Featured image will not resize

  • Hello,

    No matter what I try my featured images just will not resize to the size that I want. The default setting buried somewhere in WPs code is preventing me from having featured image sizes of anything other that 1080×675 which is absolutely ridiculous. In the post page I have selected the featured image, selected the size that I want it in the “edit image” section, saved it yet when I preview the page n the front end, I just end up with the same image stretched up to the same 1080×675 size leaving a huge, pixellated mess.

    I have installed two plugins: “simple image sizes” which was impossible to use and didn’t work and “quick featured images” which also didn’t work at all and was about as intuitive as a space shuttle control panel.

    Is there ANY way that WP can be forced into corresponding the image size that it displays with what the user selects in the back end? There is clearly something overriding the base controls in the back end which to me is absolutely stupid. I have been messing around now with this for over four hours and am absolutely at my wits’ end.

    Many, many, many, many, many, many MANY thanks to anybody who can help shed some light on this.

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  • Usually with themes, featured images are set to sizes defined by the theme. If this is the case then you won’t be able to change the requested image size without modifying the theme code itself. The best solution may be to simply contact the theme authors and see what they suggest.

    unfortunately images come in different sizes. You can add different size images using the add_image_size function in the functions.php. You will still have to tell wordpress which size image you want to use. WordPress will not change from image size to image size trying to figure out what best. WordPress will not generate new images for images that you have already uploaded. There is a plugin called regenerate thumbnails that will do that for you. You would have to do all of this in a child theme so it would take a little bit of coding.

    You could use CSS styles to try to help. But, if you use cover for the image size there a good chance it will be cropped. There is a plugin called Manual image crop which will allow you to crop the image when you upload it in wordpress. It will allow you to choose how you want the image to be cropped.

    The only other option would be to manually edit your images before uploading so they will fit. There are lots of free image editors like gimp that can help you with that.

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