[Support request] Featured image looks strange

[Timo]

I have set the featured image on my blog post as before. Its dimensions are 1200×600.

When I look at the posts page on my blog, part of the featured image is cut off (the first post on the list). Other posts look normal, and I have used the same dimension on their featured images.

Why is this happening?

I have already cleared my cache, but the image looks funny. However, when I go inside the post (https://www.freelancewriterwebsite.com/wordpress-static-website/), the image is displayed as it should be.

Ideas?

[David]

Hi there,

in Customizer > Layout > Blog –> Featured Images – do you have any sizes set in the Archive > Width and Height ?

[Timo]

Yes, I have (1200×600).

[Tom]

Hi there,

The new image sizing feature is cropping it to be 600px tall. It seems like you should just be able to remove that 600 value and it will look achieve the desired look.

If you want them to be sized to 1200×600 exactly, I suggest creating the image size, then using it as your Media Attachment Size in the Customizer: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-image-sizes/

Let me know 🙂

[Timo]

Hi Tom!

Yes, removing the 600 worked for me, thanks 🙂

Just wondering…

I have used the same fixed 1200×600 setting in my earlier posts, and they showed the featured image just fine.

What might have been the difference in this particular post, and in it’s featured image?

Cheers,
Timo

[Tom]

It likely means our old image resizer wasn’t working on this specific image. If the image size doesn’t exist (old resizer failed), it will use CSS to resize it, which is what you were seeing.

It’s way better to use add_image_size to create your image size and set the Media Attachment Size.

[Author]

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