Post Grid image size, revisited

  • Resolved nomadicfrog

    (@nomadicfrog)


    4 years, 7 months ago

    I saw a now-resolved issue with selecting the Image Size for the Post Grid. (The original user was rohitverma55, and it was closed almost a year ago.)

    I am using Elementor and I do see an Image Size dropdown, but the only options for me are:

    Full size
    1536 x 1536
    2048 x 2048

    As a result, I think, my grid of 15 blog posts loads 15x unnecessarily large images for these thumbnails.

    If I understand correctly there should be an option to use the smaller images that are set in my WordPress installation, right?

    Since that thread was closed I created this one. Hope that is correct, sorry if I’m misunderstanding something basic, and thanks for your help!

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

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  • Plugin Support Vytis

    (@bvytis)

    Hi @nomadicfrog,

    You can add custom sizes to your theme just by placing the code in functions.php file of your theme. For example, you can add code like this:

    add_image_size( 'first size', 100, 200 );
add_image_size( 'second size', 300, 400 );
add_image_size( 'third size', 50, 50  );

    In such a case – 3 new options will appear in the dropdown with these dimensions as set in the code. You can set the width and height depending on your needs.

    I hope that helps!

    Thread Starter nomadicfrog

    (@nomadicfrog)

    Hi again,

    I will try to do that to see what happens, but my understanding (which is probably wrong!) is that those changes will add Sizes to the Media Settings in the WordPress site as a whole, right?

    My setup already has other sizes for Media Settings that already do not appear in the Orit Fox Post Grid dropdown list. For example, there is already a “Thumbnail” size, but all I see in that dropdown is “Full size, 1536×1536, and 2048×2048”.

    Apologies if I’m confused or mixing up different things. I also know I just mentioned the image size thing in a different thread – I had been trying to keep the issues separate for future users’ clarity.

    -Mark

    Plugin Support Vytis

    (@bvytis)

    @nomadicfrog,

    I have tested it and this worked – newly added image sizes appear in the dropdown.

    Have you tried adding different sizes? Don’t they appear in the dropdown?

    Thank you!

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