Title: Featured image resizing weirdly Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Featured image resizing weirdly * [alittlestranger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alittlestranger/) * (@alittlestranger) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-resizing-weirdly/) * Hi! * My featured images are appearing weirdly * I used 612 x 612 images as both my post content and featured image. The image in the post appeared fine, but all my featured images on the main page ([http://www.alittlestranger.com/usagi/](http://www.alittlestranger.com/usagi/)) were blurred. * I figured this was due to wordpress showing them at a squashed down size? * So I tried uploading smaller (300×300 ) images as the featured images but the top and bottom got cut off. * Then i tried using ‘force regenerate thumbnails’ to get all the featured images to re-do at the correct size. * Now the featured image for every post is not only blurry, but also the top and bottom is cut off! if i go into each post individually and change the featured image, nothing changes, the image does not update. * Media settings: Thumbnail 300x x300px medium & large 612x612px Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [DyingDutchman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dyingdutchman/) * (@dyingdutchman) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-resizing-weirdly/#post-4353645) * It looks fine to me? What is the exact page where this happens, and what is the resolution of your screen? It might affect how the images are shown. * [DyingDutchman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dyingdutchman/) * (@dyingdutchman) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-resizing-weirdly/#post-4353646) * Also, the thumbnails seem to show themselves in 251×176, which is a quite weird aspect ratio. * [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/) * (@wpranger) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-resizing-weirdly/#post-4353648) * The thumbnails are resized in the grid depending on screen size. This is dictated by the media queries at the end of your stylesheet. I have a 1920px monitor and they look fine to me; as I reduce the viewport in my browser, when I get to 1024px the images actually get bigger until I shrink even further. It’s possible that this explains why you’re seeing blurred images. * If you want to manage how and where WordPress crops thumbnails on upload, have a look at the [Thumbnail Crop Position](http://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-crop-position/) plugin. You should also take a look at your theme’s setting for image sizes. In particular look for add_image_size in the theme’s functions.php. * If you make any amendments in relation to your thumbnail or image sizes, run a regeneration plugin. I use [Force Regenerate Thumbnails](http://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/) * Thread Starter [alittlestranger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alittlestranger/) * (@alittlestranger) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-resizing-weirdly/#post-4353650) * I am viewing the site on both firefox and chrome and the thumbnails are cropped top and bottom in both. They should appear like this [http://www.alittlestranger.com/usagi/?p=856](http://www.alittlestranger.com/usagi/?p=856) * I don’t understand why previously the featured images displayed as squares, and now (since using force regenerate thumbnails) they have chopped off the top and bottom of each and are displaying as weird blurry rectangles. * Now i cannot change any of the featured images, even if i delete the existing featured image and upload a brand new square image to each post, when i set it as the featured image is crops it to a rectangle and makes it blurry. * How can i get the featured images to go back to being square? * [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/) * (@wpranger) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-resizing-weirdly/#post-4353652) * Can you find the `add_image_size` lines of code in your theme’s functions.php file? Paste it in here. * Also, the images don’t look blurry to me. Try clearing your browser’s cache. * Thread Starter [alittlestranger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alittlestranger/) * (@alittlestranger) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-resizing-weirdly/#post-4353653) * I can’t find anything called ‘add_image_size’? * _[ **432 lines of code moderated.** That’s just too much, for [many lines of code](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code) please [pastebin.com](http://pastebin.com/) instead. ]_ * Thread Starter [alittlestranger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alittlestranger/) * (@alittlestranger) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-resizing-weirdly/#post-4353654) * Pastebin here: [http://pastebin.com/QcVtT93x](http://pastebin.com/QcVtT93x) * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-resizing-weirdly/#post-4353655) * For future reference, this thread should have been posted in the theme’s own forum: * EDIT – sorry, wrong link: * [http://wordpress.org/support/theme/codium-grid](http://wordpress.org/support/theme/codium-grid) * I’ll move it to the general Themes forum. * [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/) * (@wpranger) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-resizing-weirdly/#post-4353656) * This line: * `set_post_thumbnail_size( 280, 196, true ); // Normal post thumbnails` * Defines the featured image size. * Try changing the values to be the same, say 280 280, then regenerate thumbnails. * Thread Starter [alittlestranger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alittlestranger/) * (@alittlestranger) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-resizing-weirdly/#post-4353659) * ok, thank you WPRanger, i will try that 🙂 * WPyogi, sorry my bad Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Featured image resizing weirdly’ is closed to new replies. * 10 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [alittlestranger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alittlestranger/) * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-resizing-weirdly/#post-4353659) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics