Thumbnail to large image

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  bcoole · Member · Mar 19, 2015 at 11:12 pm

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  I would like to use a thumbnail on my post, and have it clickable to show a full size image

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  dncb · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 12:07 am

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  My experience is that you can add a photo to the blog at any size, e.g. default thumbnail is 114 x 150 (but you can do a custom size smaller or larger), then when someone clicks on the image, it will expand to full size (up to 990 px wide) in a different window (hit X in top left corner to return to the original page).

  You can also set up a Gallery of thumbnails. <Add Media> button takes you to <Insert Media> page, with all your photos:
  1. select a number of photos simultaneously (<command> key on Macintosh)
  2. hit <Create Gallery> (in left column)
  3. <Create a new gallery> (blue button, bottom right)
  Under “GALLERY SETTINGS” (right column):
  4. <Columns> 5 (for 5 in a row) (the larger this number, the smaller the thumbnail)
  5. <size> Thumbnail
  6. <Type> Thumbnail Grid
  7. <Insert gallery> (blue button, bottom right)

  See example of 5-column thumbnail gallery at https://dncb.wordpress.com/dns-meeting-posters-archive#posters

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  bcoole · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 12:21 am

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  wow it works!
  I was adding my pictures as a “Featured Image” rather than as media
  I guess I need more information on the difference between them