WordPress 5.3 was released in 2019 and made a significant change to image uploading. WordPress has now limited the maximum size of uploaded images to 2560 pixels. If you try to upload an image that is larger than 2560 pixels, WordPress will automatically resize the image to that size.
Welcome to the redesigned MetaSlider. After several months of work, we’ve updated this website with a warmer, more colorful and more modern style. This version of the site also replaces custom fields with Gutenberg blocks. In this article, I’m going to give you a tour of the new site and the tools we used. Here’s…
WebP is quickly becoming one of the most popular image formats for WordPress users. WebP is a technology developed by Google with the goal of making the web faster. On average, WebP images are 40% smaller than their PNG equivalents. Support for WebP has been increasing in recent years and now the format is supported…
About two years, ago we took over running MetaSlider and had an interesting challenge. The slideshow plugin was really popular with 100,000’s of users. Many MetaSlider users had the plugin installed for over ten years. But the plugin was also in need of a refresh. Because people relied on the plugin’s features, we soon learned…
When you use MetaSlider, you have many different options for creating stylish slideshows. MetaSlider has dozens of theme options to suit every kind of site. However, MetaSlider Pro also allows you to create completely new themes that can easily be added to new slideshows. We’ll show you how it’s done in this guide. If you’re…
In this guide, we’ll explain how WordPress handles HEIC images. Since 2017, Apple has used the HEIC format to store images. If you have an Apple device, your images are probably stored as HEIC files. However, HEIC images are not supported by many browsers, and so this can cause problems if you’re uploading photos from…
We had an interesting question from a MetaSlider customer this week. They wanted a standard image carousel, but with a large hero image. Normally a carousel will show multiple images. This customer wanted smaller images on the left and right, with a larger central image. In a previous tutorial, we showed how to use partial…