pages of stock photos hoping something fits
Worrying about licensing or attribution
Dealing with off-brand colors that don't match your site
Using the same generic laptop-and-coffee photo as everyone else
Instead:
Custom images that reflect your actual content
Brand-consistent visuals on every post
Unique graphics (not recycled stock photos)
More time writing, less time hunting for images
Real Examples
Say you're writing:
"10 Email Marketing Tips" → Generate a graphic-style image with email themes in your brand colors
"How We Grew to 10K Users" → Generate a photo-style image with growth/success vibes
"The Ultimate Guide to SEO" → Get branded visuals that don't look like every other SEO blog
Each generated image automatically saves to your media library, so you can reuse it or tweak it later.
The Limits (And Why They're Reasonable)
To keep costs sustainable:
Trial accounts: 5 images per day
Paid accounts: 100 images per site per month
If you're posting 2-4 times weekly, that's 8-16 hero images monthly - well under the limit. The rest of your 100 generations can go toward experimenting with styles or creating variations.
And you can always upload your own images if you prefer traditional sourcing.
Don't Like the First Result?
Click Regenerate and the AI creates a new variation instantly. Try different styles, switch aspect ratios, or generate a few options to pick from.
Or click Replace to choose from your media library instead - the AI is a tool, not a requirement.
Why This Actually Matters
Posts with hero images get more clicks and shares. That's not news.
What is news: you shouldn't need to budget 30 minutes per post just to find a decent header image.
AI-generated hero images solve the actual problem - you need something professional-looking and on-brand, without turning image selection into a research project every time you publish.
The feature is live now for all Xylo sites. Next time you're writing a post, skip the Unsplash rabbit hole and click Generate instead.
See what 10 seconds gets you.