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Troubleshooting Ashe Theme Image Sizing and Display Issues

37 threads Sep 7, 2025 Theme → Ashe

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Many users of the Ashe theme encounter issues with how their images are displayed, particularly featured images and thumbnails. Problems range from inconsistent sizing and blurry pictures to images appearing in the wrong place or being cropped unexpectedly. This guide compiles the most common issues and their solutions based on community discussions.

Common Image Problems in Ashe

  • Inconsistent thumbnail sizes on blog or category pages
  • Blurry or low-quality product images in WooCommerce
  • Featured images that are too large, too small, or incorrectly cropped
  • Difficulty changing the display position of featured images (e.g., moving them below the post title)
  • Social media or link previews grabbing the wrong site image
  • Layout changes after a WordPress update (e.g., WordPress 6.7)

Why Do These Issues Happen?

These problems typically stem from a few key areas:

  1. WordPress Image Sizes: WordPress generates multiple sizes (Thumbnail, Medium, Large) for every uploaded image. A theme specifies which of these sizes to use in different locations. If the wrong size is called, or if the generated sizes are not optimal, display issues occur.
  2. Thumbnail Regeneration: If you change your theme or modify your image size settings in Settings > Media, these changes only apply to new images you upload. Older images retain their old, previously generated sizes, leading to a mix of correct and incorrect images on the same page.
  3. Theme and Plugin Conflicts: Other plugins, especially those that affect images or layouts, can sometimes override the theme's settings.
  4. WordPress Core Updates: Occasionally, an update to WordPress itself can change how images are handled, which may require the theme to release a compatibility update.

Recommended Image Sizes for Ashe

Based on developer recommendations found in the support threads, these are good baseline sizes to use:

  • General Featured Images: 1200 × 800 pixels
  • Featured Links Section: 1300 × 500 pixels (ensure all images are cropped to the same size)
  • For Retina/High-DPI Displays: Upload images at 2x the recommended size (e.g., 2600 × 1000 for featured links).

How to Fix Common Image Issues

1. Regenerate Thumbnails (The Most Common Solution)

The vast majority of inconsistent sizing and blurriness issues can be resolved by regenerating your thumbnails. This process recreates all of the different image sizes for your existing uploads.

  1. Install and activate a plugin like Regenerate Thumbnails or AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild.
  2. Navigate to Tools > Regenerate Thumbnails (or the plugin's location in your admin menu).
  3. Follow the plugin's instructions to regenerate thumbnails for all images. This may take some time on a large site.
  4. Clear your site's cache if you use a caching plugin.

2. Adjust Image Sizes with Custom CSS

For more control over the display size of images, you can add custom CSS. This is useful for quick adjustments without regenerating images.

  1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS.
  2. Add CSS code to target specific images. For example, to make featured images on posts 40% of their container's width: 
    .post-media img {
    width: 40%;
}
  3. Click Publish to save your changes.

Note: CSS only changes the display size in the browser, not the actual file that is downloaded. For best performance and quality, it's always preferable to upload and regenerate images to the correct size.

3. Set a Site-Wide Social Media Image

If social media platforms are grabbing the wrong image when your site is linked, you need to define a default Open Graph image.

  1. Use an SEO plugin like Yoast SEO or Rank Math.
  2. Within the plugin's settings, navigate to the Social Media section.
  3. Upload and set a default image that represents your site. This image will be used when a direct link to a post or page isn't available.

4. Troubleshoot After a WordPress Update

If image sizes change immediately after a WordPress core update (as some users reported with WordPress 6.7), it is likely a temporary compatibility issue.

  1. First, try regenerating your thumbnails as described above.
  2. Check the official theme page for any announcements or updates related to the WordPress version.
  3. If the problem persists, you may need to wait for the theme developers to release an update that addresses the core changes.

What Isn't Possible in the Free Version

It's important to note that some desired changes are not available in the free version of Ashe and are designated as Pro features. Based on support responses, this includes:

  • Changing the position of the featured image to appear below the post title.
  • Reordering post meta elements like the author name and date.
  • Hiding featured images on all single post pages via a theme option.

For these specific functionalities, the official support responses indicate that finding a third-party plugin or considering the Pro version are the only available paths.

Conclusion

Image display issues in the Ashe theme are most often resolved by understanding how WordPress handles image sizes and using the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin. For finer control, custom CSS can provide quick fixes. Always ensure you are uploading high-resolution images based on the recommended sizes to maintain quality across different devices and display areas.

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