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  • The slideshow looks great on desktop but on mobile only the first caption line is shown. I’m sure fixing this requires a CSS file change but am not sure what that change needs to be. We’re just using the built-in WordPress slideshow functionality. Thanks in advance for any help.

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  • There is no built-in WordPress slideshow. You must have a theme or plugin that is providing this, and it is best to ask in their support forum for help with it, since they know their code.

    Thread Starter phaedracook

    (@phaedracook)

    This may be a terminology problem on my part. It’s under Media–>Create Gallery with the slideshow option selected. It appears built in as we have no slideshow plug-in installed that I can see.

    Perhaps terminology, but still a slideshow, which WordPress does not supply. The only place I could even find Create Gallery was in the editor when you add Media, and the old editor has more options (together) than the new editor (separate). And neither of those has a slideshow option.
    It could be that you have a plugin like JetPack that has hundreds of pieces, one of which is slideshows and carousels. Or it could be something that your theme added to the existing options.
    Either way, it’s not WordPress.
    You can use the Health Check plugin in Troubleshoot mode to disable plugins and themes for your user only, without affecting site visitors. That will help you determine what is supplying the slideshow option, so you can ask in the right place.

    caused by a jetpack style…

    try to overwrite it with:

    .slideshow-slide-caption
    {
      height: auto;
    }

    Decreasing the line height in the same element wouldn’t hurt either:

    line-height: 17px;

    And then wrap it so that it only affects mobile in portrait mode:

    @media (max-width: 480px) {
    	.slideshow-slide-caption { height: auto; line-height: 17px; }
    {
    • This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by sinip.
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