Resize the image (using photoshop / Gimp / etc.) to 1170px x 500px.
Oops. Just realised that I didn’t answer your question.
Here’s one that seems to have fairly good reviews: https://wordpress.org/plugins/manual-image-crop/
That isn’t what I meant . I meant is there one that automatically resizes the image according to the purpose or slot it is being put in to such as part of a slideshow image or a logo to fit small space. It is most tedious to keep resizing images.
Thanks for your time in replying though
I tried it but it didn’t work. I’m thinking more image resize than image crop
The problem is that if you resize without cropping, then your image will look squashed.
If you want more control over the way the image is centred, you might want to look at using a more sophisticated slider.
The Customizr slider is based on the Bootstrap Carousel. I find it a little basic and difficult to manage height-wise. I gave up and use MetaSlider instead. The free version has a few more options than the basic bootstrap carousel, including “smart” image cropping.
You can add it to Customizr by putting the following in a child theme’s functions.php:
// Add a metaslider shortcode to Customizr front page
add_action('__after_header' , 'add_metaslider_to_front_page');
function add_metaslider_to_front_page(){
if ( is_front_page() ) {
echo do_shortcode('[metaslider id=1234]');
}
}
If you’ve never used a functions.php in a child theme, read How to Customize Customizr.
Many thanks. I have assumed I need to download metaslider as a plugin which seems to want me to remake the slideshow called bristoluk. Should I do this too?
There are a couple of convenient free online tools for re-sizing images. I haven’t used them but you could give them a try. Read the Help/FAQ pages first:
http://www.imageoptimizer.net
http://www.webresizer.com
The required size for a slider is typically 1170 x 500 pixels. Try to keep critical subject matter away from the edges.
Many thanks. I have assumed I need to download metaslider as a plugin which seems to want me to remake the slideshow called bristoluk. Should I do this too?
Yes. You need to create a slider with MetaSlider in order to get the shortcode. The number 1234 I inserted in the code above needs to be changed to your own number (MetaSlider will give you this number when you have saved the slider).
