resizing images – controls not available?

  • Unknown's avatar
    patrisearts · Member ·

    I have recently revived my blog after a 6 year hiatus. I was very skilled in the old editor, which had many subtle controls that seem to have vanished.

    Today I placed a graphic, original size 72px 14″ square. it was huge on the post, so I went to Media and Edit Image. there were online instructions for tools that weren’t anywhere to be found, such as “Scale Image”

    I had to delete it, edit in photoshop, then replace it. this is truly a PITA

    there is no editable scale or dimension info anywhere under edit image. what am I missing?

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  • staff-totoro · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    Can I see this on your homepage?  Or is it a specific place I need to look at?  

    I did not see any overly re-sized images (such as you describe) when I was checking, and it will help if we can inspect the image directly to see what the underlying issue is. Thanks for pointing it out!

  • Unknown's avatar
    patrisearts · Member ·

    Well I wasnt going to publish it like that. Here’s a few screen shots. can you show me where the image scale or size editing is supposed to be? on the screen with the pixel dimensions are not changeable.

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    dragstor · Member ·

    Hi there! 👋🏼

    Well I wasnt going to publish it like that. Here’s a few screen shots. can you show me where the image scale or size editing is supposed to be? on the screen with the pixel dimensions are not changeable

    Thank you for the details!

    You’ll want to do this:

    1. Open your draft post for editing
    2. Click on the image
    3. You’ll notice two circles on the bottom and the right side
    4. Clicking and dragging either will resize the image

    📸 Here’s a screenshot:


    (if you can’t see the screenshot, click here to open it)

    And, a guide that provides more details on the Image block:

    WP
    Blocks (The Full List) » Image Block
    in WordPress.com Support
    10 min read
    Use the Image block to insert an image onto your page or post. This guide describes how to insert an image and use all the available settings to control how the image appears. Video Tutorial Video Transcript In WordPress, you can insert images into your pages and posts using the Image Block. To add an image block, click the Block Insert button and then search for the Image Block.

    I hope this helps! 🙌🏻

  • Unknown's avatar
    patrisearts · Member ·

    thank you -dont know why I didnt find that sooner. I’ll poke around more.

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Just noting you might like the Thumbnail / Medium settings too. We had a bug with those recently, but that’s been resolved. Let us know if you need more help!

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