Title: Portfolio grid, fixed width variable height
Last modified: May 29, 2019

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# Portfolio grid, fixed width variable height

 *  Resolved [janthegroat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janthegroat/)
 * (@janthegroat)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/portfolio-grid-fixed-width-variable-height/)
 * I need to display a series of paintings on a page. The portfolio grid enables
   this, but it crops each image to a square, thus showing only a portion of the
   painting. I’d like to be able to have each image be the same width, but a variable
   length so that the entire piece can be seen. Is there any way to do this? Thank
   you!
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   to see the link]_

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 *  [hannah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahritner/)
 * (@hannahritner)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/portfolio-grid-fixed-width-variable-height/#post-11586597)
 * Hey,
    It looks like the images you’re uploading are pretty small. I would suggest
   using larger images (at least 800px x 800px) this was the theme can properly 
   output them. Hope that helps!
 * Hannah
 *  Thread Starter [janthegroat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janthegroat/)
 * (@janthegroat)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/portfolio-grid-fixed-width-variable-height/#post-11587594)
 * Hi Hannah,
    Thanks for your response. The images are all 750 px wide and then
   variable heights. Even when I used a very large image (3MB, which slowed the 
   site), the grid cropped it to a square-shaped image that is almost like a large
   thumbnail. You can click on this “thumbnail” to see the full image, but I’d like
   to have the full thing displayed small in the grid and then the click would just
   display a larger version. So basically – I want the “thumbnail” images in the
   portfolio grid to be varying heights to let me display paintings that are rectangular.
   Best, Janice
 *  [hannah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahritner/)
 * (@hannahritner)
 * [6 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/portfolio-grid-fixed-width-variable-height/#post-11594279)
 * So the premium theme has the option to display different aspect ratios in a gallery,
   but the free theme doesn’t quite have the flexibility. A plugin like this may
   work well for you: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/robo-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/robo-gallery/)
 * Hannah
 *  Thread Starter [janthegroat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janthegroat/)
 * (@janthegroat)
 * [6 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/portfolio-grid-fixed-width-variable-height/#post-11600214)
 * Hannah, thank you! Looks like robo gallery is working for me. I really appreciate
   the help.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 12 months ago by [janthegroat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janthegroat/).
 *  [hannah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahritner/)
 * (@hannahritner)
 * [6 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/portfolio-grid-fixed-width-variable-height/#post-11600475)
 * Glad to hear it!
 * Hannah

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 * Last reply from: [hannah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahritner/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/portfolio-grid-fixed-width-variable-height/#post-11600475)
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