Featured Image

  • I have been reading through this thread and all of this is new to me. I switched my theme over to Sela and I noticed that all of my featured images are cut into my the post title.

    1. Is this the design of the theme? It seems from one of the threads that this is intentional, but I am not sure

    2. What is the optimal size for the featured images? Some of mine are right justifed and have a grey area to the right, while others are too tall etc.

    I really don’t want to mess with code right now since I am so new to this, but I do like the featured images showing up. I think it adds to the post as people scroll.

    here is one of the examples: teamgreen.rocks/diy-fall-handprint-footprint-art-september/

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  • Hi @@kmbrlygrn22,

    For image sizes:

    4.The featured image on the front page and on pages works best with images at least 1180 wide.

    5. Featured Images for posts should be at least 820 wide by 312.

    https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/sela/

    If you have recently switched themes, you might need to use a plugin to regenerate the featured images to adjust how they have been resized.

    The way featured images “cut into” the post title is an intentional design decision.

    If you would like to change this behaviour, or remove the grey background, or center smaller images, please let me know, and I can provide you with css to change it.

    Thanks ??

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by Gary Barrett.
    Thread Starter kmbrlygrn22

    (@kmbrlygrn22)

    Thank you so much. I dont want to mess with CSS. I will try a plug in. Would the jetpack plugin do the trick? I thought I saw someone mention that it has a but in adjuster (photon?)

    If the images you’ve set as featured images aren’t the recommended sizes, I don’t think Photon will make a difference.

    Hi @kmbrlygrn22,

    It looks like your image for this post is large enough. When I view the original media file, it’s 1024 x 576 which is larger than the minimum requirement for featured post images.

    I’d also recommend regenerating the featured images as gary-barrett mentioned earlier. If that doesn’t work, could you double check your Settings > Media area to ensure that your largest size is at least 820px? (Set it to 1180px or more if you might want to use the large featured image on the front page later.)

    Here is what the default settings look like:

    If the largest setting you have is smaller than the 820 minimum, increase the size there, then regenerate the thumbnails again.

    Thread Starter kmbrlygrn22

    (@kmbrlygrn22)

    thank you the plugin fixed the problem! Is this something I need to leave activated once fixed?

    You’re welcome.

    You can disable the plugin once you regenerate the images.

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