Featured images size

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Is it possible to make the home featured images size fixed?

Syntax defines featured-image sizes in its setup function – syntax_setup() – which is found in functions.php:

/**
	 * Enable support for Post Thumbnails on posts and pages
	 */
add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
set_post_thumbnail_size( '1008', '9999' );

This means that the width is 1008, while the height is variable, depending on your original image.

You could experiment in a child theme with changing the value for height instead to be a fixed size.

You’ll need to first set up a child theme, and create a blank plain-text file called functions.php. You’ll then add an opening PHP tag at the very top: <?php and copy in the entire setup function from the parent theme’s functions.php, starting with:

if ( ! function_exists( 'syntax_setup' ) ) :

and ending with:

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'syntax_setup' );

After you’ve activated your child theme, you’ll need to use a plugin to regenerate your thumbnail (featured) images at the new size:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/

I haven’t tested this but why not give it a try and let me know how it goes.