Spotify links show large blank space within embed on free domain

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  fruitandgroovescollective · Member · Nov 14, 2020 at 9:51 am

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  Hello,

  I utilise WordPress to operate a music news and journalism blog that relies on embedding Spotify links for readers to stream new releases within our articles.

  Within the past several weeks I’ve encountered a problem coinciding with a forced transition to the Blocks editor (I’m unsure if the two changes are related) where all Spotify embeds now display considerably larger/longer than before, and consequently show a large empty/unneeded blank space on all posts. Is there a way to resolve the issue and change the size of the Spotify embed? During my search for a resolution I have seen a comment in a forum that suggests adding CSS information via Customizer, however I do not have access to this under the free plan.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is a function that I rely on being able to utilise on my site and I’m worried that I may have to move to a different hosting platform if the issue is not able to be resolved.

  Thanks in advance,
  Sam

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  supernovia · Staff · Nov 14, 2020 at 11:50 pm

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  Hi Sam, would you be willing to share links to a post that has the before effect, from the old editor, as well as one from the new editor?

  We’ll take a look and let you know what options we’d recommend.

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  fruitandgroovescollective · Member · Nov 18, 2020 at 12:37 pm

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  Hi supernovia,

  Thanks so much for your response.

  Here are links to two articles from my blog that show how Spotify embeds would previously display (a small player with left alignment);

  https://fruitandgroovescollective.wordpress.com/2020/08/28/stream-mac-demarcos-here-comes-the-cowboy-demos/

  https://fruitandgroovescollective.wordpress.com/2018/12/30/fruit-and-grooves-collectives-albums-of-the-year-2018/

  And here is a link to a newly published article featuring a Spotify embed that now displays a large empty space at the bottom of the player;

  https://fruitandgroovescollective.wordpress.com/2020/11/14/golf-alpha-bravo-shares-new-collection-of-demos-live-recordings-and-b-sides/

  Any guidance regarding this would be greatly appreciated as I’m imminently intending to upgrade to a premium plan, though fixes/workarounds for the issue will largely dictate my investment.

  Thanks again,
  Sam

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  staff-mckluskey · Staff · Nov 18, 2020 at 1:42 pm

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  Thanks for the details, Sam.

  Unfortunately, this is a known issue. It has been reported already to our developers, so hopefully, we’ll have a fix soon.

  For now, I saw reports from other users that the block is displayed correctly when the Resize for smaller devices option is disabled. Could you try and confirm if that fixes it?

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  fruitandgroovescollective · Member · Nov 18, 2020 at 1:57 pm

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  Hi Fresatomica,

  Thank you for the response. I’m glad that there’s the likelihood of a fix for this in the foreseeable future. I’m not familiar with the facility that you’ve mentioned above where would I find it to test?

  Thanks again,
  Sam

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  supernovia · Staff · Nov 18, 2020 at 4:54 pm

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  Hi Sam, tap on the Spotify block, then look for the block settings in the right toolbar. You should see a Resize for smaller devices there. Can you give that a shot?

  And thanks for your patience on this! I didn’t realize this was an issue, but it looks like staff-mckluskey has seen it before!

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  fruitandgroovescollective · Member · Nov 19, 2020 at 4:38 pm

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  Hi supernovia,

  Just attempted this on the article shared above and it looks to have worked.

  Thank you both so much for your help!

  Sam