Title: Image editing problems Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Image editing problems * [William Bowles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creative-i/) * (@creative-i) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/) * Since upgrading to 3.9, I no longer seem to have much control over the image as did before. * Eg, I can’t control the space around the image unless I edit the HTML. When 3.9 came out, I watched the video of the new image editor window but I notice that on my site, the entire line of options in the video doesn’t show. * I’m confused as right now, 3.9 seems to be a step backwards. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/#post-4862250) * Try installing [http://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-image-styles/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-image-styles/) * Thread Starter [William Bowles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creative-i/) * (@creative-i) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/#post-4862269) * Ok, will do but why has the editor gone backwards? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/#post-4862271) * Because the correct way to do this has always been to use a theme that handles image padding, margins & borders correctly instead of adding to the page markup. This would also be in line with [WPORG “Decisions, not Options” philosophy](https://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/#decisions). * Thread Starter [William Bowles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creative-i/) * (@creative-i) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/#post-4862287) * OK, but why do I need to add yet another plugin? It seems to me that every time I add one it increases the odds of something going wrong. * OK, so someone, somewhere made a decision that I knew nothing about nor had any control over. An improvement? * So on the one hand, wordpress consolidates a lot of functions into Jetpack for example, then on the other, takes built-in functions away on the assumption that the theme will deliver. * My theme can’t even handle wrapping text around an image for more than one paragraph! * Sometimes, you need step back from things and figure that less is more. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/#post-4862292) * > why do I need to add yet another plugin? * Because, right now, that’s your only option. Those image fields will not be coming back into WordPress core. * > An improvement? * The core development team thought so, yes. * > So on the one hand, wordpress consolidates a lot of functions into Jetpack > for example, then on the other, takes built-in functions away on the assumption > that the theme will deliver. * Correct. * > My theme can’t even handle wrapping text around an image for more than one > paragraph! * Then may I suggest that you try looking for another theme? Decent image handling is really one of the most basis things that a theme should be doing. There are over 2,000 free themes that do handle image display properly in [https://wordpress.org/themes/](https://wordpress.org/themes/) * Thread Starter [William Bowles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creative-i/) * (@creative-i) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/#post-4862300) * So now, basic HTML commands, I mean really basic, like back to the very beginning of HTML, are now considered optional extras? * I think not. As to my theme, well I brought it to the attention of the designer and he told me I didn’t know what I was talking about, which is a pity as in other respects I really like the theme and am loathe to go back to the one I’ve used for years, P2, just because it can handle basic HTML! * [OzManic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozmanic/) * (@ozmanic) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/#post-4862301) * Yes. This freaked me out today to be in the middle of writing a blogpost and discover that this wasn’t a goof. * Ok … gonna go install the plugin. * Thread Starter [William Bowles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creative-i/) * (@creative-i) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/#post-4862305) * Dear Esmi, at least I’m not alone in this… * [OzManic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozmanic/) * (@ozmanic) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/#post-4862349) * I installed the plugin and all I have are re-size handles and no clear option for adjusting how the image sits in my blogpost. * So … I wait to hear from someone on the Advanced Image Styles support thread. * I also noticed that the image looks in-line in the editor and doesn’t look like it’s floating. However, in Preview, the image does indeed float with the text wrapped around it. That’s a bit disorienting. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/#post-4862351) * **[@ozmanic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozmanic/)** Please try posting in [http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-image-styles](http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-image-styles) And next time, please post your own topic instead of tagging onto someone else’s topic. * Thread Starter [William Bowles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creative-i/) * (@creative-i) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/#post-4862359) * Y’know, sometimes and with all due respect, I feel like I’m being talked to as if I were a schoolkid, here. Is it really necessary? * OzManic’s comments are kinda related and why add yet another thread dealing with essentially the same issues? I have no objection to OzManic piggybacking if we both benefit from the exchange. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-editing-problems/#post-4862361) * These forums have [guidelines](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome). Please read them. As you will see, one of these guidelines – entitled [Where to Post](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post)– specifically states: * > Unless you are using the same version of WordPress on the same physical server > hosted by the same hosts with the same plugins, theme & configurations as the > original poster, **do not** post in someone else’s thread. **Start your own > topic**. * Please abide by this. 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