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  michellahand · Member · Jun 16, 2020 at 4:25 pm

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  I am trying to use the post carousel layout that WordPress just came out with, for a free account, and whenever I use the block it does not recognize any posts. I have all of my posts tagged, but none of them will appear in the carousel. How do I fix this?

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  supernovia · Staff · Jun 16, 2020 at 6:34 pm

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  Hi, we’d be happy to take a look. Could you link us to your carousel? Or, tell us the page / post it’s under if it’s a draft. Staff can likely still check it.

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  michellahand · Member · Jun 16, 2020 at 7:24 pm

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  Hi. I figured out it’s because I don’t have a feature image associated with my posts. When I did add a feature image it was ginormous on my page. Is there a way to change the sizing of these? Or do I need to upgrade my account?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 16, 2020 at 9:29 pm

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  Most themes have a set featured image size, but sometimes that can be altered with Custom CSS https://wordpress.com/support/custom-design/custom-css/

  What is the URL of the site you’re working on?

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  michellahand · Member · Jun 16, 2020 at 9:56 pm

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  Michellahand.wordpress.com – when I went to add a featured photo it was ginormous and I couldn’t find a way to make it smaller. Therefore, I don’t have featured photos for that reason.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 16, 2020 at 10:09 pm

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  Ah yes, clocking in at a recommended 2000px wide by 1200px high, Exford does have some extremely large featured images. :)

  Via Custom CSS https://wordpress.com/support/custom-design/custom-css/ you can make them a bit smaller by adding this:

  .attachment-post-thumbnail.size-post-thumbnail.wp-post-image {
      max-width: 50%;
  }

  and adjust the percentage as desired.