Larger featured image/header

  • For those who want to change the default size of the featured images, which is now 1280 x 444 px (resulting in blurred images on larger screens): open functions.php and look/search for “1280”.

    You’ll find these code:

    add_image_size( 'post-image-cover', 1280, 9999 );

	// Custom header
	$args = array(
		'width'         => 1280,
		'height'        => 444,

    Change the 1280 to 1920 (twice) and 444 to 666 and you’re done. Excisting posts will still have the smaller images. If you update the theme your changes will be lost (and images made smaller??) so the best practice is to use a child theme.

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  • Hi Webblish,

    What’s the optimum size for the featured image in a Lovecraft post? I’ve tried 1280×444 and 1280×400 but both are cropped in the wrong place, chopping off faces, etc.

    What size can I use that won’t be cropped?

    Many thanks,
    Boogieboa

    I’m also having this issue. The site is https://garystuartpresskit.com/. I can’t figure out how to make the images work as the browser expands and contracts. I tried making the image bigger as stated above (but without changing code) and that didn’t work. I feel like I’m missing the concept here. I have a lot of experience w/ design and WordPress. This is the first time I’ve encountered this issue. However, theme is very nice and I would like to use it. Thanks in advance.

    J&D

    (@wayfarians)

    Hi @ellenp

    Did you manage to get any resolution on this?

    The image on the Gary Stuart page certainly looks clearer than many of the ones I’m using with this theme at the moment.

    Cheers
    John

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