Instead of creating a new image size or uploading a completely different image just for mobile you might want to play around with object-fit and object-position CSS. object-fit and object-position work basically the same as background-size and background-position but instead of being applied to background-image’s only they work on objects like the <img> tag. Use … Read more
Figured it out! Our live server was missing the GD Image Library. For some reason it was not included in the package we used to instance our server. I found the tip about the GD lib in this thread from the WordPress support forum. It was three years old, but pointed to the missing library. … Read more
I found that what was causing this issue was a plugin I had enabled that was supposed to handle retina images called WP Retina 2X. I disabled the plugin and it immediately fixed the issue.
The cover picture is not intended to be cropped. When you use this feature, the component tells you which min. image size should be used. If it comes up or not is depends largely of your theme and wp settings. buddyPress-cover-photo.php
If you pass true for the last $crop argument then so called “hard” crop mode is used. This will make WP produce results at exact size specified, except few edge cases (if image uploaded is smaller than specified size for example). Note that original image is still retained as is. If you need to actually … Read more
As @PieterGoosen said, your point is valid. A look into the source confirms that the codex description of add_image_size was wrong there. It was, because I changed it to be correct. That said, everyone can help improving the codex, you just need to register. You might want to take a look at Contributing to WordPress … Read more
Argh..easy to fix: instead of include( ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/image.php’ ); use require_once( ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/image.php’ ); Hope this helps someone!
For the record since I ended up here when experiencing the same issue on my localhost: In php.ini, Uncomment the line with: extension=php_gd2.dll Restart apache / all services This sorted it out for me (I may have switched a few other services on while I was there, but I believe this is what fixed it!)
They are not the same. In the 800×350 image, a little bottom is cropped. This is how the hard cropped work: First, it scales your image to match your image size. It can be width or height. Your size is 800×350 If your original image scaled according to 800px width has the 400px height (bigger … Read more
Under settings >> media, change the height attributes to 9999, and untick Crop thumbnail to exact dimensions (normally thumbnails are proportional) under the thumbnail size if it is ticked. When you are done, download and install “Force Regenerate Thumbnails”. This is actually better than “Regenerate Thumbnails” as it deletes all redundant image sizes.