Initial image not showing in emails or reader
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I just published a new post. The email I received showed no image, and a video from 2/3 of the way into the post appeared in the reader rather than the initial image.
I choose my first image carefully, for an assortment of purposes. Is there something I need to do to be sure that it appears instead of material from deep in the post – particularly a video?
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As you have already noticed, we bloggers do not get to choose what displays in the Reader. The hierarchy has been established by Staff and we bloggers cannot alter it.
Currently, when a post with the Standard, Aside, Link, Quote, or Status post format contains a video or audio embed, that embed is pulled out and used in the Reader. Otherwise, it uses an image from the post.
If the post has the Gallery or Image post format, a video or audio embed in that post would not be used in the Reader – one or more images would be used instead. When the Reader looks for an image, it goes for the featured image first and then an image inserted into the post — if there are no images that meet the size criteria I mentioned above, it will display the image as a thumbnail instead of a large image. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pachyderm-theme-image-size-on-reader?replies=9#post-1349306
As fare as the email goes we can’t control image display there either. Each email client has different options and each user selects what they wish to enable. Many don’t allow either images or videos.
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Ah, phooey. I guess I’ve just never run into this before. I don’t like it, but I guess I’ll have to move it from the “problem” to the “fact of life” column. Thanks for the help!
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