Different size images being shown?

Hi @cconstantine,

Thanks for choosing Hestia!

Please delete that image from your media library, then upload it again and check if the issue persists.

Thank you!

It does, I did that multiple times.

While watching the Sept uploads directory via SFTP client, I click in the post editing screen to set a featured image, then I drop my image, it uploads… and already at that point, I have that “new” (i’ve not seen it created before install Hestia) image size.

I’m not sure it’s Hestia… I’m just trying to avoid flipping back to my previous template (live site) just to see if removing hestia makes it go away..

Any idea/thougths on how WP decides what alternate sizes to create automagically?

THANKS for helping me fish for a solution!

• This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by cconstantine.

Hey @cconstantine,

Thanks for reaching out!

In Hestia all the featured images are by default set to 360×240 format, so all the future posts that you will create using it will have the same format.

But, you can use the custom code to change the featured image size on the blog archive page to the square format. So, Please add the code that is provided below at the end of the functions.php file in your theme folder.

You can find the code here: Custom code, just don’t forget to change the dimensions according to your desired needs. (In this code it is 187 on 225 but in your case, you can change it to, 240 on 240). After setting the image size, install the Regenerate thumbnails plugin to regenerate all the thumbnail images according to this format.

I hope it helps and please let us know if it is solved or not.

Thank you and have a great day!

I used the regen thumbs plugin so now it’s consistently using the 360×240 size.

It all just seems weird; effectively my square images are never used anywhere. Featured images are only shown in a post’s header and they’re cropped to a wide-short shape… the thumbs are that aspect… v odd design choice, and I don’t feel like bending it with custom code (custom code doesn’t confuse me, it’s easy)

Hey @cconstantine,

The thumbnail images that you have on your website are changed to 360×240 because you have used the regenerate thumbnails plugin without using the code that I have provided to you. Without that code, the regenerate thumbnail plugin will regenerate all the thumbnail images to the default thumbnail size( which is 360×240) of the theme.

Could you try the method that I have suggested above and check if the thumbnail size is changed to your needs?

Also, the changes that you will make by adding the code will most likely be removed with the next theme update as all the themes usually erase any customizations you’ve made to them when they’re updated. That’s why child themes are recommended if you want to make some changes to the parent theme without the fear of losing them on the next update. Child themes enable you to keep your customizations separate from your base theme and intact after updates.

You can check the documentation here for the Hestia Child theme.

Let us know if you have some other questions.
Thank you and have a great day!

I’ve decided to leave Hestia as it is. I’ve regenerated thumbs for all my existing images.