Title: Problem with Cropping Thumbnails
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Problem with Cropping Thumbnails

 *  [robertallen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertallen/)
 * (@robertallen)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-cropping-thumbnails/)
 * Hi all,
 * I’m having a PHP problem where I’m trying to create/echo a thumbnail on the front
   page. But I want it to automatically resize and crop to a dimension of 250×250.
   However everything I’ve tried, PHP wise, has not worked for me. The images appear“
   squished”, so the crop effect does not seem to be working.
 * My goal is to crop it from the center as well.
 * The site is:
    [http://golfdigestplan.wpengine.com/](http://golfdigestplan.wpengine.com/)
 * I’ve tried these codes, but to no avail:
 *     ```
       <?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($post_id, 'col1-other-posts'); ?>
   
       <?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($post_id, 'col1-other-posts’, array( 250, 250, true))
        ); ?>
       ```
   
 * Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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 *  [TrishaM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trisham/)
 * (@trisham)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-cropping-thumbnails/#post-5680308)
 * OK so what you’re doing is to echo the image, but that doesn’t “crop” the image….
   the image gets cropped/resized as you upload it to WP using the Media Uploader.
 * Check your Settings >Media to see what you have set there – those are the sizes
   that WP will create, and it does it’s best to crop an image in a sensible way
   to fit those dimensions.
 * If none of those are 250 by 250, you can add optional image sizes by following
   these instructions:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_image_size](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_image_size)
 * Or there are plugins that add additional “thumbnail” sizes as you upload, giving
   you more display options.
 * I hope this helps 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [robertallen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertallen/)
 * (@robertallen)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-cropping-thumbnails/#post-5680355)
 * Hi Trisha, Thank you for responding.
 * I did read somewhere that there is a way to crop images that are already in the
   media library, so that you don’t have to upload them again.
 * My other dilemma is that I have resizing/cropping set on each of the posts (large
   rectangular images above the header of each post), and I’m afraid this will mess
   up that portion.
 * So, I guess, my problem is I need 2 thumbnails. One that’s very large, and the
   other that is 250×250 that will fit on the home page.
 * I have this in my functions that would add this already…
    `add_image_size( 'col1-
   other-posts', 250, 250, true );`
 * I must be doing something wrong with the PHP code.
 * This is my entire code that does the loop on the home page.
 *     ```
       <ul class="home-col1-other-posts">
       <?php
       $catquery = new WP_Query( '/*cat=6*/&posts_per_page=4&offset=1' );
       while($catquery->have_posts()) : $catquery->the_post();
       ?>
       <li>
       <div class="col1-border"></div>
   
       <div class="col1-thumbnail"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($post_id, 'col1-other-posts');
       ?></a></div>
   
       <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
   
       <div class="col1-author">by <?php the_author(); ?></div>
   
       </li>
       <?php endwhile; ?>
       </ul>
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-cropping-thumbnails/#post-5680355)
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