Posts image
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Hi,
Preparing a post for my blog, dont worry if it isnt possible but on the actual post (you should be able to see it) named Grant Hall may have played last QPR game. Is it possible to change the dimensions of the image so that it fits the area better, or potentially make the image a bit smaller as a whole. as it is quite large.
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I think it looks great as is, honestly. It’s not that big. Did you already fix it?
If not, and if you just don’t want the featured images to show up in posts like that (as they will all be big) try going to Customize > Content Options and uncheck the option to display featured images on individual posts.
Then add the image into the post itself in the dimensions you like.
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Hi, yh I like the photo and don’t mind it that big. Can crop the image differently? Kinda cuts his head off a little bit or is this an issue with the photo dimensions?
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Okay, so it’s when viewing the post itself, not the front page.
The problem here is that your image is almost a square, which is great for the front page thumbnail. But the featured image uses landscape dimensions on the single-post view, so the image gets cropped off the top and bottom.
There’s no way to control this cropping – it will always be the same amount from the top and bottom of the image. So when preparing an image for your site, try to make sure the most important part of the image (the subject’s head, in this case) is centered vertically.
The alternative is to upload a landscape image – you’ll want to aim for around 930px wide by 450px high. In that case the front page thumbnail will crop content off the sides instead, but centering an image horizontally tends to be easier than vertically :)
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Hi,
Thanks for that, I’ve now found better images that suit the box on the blog.
Don’t suppose you know the best ways to be able to make money on WordPress when you have a free site?
Cam
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Also, is it easy to change a site from .com to .org? I don’t have to pay anything if I do this do I?
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Don’t suppose you know the best ways to be able to make money on WordPress when you have a free site?
There are several ways to monetise a WordPress.com site:
Affiliate links, sponsored posts, and selling products/services or asking for donations via a basic PayPal button are all possible on the free plan.
Also, is it easy to change a site from .com to .org? I don’t have to pay anything if I do this do I?
You can export your site’s content at any time from My Site ->Tools ->Export. That will give you a file which you can import to any other WordPress site, at any hosting provider, to migrate your content to that new site.
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If you moved to a self-managed installation using the open source version of WordPress, you’ll need to pay someone for hosting. Depending on your hosting plan there could be limitations on bandwidth and hard disk space, and stuff like security and backups usually cost extra. You’ll be responsible for updating the software yourself, and support provided by your hosting provider in most cases will only be for the hosting account, not for the WordPress software itself.
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