Title: Image resizing problem
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Image resizing problem

 *  [sarahbridge100](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarahbridge100/)
 * (@sarahbridge100)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-resizing-problem-1/)
 * I’m trying to make the images in my posts bigger but with no luck so far.
    For
   example in this post [http://aladyofleisure.com/arch-hotel-london/](http://aladyofleisure.com/arch-hotel-london/)
   I’d like the first image to go across the whole screen. The second image sticks
   out further so I don’t think it’s a margins issue. In Settings-Media the large
   image sizes are 2024 width and height so I don’t think it’s that. When editing
   the picture in Image Detail the full size image settings are 692 x 421 but it’s
   not coming out that big (snaps back to something like 474). So I checked my CSS
   and it says
 * .post-navigation,
    .image-navigation { margin: 24px auto 48px; max-width: 474px;
   padding: 0 10px;
 * I tried changing all those one by one but no difference to the image size.
 * In my CSS there doesn’t seem to be a restriction on image size (ie max-width 
   are all set to 100 pc)
 * I just want to be able to drag the image to be wider but it always snaps back.
 * I’m using the 2014 theme and have installed Jetpack and Simple Image plugins 
   but they haven’t made a difference so far.
    Previously asked questions all seem
   to suggest changing Settings-Media sizes but I’ve done that and no change.
 * Many thanks in advance if someone can help!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-resizing-problem-1/#post-6786672)
 * In the 2014 theme, the maximum displayed width of an image is deliberately set
   to 474px so that larger images do not “break” the pages. If that’s not suitable
   for your needs, you will need to create a [child theme](https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
   and change:
 *     ```
       if ( ! isset( $content_width ) ) {
       	$content_width = 474;
       }
       ```
   
 * in your child theme’s function.php file..
 *  Thread Starter [sarahbridge100](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarahbridge100/)
 * (@sarahbridge100)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-resizing-problem-1/#post-6786678)
 * I had my doubts with my ability to do this… but I did and it worked! Bizarrely
   I still can’t just drag the image to make it wider but changing it to large size
   actually works now – many many thanks.
    Sarah

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 * Last reply from: [sarahbridge100](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarahbridge100/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-resizing-problem-1/#post-6786678)
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