Title: Featured image help
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Featured image help

 *  [comwhiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comwhiz/)
 * (@comwhiz)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-help-5/)
 * Hi,
 * I understand that the default resolution for featured images, unless changed 
   in functions.php is 352×230 (please correct me if I am wrong). I usually double
   that resolution to 704×460 when creating my featured images so as to get higher
   quality images. However, what should I do in order to later have control over
   the size of the featured image as it appears in the _post_ (as compared to on
   the left of the post excerpt on the homepage)?
 * My site URL is [http://www.aliceinonesieland.com](http://www.aliceinonesieland.com),
   if that helps.
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Freelancelot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifreelancelot/)
 * (@ifreelancelot)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-help-5/#post-6756195)
 * Hi,
 * yes that is correct, the size of the blog post featured image in the side layout
   of the blog is 352 x 230 (image cut: oceanic_blog_img_side). As this is only 
   the side layout size though it won’t affect the other cuts of the image.
 * In the premium version of the theme there is an option to disable the displaying
   of the blog post’s featured image on the full post page. This would give you 
   more control over how the post looks as it wouldn’t always display the featured
   image at the top of the post by default. You would then be able to upload a different
   image to the featured image or a bigger / smaller image and place it where you
   want.
 * Hope this helps!
 *  Thread Starter [comwhiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comwhiz/)
 * (@comwhiz)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-help-5/#post-6756196)
 * Hi,
 * What I mean is that let’s say I have an image of 704 x 460, but I only want it
   to display at the top of my post as 352 x 230. How can I achieve that? Because
   it seems that when I upload the featured image, it appears as 352 x 230 on my
   blog’s front page (which is correct) but 704 x 460 at the top of the post itself
   when I want it to appear at 352 x 230. (I choose to blow up the resolution so
   that even when people zoom in on the page, the image won’t start to look pixelated.)
 *  [Freelancelot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifreelancelot/)
 * (@ifreelancelot)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-help-5/#post-6756197)
 * Hi,
 * the default size of the featured image displayed at the top of the single post
   page is the “full” size. Which in your case would be 704 x 460. So the best way
   to achieve what you’re after would be to upload a featured image of exactly 325
   x 230 so that even the full size image is the size of the featured image on the
   main blog page in side layout mode.
 * If you would like to use an image of 704 x 460 on the blog post page but only
   have it display at 325 x 230 then you would need to set the width and height 
   of the image in the image tag to 325 and 230 to force it smaller. In order to
   do this though you would need to disable the the displaying of the featured image
   on the single post page. Which is a setting available in the premium version 
   of the theme. As you would then be able to insert your own image at the top of
   the post via the WYSIWYG editor. And in doing so be able to set a custom width
   and height in the HTML.
 * Hope this makes sense!

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