Gifs working on one Theme but not the other

  • I’m currently trying to insert a .gif file in my website (link given) which fails to show when publishing. I have tried the “change to full-size” trick but the gif still does not show — just the black line shown at the bottom of the page. I tested to see if the .gif file was corrupt, so I uploaded it on another site I use with WordPress, and it worked fine. So this leads me to believe it is an issue with the theme I’m using (Minimal Portfolio)

    Some additional information, the thumbnail is not even shown in my media library whereas for the working theme the .gif thumbnail does show. Any help would be great.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • You’re right, .gif images should work perfectly fine with WordPress.

    I created a new test install of WordPress to confirm, and like your second site, gif images were loading there and displaying as expected. To confirm, as long as you use the “full” size settings, GIF images should load and display fine.

    I then opened up your /webdev/ page, and inserted the same gif image toward the bottom of the page, which seemed to load successfully. So, this suggests that there’s something happening to your GIF images as part of adding it to your site’s media library. Or perhaps, the result of something your theme is doing to the images before generating the page.

    Is your WordPress site using any image compression or optimization plugins? Have you tested with a GIF image URL, say, from GIPHY, to confirm it’s not a server/theme/plugin incompatibility with GIF images?

    Here’s a screenshare video of this walkthrough and review:

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