Images resizing when uploaded

  • Christina

    (@littlevictorian)


    10 years, 4 months ago

    I’m having a strange (to me) problem. I uploaded a logo (through FTP to the “images” folder) that’s perfectly clear locally, but on the site, it displays larger and blurry.

    I downloaded it back through the FTP client, and then even locally, it displays larger and blurry. Here is a side-by-side of the image I uploaded and then the same image, when downloaded back. So, it seems that somewhere WordPress is enlarging it?

    Any advice?

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  • Are you saying is that you upload it how it should look to your site, but when you download it from the site/server it is blurry?

    If that is the case (which I don’t understand), try uploading it somewhere other than the WordPress folders, and download it. Nothing should change, but if it does, then it is not a WordPress issue.

    If it is a WordPress issue, check the settings for uploading Media – it may be the cause.

    Thread Starter Christina

    (@littlevictorian)

    Yes, so I uploaded the image on the left. It should look that way on the site, but instead, it looks like the image on the right. The image on the right is the exact same image, that I downloaded back from the site.

    I don’t understand it either. It looks much better uploaded to Flickr, apparently that’s the way I’ll have to do it…which stinks.

    I didn’t think uploading media settings have anything to do with it since I’m doing it through FTP into the theme folder, but I’ll check it out.

    Thanks Quin.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Please don’t get into the habit of bumping your thread.
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    Yes, but I think WordPress is smart enough to identify files and folders within the Media folder (if that is where you are putting them), and thus, importing them into WordPress itself.

    That, or it could be that they are not saved in HD/Retina.

    Thread Starter Christina

    (@littlevictorian)

    They aren’t being uploaded into the media folder, just the theme’s images folder, so, it never gets imported into WordPress…meaning it’s not a WordPress issue! Dur. Thanks for walking me through that. ??

    Still at a loss since the image looks crystal clear locally. I’ll go back to Googling. Thanks again.

    Do you have a link to your site with the image in place? Uploading thru ftp does not change the image. Maybe it has something to do with your image format or the way you copied it from the original.

    Thread Starter Christina

    (@littlevictorian)

    I understand that uploading through FTP doesn’t change it. As for the formats, I’ve tried both PNG and JPG, save-for-web and standard and everything in between, all have given me the same issue. That’s why I linked to the screenshot.

    On the left is the image I uploaded, on the right is the exact image after being downloaded back through FTP, just minutes later, no changes being made.

    But again, it’s not a WP problem either, so it’s only a matter of time before a moderator gets grumpy. ??

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