maxresdefault error

May I ask how, or where, this was fixed, and how I could possible select hqdefault? (Per https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/maxresdefault-problem/#post-16508010 )

I cannot find any option to choose hqdefault vs maxresdefault, and there is a large difference in size and effect. I do see code with both options in ytprefs.js in reference to Facade, and in youtube.php (line 2782).

The reason this is pretty important is that the maxresdefault image blows up the responsive layouts on mobile and skews the font size smaller. Thus I now have hundreds of pages that Google thinks have too small of a font to serve to mobile. I have manually replaced the maxresdefault.jpg image, and re-tested with Google and they are happy. It’s not a benign issue, an option to select would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Harriman.

It HASN’T been fixed, and I haven’t been able to get ANY response from the developers.

@harriman – can you send us a test page?

Here’s a screenshot of the errors on my site @embedplus

https://thehockeywriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screenshot-2023-02-28-16.16.27.png

Humm, maybe It’s all about Google’s URL Inspection – Mobile Usability tester on the Search Console. Google will download the page with little CSS (or just not use it), and then conform it responsively. Then you have the various elements one after another on a white background (for my site). As the images get bigger, it makes the text get smaller. This is a sample with a maxresdefault image – see how small the text is? That gets a mobility complaint from Google.

When I change to hqdefault, that main b/w image you see gets considerable smaller, and then the responsive conforming displays the text relatively larger. So, I assume any very large image is going to skew the text size in this mobility tester. With hqdefault, all of the pages I’ve test are coming up OK for mobile. Hotfixed via change to youtube.php line 2872.

Thanks.

https://imgbox.com/DRPF3tn4

• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Harriman.

@harriman The next version will have an option to turn it off.

Thank you! I’m sure many will find this helpful.

@harriman if you get a chance to update, let us know if the problem is solved on your end.

Yes, resolved! Thank you and nicely done with options! Although I have found another small issue with the lazy loading hurting my LCP, but this just might be my site’s peculiarities. Does the lazy load, loading=”lazy” LINE 2888, in youtube.php have any admin setting associated with it? I can’t seem to find it. But removing this has helped my LCP, for others, YMMV though.

Hi,

Sorry right now there isn’t a way to turn it off. WordPress does its own lazy loading for images by default, so we followed suit. However we may provide that option to turn it off in the future.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by embedplus.