Use cover images for work items and board cards in Jira Cloud

Summary

Covers can be used to make work items stand out on the board view in both company- and team-managed Software and Business projects in Jira.

Solution

Cover images in Jira spaces

First, ensure that your board view settings will display cover images once they've been added:

1. Visit your Active sprints view (for Scrum boards) or the Kanban board view (for Kanban boards)

2. Select View settings and toggle ‘Card cover’ on

Next, add a cover image to your work item:

1. From the board view click More options (...) on one of your work items

2. In the Select cover popup, select any color, gradient, photo by Unsplash, or image attachment