Title: Thumbnails distorted (sizing issue)
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Thumbnails distorted (sizing issue)

 *  [cookieandkate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cookieandkate/)
 * (@cookieandkate)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnails-distorted-sizing-issue/)
 * Hi,
 * On some posts, my related thumbnails display as desired. Screenshot:
    [http://i.imgur.com/TD7FGxF.png](http://i.imgur.com/TD7FGxF.png)
 * On others, the images look stretched vertically. Screenshot:
    [http://i.imgur.com/gWUAQaF.png](http://i.imgur.com/gWUAQaF.png)
 * I’ve examined the source code and realized that the distorted images are pulling
   in 150×150 pixel thumbnails, which are then stretched to my desired dimensions,
   130×179. I’ve set my desired dimensions on my settings page, so why are some 
   posts pulling my old 150×150 thumbnails? How do I fix this issue?
 * Thank you,
    Kate
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-by-zemanta/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-by-zemanta/)

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 *  [silvoslaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silvoslaf/)
 * (@silvoslaf)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnails-distorted-sizing-issue/#post-4762381)
 * Hey Kate, thanks for reaching out & thanks for the screenshot, I’ll gladly help
   you out!
 * This all seems as if there’s something wrong with your CSS code — is there a 
   chance you could send it to me, as it is saved in your plugin settings? Also,
   is there a chance you could send me a screenshot of all of your plugin settings?
 * I’d really love to take a closer look at it, if possible.
 * Also — are you using any other plugins that deal with your images (inserting 
   them, storing them, caching them, etc.) or any cache plugins you (just recently)
   installed?
 * Let me know what’s up & I’ll do my best to help you out! Take care!
 * Best,
    Silvo
 *  Thread Starter [cookieandkate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cookieandkate/)
 * (@cookieandkate)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnails-distorted-sizing-issue/#post-4762394)
 * Silvo, thank you very much for your help. After looking at the source code for
   the issue, I believe the plugin is calling the wrong thumbnail size (150px square).
   You can see the issue in action at cookieandkate.com.
 * I’ve been using W3 Total Cache for a while now. I sometimes use the regenerate
   thumbnails plugin and may have formerly had a 150px square thumbnail size.
 * Here are my settings: [http://i.imgur.com/yWPjI2R.png](http://i.imgur.com/yWPjI2R.png)
   
   [http://i.imgur.com/nWTMyQJ.png](http://i.imgur.com/nWTMyQJ.png)
 *  [silvoslaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silvoslaf/)
 * (@silvoslaf)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnails-distorted-sizing-issue/#post-4762413)
 * Hey Kate, thanks for getting back to me, I really appreciate the link to your
   blog and the screenshots you provided, really!
 * But I checked & looked all through your blog posts to see if there are any kind
   of stretched or squished thumbnails in your related posts section, and I’m afraid
   to say that I haven’t encountered any … did you somehow got your way around the
   problem or am I missing something out? If so, would you please be so kind and
   send me a link to one of those blog posts, so I can have a closer look at them?
 * In any case, do let me know, since I’m really eager to help you out on this, 
   if necessary. Take care & have a nice day!
 * Best,
    Silvo
 *  Thread Starter [cookieandkate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cookieandkate/)
 * (@cookieandkate)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnails-distorted-sizing-issue/#post-4762426)
 * Thanks, Silvo. No, I still haven’t figured out how to fix the issue. I just found
   an example on this post: [http://cookieandkate.com/2010/chickpea-salad-recip/](http://cookieandkate.com/2010/chickpea-salad-recip/)
 * Screenshot: [http://i.imgur.com/HweBRRh.png](http://i.imgur.com/HweBRRh.png)
 * If you look at the highlighted source code in the attachment, you’ll see that
   the plugin is calling a 150x150px thumbnail and then the CSS stretches it to 
   130×179. The thumbnail should be 130x179px, not a 150px square.
 * I’d also like to know why one of those thumbnails is a default image instead 
   of the featured post.
 *  [silvoslaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silvoslaf/)
 * (@silvoslaf)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnails-distorted-sizing-issue/#post-4762434)
 * Hey Kate, big thanks for the link & the extra screenshot, I think I know what
   might be the problem now.
 * The thing is, as far as I can see from your plugin settings, your themes are 
   disabled (un-ticked), which is probably the reason why your CSS settings are 
   being overridden by the default setting, thus stretching them out.
 * If you go to your plugin setting you will notice a message just next to your _‘
   Custom Size Thumbnails’_ option:
 * > “If you want to use custom sizes, override theme’s CSS rules in the Custom 
   > CSS section under Theme Settings above.”
 * So to do this, re-enable your themes, choose the _‘Plain (your own css)’_ theme
   and make the necessary code adjustments in the _‘Customize CSS’_ window.
 * Here’s a link with some useful help on how to do that: [http://support.zemanta.com/customer/portal/articles/1380559](http://support.zemanta.com/customer/portal/articles/1380559)
 * Let me know how it went or if you stumbled upon some problems along the way, 
   since I’m eager to hear about the results!
 * Take care & have a nice weekend ahead!
 * Best,
    Silvo
 *  Thread Starter [cookieandkate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cookieandkate/)
 * (@cookieandkate)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnails-distorted-sizing-issue/#post-4762469)
 * Hey Silvo,
 * I have already entered CSS for the plugin in my styles.css. Do I really have 
   to move everything over to the custom CSS field? This is already specified in
   styles.css:
 *     ```
       ul.related_post li img {
       display: block;
       width: 130px !important;
       height: 179px !important;
       }
       ```
   
 * I don’t want to change my settings because I’ve already optimized the display
   of the thumbnails for small screens in my styles.css. Why does the plugin automatically
   pull in 150×150 thumbnails when I’ve specified them to be 130×179 in the plugin
   settings?
 *  [silvoslaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silvoslaf/)
 * (@silvoslaf)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnails-distorted-sizing-issue/#post-4762471)
 * Hey Kate, I think there’s another solution possible for those distorted thumbnails—
   since those already published (and distorted) thumbnails are using another cache
   file than the ones who look good (non-distorted ones), we think that a simple
   manual solution should suffice.
 * Would you please be so kind and go to those blog posts with distorted thumbnails(
   [http://cookieandkate.com/2010/chickpea-salad-recip/](http://cookieandkate.com/2010/chickpea-salad-recip/))
   and click on that orange _‘Edit Related Posts’_ button below them, remove them
   from the top line (the ones displayed), click on the _‘Save’_ button, wait for
   your page to reload — and finally add those related posts back again. Now, they
   should be appearing normally, with non-distorted thumbnails.
 * Has this helped or does the problem persist? Let me know, I’m eager to hear about
   the results!
 * Take care & have a nice day!
 * Best,
    Silvo

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