BugWP logo BugWP
Back to Community
Home / Community / Theme → Colormag

Fixing the Mysterious Blank Space Below Your ColorMag Theme Slider

20 threads Sep 7, 2025 Theme → Colormag

Content

If you use the ColorMag theme, you might have encountered a puzzling and frustrating visual glitch: a large blank or white space that appears below the main slider or between widgets when your page first loads. This gap often disappears after a few seconds, only to reappear on the next page load. Based on numerous community reports, this is a common issue, but the good news is that it's usually simple to fix.

Why Does This Blank Space Happen?

The most common culprit, identified across multiple support threads for the ColorMag theme, is a conflict with Lazy Loading. Lazy loading is a technique used by many plugins and services (like Jetpack) to delay the loading of off-screen images until a user scrolls near them. This is done to improve page load speed.

However, this process can sometimes interfere with how the theme calculates the layout and height of elements like sliders. Before the lazy-loaded images fully render, the browser may not know how much space they will occupy, resulting in a temporary blank gap. Once the images load, the page reflows and the space collapses.

How to Troubleshoot and Fix the Blank Space

Follow these steps to identify and resolve the issue.

Step 1: Disable Lazy Loading

The first and most effective step is to disable any lazy load features on your site.

  1. Check Jetpack: If you use the Jetpack plugin, navigate to Jetpack → Settings → Performance in your WordPress dashboard and toggle off the "Lazy Images" option. Save changes and clear your site's cache if you use a caching plugin.
  2. Check Other Plugins: Other optimization, image, or speed-related plugins (e.g., Smush, WP Rocket) may also have their own lazy load settings. Review the settings of all your active plugins and temporarily disable any lazy load options.
  3. Check Your Caching/Speed Service: Some services like Cloudflare also offer lazy loading. Check your external performance service settings.

After disabling lazy loading, clear your browser cache and reload your site to see if the blank space issue is resolved.

Step 2: Perform a Plugin Conflict Check

If disabling lazy loading doesn't work, a broader plugin conflict might be the cause.

  1. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins in your WordPress dashboard.
  2. Temporarily deactivate all your plugins.
  3. Check your site to see if the blank space is gone. If it is, you know a plugin is causing the conflict.
  4. Reactivate your plugins one by one, checking your site after each activation, until the problem returns. This will help you identify the conflicting plugin.
  5. Once identified, you can leave the problematic plugin deactivated or look for an alternative.

Step 3: Investigate Ad Code (If Applicable)

In one reported case, the issue appeared after removing Google AdSense code. If you have recently added or removed any advertising code, it may have left behind an empty container div. Inspect your site's code using your browser's developer tools (F12) to see if there are any empty div elements in the problem area that could be causing the gap.

When to Seek Further Help

If the steps above do not resolve the issue, the problem could be more specific to your site's customization. In such cases, providing a link to your site and a clear screenshot (you can use a service like prnt.sc) on community forums can help others diagnose the problem. Be sure to mention the steps you have already tried.

By systematically following this guide, you should be able to eliminate that pesky blank space and create a smoother loading experience for your visitors.

Related Support Threads Support