Title: Set default image alignment Last modified: December 30, 2020 --- # Set default image alignment * [primitivenet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primitivenet/) * (@primitivenet) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/) * Is there some way to make the image block default to center-aligning images? * I have tried overriding the block in JS using the following code and properly enqueued, but the result is I get two alignment buttons in the editor, which cannot be correct? * ``` // Modify settings for Core blocks wp.hooks.addFilter( 'blocks.registerBlockType', 'my/change_alignment', ( settings, name ) => { switch( name ) { case 'core/image': return lodash.assign( {}, settings, { supports: lodash.assign( {}, settings.supports, { align: [ 'center'] } ), } ); } return settings; }); ``` * Any help would be appreciated. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [chenz2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chenz2/) * (@chenz2) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/#post-13856464) * I have the same problem. I can get other blocks to align center by default but the core/image block doesn’t seem to work with the same codes that work with the other blocks. * Thread Starter [primitivenet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primitivenet/) * (@primitivenet) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/#post-13911351) * Does anyone have any ideas here? This seems like it should be a standard feature that can be overridden. Am I missing something? * [Babak Fakhamzadeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mastababa/) * (@mastababa) * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/#post-14307921) * According to this: * [https://writenowdesign.com/blog/wordpress/wordpress-how-to/change-wordpress-default-image-alignment-link-type/](https://writenowdesign.com/blog/wordpress/wordpress-how-to/change-wordpress-default-image-alignment-link-type/) * Try this: * ``` add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'wnd_default_image_settings' ); function wnd_default_image_settings() { update_option( 'image_default_align', 'left' ); update_option( 'image_default_link_type', 'none' ); update_option( 'image_default_size', 'large' ); } ``` * [Babak Fakhamzadeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mastababa/) * (@mastababa) * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/#post-14307923) * (Adding another comment to get updates on this thread.) * [jageo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jageo/) * (@jageo) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/#post-14832325) * I’ve been looking for this answer for a while too – tho’ i’m trying to make images align right. I have found that [@mastababa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mastababa/)‘ s code works for the default_link_type and default_size but i’m not seeing the image align work. (admittedly, they get the code from a post dated 2014, so not a complete surprise that all components remained unchanged) * I found a more current post here (2021), providing a little bit easier way to access the defaults: [https://blogambitious.com/automate-image-formatting-wordpress/](https://blogambitious.com/automate-image-formatting-wordpress/)( and cursed myself for not remembering the options page. Doh!) * When i visit the options page, i can see that I have successfully changed the default setting for image_default_align to “right”, Yet when i make a post, that right alignment isn’t being applied as the default setting. The link type and the size are the two that I MOST wanted fixed, so i’m happy for now, but i will continue to hunt down the alignment answer. * [espressivo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/espressivo/) * (@espressivo) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/#post-14835604) * Same – the 2014 article and the blogambitious article do not work. I can see that the wp-options say center and full-size but it has no effect on adding an image to the block editor. It still defaults to left, large. * [etiennesamson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etiennesamson/) * (@etiennesamson) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/#post-14850500) * Hi, * I think it works doing that way. * ``` // changing default gutenberg image block alignment to "center" function change_default_gutenberg_image_block_options (){ $block_type = WP_Block_Type_Registry::get_instance()->get_registered( "core/image" ); $block_type->attributes['align']['default'] = 'center'; } add_action( 'init', 'change_default_gutenberg_image_block_options'); ``` * Hope it will help, let me know. - This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by [etiennesamson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etiennesamson/). - This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by [etiennesamson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etiennesamson/). * [jageo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jageo/) * (@jageo) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/#post-14852435) * [@etiennesamson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etiennesamson/) Thanks. That worked for me. I changed the align default to ‘right’ for my needs and it’s working. * I was curious about what attributes were there to be poked at and found this page here, seemed pretty handy so i thought i would share. [https://design.oit.ncsu.edu/docs/gutenberg/block-attributes/#block-coreimage](https://design.oit.ncsu.edu/docs/gutenberg/block-attributes/#block-coreimage) * J A * [etiennesamson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etiennesamson/) * (@etiennesamson) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/#post-14853965) * Hi [@jageo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jageo/). * Thank you for that page 🙂 It is very usefull, just missing the available possibilities for each attributes. * [devenamul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devenamul/) * (@devenamul) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/#post-15193866) * [@etiennesamson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etiennesamson/) Can you please tell me how to change font size of media-text block? please check the image [https://prnt.sc/24cjtfi](https://prnt.sc/24cjtfi) - This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by [devenamul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devenamul/). * [formerfatguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/formerfatguy/) * (@formerfatguy) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/#post-15420240) * HA! how awesome. Thanks [@etiennesamson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etiennesamson/) * [rodolfoalexander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rodolfoalexander/) * (@rodolfoalexander) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-default-image-alignment/#post-15744502) * Is there any way to get all the images in all existing posts to align center? 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