Problems with new version

Just noticed, that thumbnails disappeared from everywhere except posts.

Some screenshots:
https://40.media.tumblr.com/a63b99751d9e8b65c968114b16a77931/tumblr_ns7jpuzW2a1u2tf5go2_1280.png

https://41.media.tumblr.com/dfc0ecb711d1b79f6f7e9384290c713b/tumblr_ns7jpuzW2a1u2tf5go1_1280.png

https://40.media.tumblr.com/aa7f99335969aff4f23f6d5288426a78/tumblr_ns7jpuzW2a1u2tf5go3_1280.png

Now I am using the previous version of the plugin. If it will be necessary, I can install the latest version.

i’m having the same problem, using unmodified theme “baskerville” https://www.ads-software.com/themes/baskerville/

with previous verison i had the problem of featured images actually being resized to 9999px height though this should make them dynamically resize, after the update all those featured images “disappeared”.

well they didn’t really – as you explained – you’re using a transparent placeholder now, but from what i see the problem now is this placeholder being 1x1px..

<img width="1" height="1" alt="NelioEFI's Placeholder" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" src="https://holzer-wein.at/wp-content/uploads/nelioefi-placeholder.png?id=617" style="background: transparent url(&quot;https://lh3.ggpht.com/-UB23MTYWKkw/VQrerNEgW5I/AAAAAAAAA9M/uIAPaBpDG1U/w720/Grean_Hopfeld.jpg&quot;) no-repeat scroll center center / cover ;">

thankful for any hints..

AFTER THE UPDATE, MY WEB DONT SHOW FEATURED IMAGES!! I NEED SUPPORT

Hi guys!

I’ve updated a new version (1.3.1) which, I believe, fixes the issues this new version introduced.

@livsy, can you please tell me which theme you’re using? It’d be great if you could send me a copy of the theme, along with your configuration, so that I can test things locally.

@markusk, you were absolutely right! The transparent placeholder didn’t have some relevant metainformation and, as a result, the resulting size was just 1x1px. Version 1.3.1 solves that issue, now.

@kalanikochs, I already answered you in your own thread. Your issue should be fixed too.

I’m sorry for the inconveniences this update might have caused you! I completely changed how the plugin works and… well, there were some corner cases I wasn’t expecting ?? Luckily, you could always revert to the previous version ??

Let me know how it works now!

thanks david, looks good – or better at least ??

i had to de/reactivate the plugin to get it working fwiw..

one thing – with a width of 500px in my layout i seem to get a fixed height of 375 now.. i assume it’s because your placeholder got a certain fixed AR?

but i would hope to get the original, uncropped aspect ratio of the image, so if it was 5:8 (portrait) it should be just like that. the same for very narrow images, right now they get upscaled to fill the 375px height (and cropped at the sides).. fwiw, it works with local featured images (again, theme baskerville)

any chance this could work with your current approach?

Hi markusk,

I’m glad to know that things work better, now.

Regarding the aspect ratio issue, you’re absolutely right. This is how things work right now:

1. You define an external featured image
2. NelioEFI assigns a regular WordPress featured image to your post, which is an image whose aspect ratio is 4:3, I think.
3. The regular WordPress featured image is the one that establishes the final size of the image. It’s a transparent “placeholder”.
4. The actual external featured image (the one we set in 1) is then added, using JavaScript, to the regular WordPress feat. image using the background CSS property.
5. Since the actual external feat. image and the regular WordPress feat. image have (too) different aspect ratios, the resulting effect is not as good as it could be.

A possible solution would be to offer you a selector with a few options, where you can specify the “closest” aspect ratio of the external featured image (such as 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16).

As soon as I have some more spare time, I will address this and publish a new version.

fully understand the complicated matter of this ?? – it’s great to have it working that far anyways, looking forward to any improvement.. will instruct my teammates to use local images for now if they got portrait or exotic ARs..

thanks, markus.

Hi David! Can I send it to customers AT neliosoftware DOT com?

I made some changes in fuctions.php of this theme: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/integration-in-wp-user-frontend-plugin?replies=8

Thanks!

Hi Livsy!

Yes, please, send the theme to that address ??

Just did it ??

Hi Livsy,

Thank you very much for sharing your theme. It’s been a complicated week; I wanted to improve the plugin and, in the end, a lot of issues appeared. Hopefully, the newest version (which is much more powerful than I originally intended) should fix them all!

Please, try installing version 1.3.2 and verify it actually works. In order to do that, go to Media ? NelioEFI and click on “Regenerate EFI Attachments” right after you’ve installed it. This will create virtual attachments for all the posts that use an external featured images, which is necessary for making them visible in your frontend.

Needless to say, you should backup your database and your wp-content/uploads folder before trying out new plugins.

Let me know if this solved your issues!

Best,

Hi David!

It was a long procedure, ~900 posts with thumbnail made by your plugin. Worth it!

Everything is working perfectly now!

Nelio EFI is one of the most interesting and useful plugins for WordPress. And Nelio support is the best!

Thank you, David!

Too early for celebration…
After making a post plugin stopped working properly. Page loading speed is about one minute. I deactivated a plugin and activated it after that. Site is working fine now, but after making a post all thumbnails become broken.

Maybe it is better for me to use the previous version?