Title: Bit redundant
Last modified: September 3, 2016

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# Bit redundant

 *  [Anonymous](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masterreny/)
 * (@masterreny)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bit-redundant/)
 * I managed to get this plugin to work how i wanted it to work after some editing
   of the script itself.
 * For some stupid reason it outputs the image as an img with the url set as its
   background image. Therefore you then have to add extra CSS to actually display
   it!
 * IT should just out put it as a standard img link:
 * example:
    <img src=”[http://XXXXXX.URL.XXXXX&#8221](http://XXXXXX.URL.XXXXX&#8221);
   alt=”BLA BLA BLA”>
 * For that reason I’m giving it only 2 stars.

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 *  Plugin Author [Nelio Software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nelio/)
 * (@nelio)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bit-redundant/#post-7920261)
 * Hi MasterReny. Actually, the reason for outputting the image using the CSS `background`
   property is not stupid, when you think about it (this is something we explain
   in the [FAQ section of our plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-featured-image/faq/)):
 * As you may already know, when one uploads a featured image, WordPress creates
   several thumbnails. These thumbnails are scaled down and/or cropped, depending
   on the specific needs the theme has.
 * Imagine, for instance, we upload a portrait image (768x1024px). The theme might
   need a squared, smaller version of that image (say, 60x60px). Well, WordPress
   will create that thumbnail for it, scaling the image down and cropping it appropriately.
 * If that image is an external featured image, then WordPress cannot create any
   thumbnails. When we output this external image, the theme might force its size
   to be 60x60px. But since the image is a portrait image (it’s not squared), we’ll
   output something with an ugly aspect ratio.
 * The solution to this problem was to define the featured image as the background
   of an element whose dimensions can be freely modified. Since the featured image
   is a background, modifying the dimensions of the container element simulate an“
   image crop”. If you know an alternative solution to this problem, please let 
   us know! We’d love to hear it and, if it works, implement it 🙂

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bit-redundant/#post-7920261)