How do I crop an image?

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  mowglismomchris · Member · Dec 6, 2015 at 5:49 am

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  My dashboard changed recently, and now I can’t figure out how to access my media library without writing a new post.

  Also, now when I add a photo to my media library in order to add it to a post, I can not figure out how to crop it before adding it to the post. The support info for cropping a photo seems to be for the old dashboard?

  I feel a little embarrassed that I haven’t been able to figure it out on my own.

  Thanks in advance for the help! ~Christina

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  micawbr · Member · Dec 8, 2015 at 11:53 am

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  Hi Christina,
  The media library doesn’t appear to have a direct link from the new editor. You can access the media library from the classic dashboard by adding “/wp-admin/” to the end of your domain name in the address bar when you’re on your homepage. Here’s what that looks like: http://hefeedsthebirds.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

  In the new editor, when you insert an image, click it once. That brings up a toolbar which has image/text alignment, sizing (+/-) and caption options. Also, handles appear around the image so you can either drag one of the corners to make it smaller or click the “-” in the toolbar. I don’t currently see a way to resize the image before it’s in that post editor screen.

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  mowglismomchris · Member · Dec 8, 2015 at 8:44 pm

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  This is exactly what I needed. Thank you so much for the help, micawbr!

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  micawbr · Member · Dec 9, 2015 at 1:32 am

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  You’re welcome.