The light this morning was dull when I took a walk around the garden.
It looks to me as if WordPress have changed my gallery image sizes as they did yesterday. This will mean that nothing can be enlarged. I am also uncertain whether the galleries can be accessed at all. Should either of these situations arise, I will return to the Classic editor. I would appreciate feedback on this.
This afternoon the light was slightly better when I photographed a hosta blooming on the stumpery; the Virginia creeper brightening the back drive,
which also bears hot lips in its border;
bees plundering salvia and cosmos;
and a Red Admiral basking on warm paving bricks.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s classic lamb jalfrezi with mushroom rice and onion samosas. The Culinary Queen drank Hoegaarden and I drank Casillero del Diablo reserva Shiraz 2017.
On the mobile phone it is working.
But I think with galleries it is not a problem.
But in most themes the photos are somewhat small due to the blocks. I was recently looking for a new theme and it was the same with all the ones I tried.
Thanks very much, Rabirius
You’re very welcome.
When the new editor was introduced, I gave it a try. After all, what writer could resist an editor named ‘Gutenberg’? It took me about an hour to realize I despised the thing. I went back to the classic editor, and haven’t strayed since, despite constant invitations from WP to do so. My hope is that the classic will remain an option. If the time comes when that isn’t possible, then I’ll decide what to do.
Thanks very much, Linda
I’m with you on this. Hated the new editor and hoping the classic will stick around.
Looks as if I’ll be joining you all
😅
Can you not pick your photo size? I use Gutenberg and haven’t noticed this.
Thanks very much, Cindy. It has only been a recent problem
The photos are brilliant! The garden is looking more beautiful than ever! The size of the photos on my iMacPro computer nearly fills the screen. I can smell those flowers and hear the bees buzzing! I switch back and forth from classic to Block editing – depends on what’s happening. I find it unpredictable.
Thanks very much, Jan. That’s helpful
I can’t access the galleries or biggify. I use classic and I’ve just discovered I no longer have control over the size of the image I upload or the option to change sizes in gallery selections. Clearly wp has been at it again and has decided we don’t need to do that any more……
Grrrr. For what it is worth, Mike, of abitaboutbritain was able to bigify the second Kites effort. Thanks very much, Pauline
Oh, now wp is being country-ists 😀
Now he can’t!
A-ha! They must be listening! 😀
Even at the small size your photos are as lovely as always.
I am assuming you are using the App. If it was me I would delete the App and re-install.
If that fails then I would revert to the Classic Editor.
If that fails then I would ask WordPress for assistance.
I tried Gutenberg on several occasions. I had no obvious difficulty but did not like it. I reluctantly gave up on so called ‘progress’ and went back to the Classic. I really do not see the point of using something I am not comfortable with.
I don’t use the App Sue. Thank you very much
You almost ran out of scroll paper. 😉
Great pics.
Many thanks, Chrissy. It was WP who posted them in a line!
Reading the post on Windows 10 in Chrome on a computer, I can’t access the galleries or enlarge a picture.
I really hope that they don’t stop letting us use the ‘old’ editor as I have only just got used to it thoroughly after using the ‘old old’ editor for some years.
Thanks very much, Tootlepedal. There have been so many problems with Gutenberg
I’ve gone back to Classic. Lovely array of photos from your gorgeous garden.
Thank you very much, Sheree. I may well do the same
Your photos are to gorgeous not to be enlarged, Derrick. The Red Admiral is beautiful!
Thank you very much, Jill
WordPress seems to be doing some mean things to your post. The photos displayed fine in my email on my Chromebook, but when l headed over to your blog, they’re quite small and can’t be enlarged. Regardless, the flowers are exquisite.
Thanks very much, Liz. So many different experiences
Your photo of the red admiral butterfly is superb Derrick….
Thanks very much, Ivor. It just lay there for me 🙂
Like many other commentators, I gave Gutenberg a few hours trial and then went back to Classic. Having said that, I haven’t posted a blog in months now.
When you first switched, I noticed immediately that if I clicked on your blog when using the iPad, the photos covered the text. So I either just read the blog on the iPad from the email, or waited until I got on the laptop, where I’m running Windows 10 (and Edge, I think). I could always enlarge the photos and/or click through to the gallery there.
But I can’t do that with today’s post!
Thanks very much, Gwen. I do wish they would leave things alone
Yep, if it ain’t broke – don’t fix it.
But of course, in IT, the new hire need to justify their wages, so they think “innovation, in the name of progress” equates to job security.
More fool them
Hmm – I’m still using classic. Actually, now the images appear fixed in size.
So unreliable. Thanks very much, Mike
It might have been the 4 pints of London Pride and the whisky chaser.
Classic, please. I can’t enlarge the photos or access the galleries.
Thanks very much, Oglach. I’ll see if I can remember how to use Classic 🙂
The Red Admiral butterfly is a beauty!
Thanks very much, Rosaliene. We have seen very few of those this year
If I may say so, the images of the flowers are stunning. (Everyone else has already given their insightful thoughts regarding the Editor functions). I hope Nugget is well too.
Thanks very much, Takami. Nugget is well, but I have refrained from “Where’s Nugget?” until the enlargement problem is sorted out.
Those images could earn awards, each one of them, were they exposed to such contests. I checked your blog in a browser and sure enough it didn’t allow me to enlarge the photos, nor could I enter the gallery. But they do appear larger in the WP reader which is my preferred mode of reading blogs. WP has been changing and not all of it has been for good, and I am not a great fan of it anymore. I believe I have stayed away from their new editor, for I never am lured by their invitation to try their smoking green contraptions, but I am not sure which editor we are talking of, which means I don’t give it two hoots.
I concur re your posts in WP Reader on the app. I almost exclusively read posts on the app now and have no difficulty seeing your photos. They look the same size as they have always done.
On the app, though, if I tap on a photo, there is no gallery, unless I have misunderstood what gallery means in this context.
Anyway, having recently become acquainted with Michaelmas Daisies, I was pleased to be able to recognise the ones in your garden.
Many thanks, Helen. It does all seem rather hit and miss
Very much so!
A wise owl doesn’t give two hoots, Uma. Thanks very much
For what it’s worth Derrick. I can’t enlarge the photos, but then again, I can barely manage to type out a post anyway.
Thanks very much, Jerry
I don’t see any merit in the new editor. So I switched to the classic editor, the old version. With classic editor, I can easily resize my photos.
Thank you very much, Byung. That’s helpful
You are very welcome, Derrick.
You said the light was dull. But the flowers were bright. Maybe dull light works well for this kind of photography.
Actually this new editor worked well for me. The post arrived with large pictures on my email account. I read through it before I clicked on comments, where the pictures were small and it was quicker to get to the other comments.
Thanks very much, Nicki. Dull light is often better for flowers, I find
The size of photos make such a huge difference.
Classic editor is better I guess.
The garden is still very beautiful with so much variety.
Thank you very much, Rupali
I’ve always hung in there with the Classic Editor. I’ve never tried anything else.
Seems, at times, WP just does stuff and then we have to figure out how to fix it or deal with it. UGHS!
The variety and beauty in your garden is stunning, Derrick! 🙂
And whether your photos are large or small, I enjoy them!
But, as I grow more “well-seasoned”, it might be nice to see them again a bit larger. 🙂
I love the seasons of the year when the butterflies, bees, and birds are out-n-about and busy! 🙂
HUGS to you and Jackie!!! 🙂 🙂
TWEETS to sweet Nugget!!! 🙂
Very many thanks, Carolyn. Perhaps I should have hung in there, too x
Viewing your photos on my iPad, I ha w no difficulty; they are a good size – and incidentally beautiful pictures! But I too have been disappointed with the new editor. I use WordPress for poetry (as you know) and I cannot adjust the font in the new blocks. I keep experimenting but each time I find the classic editor has more flexibility.
I thought if you have a paid acct., your photos stay as high resolution shots. I always try to adjust the size of the photos before I post.
Hmmmmmm….
as Arte Johnson would say: ” Verrrrrry Interesting. But shtupid!!”
A question for you: What possible benefit is there to staying with ‘Gutenberg’?? I tried it, could work most things out (with great effort usually and with many ‘stumbles’ along the way) and clearly preferred the second ‘Classic’ editor. I can still access the Original if i prefer but version #2 works perfectly well for my needs. Gutenberg – it’s all dutch to me! 😉
I’m using Firefox as my blog browser after choosing to avoid Google products owing to the massive data gathering they collect from you. I use a PC with Win 7 and i can only see ‘thumbnail’ sized pics when i open your page in my browser. I can see slightly larger versions (but still reduced) in WP reader and neither will let me access the gallery for any photo.
If i look at your post in my email program (Microsoft Outlook Live) the pics are slightly larger but again no biggification is possible and there is no gallery access.
I can ‘right click’ your photos and open them in a new page, which is also limited to a width of 584 pixels (seems to be a standard choice?), but curiously, if i delete the ‘?w=584’ tag inserted after the picture file location in the address bar i can then see your image as you uploaded it – full zoom (but no gallery data) 🙁
i’d strongly recommend reverting to what you, and most of us, are used to – go Classic! 😉
I feel sorry for those people who only read your blog on a phone – they don’t know what they are missing.
That, added to other comments, is the definitive answer, Bob. Many thanks.
It’s the logical choice! 😉
I love the roses and anemones! Such a nice combination. I’ve stuck with the Classic Editor. I tried the newer one and it didn’t work right for me.
The garden looks anything but dull, Derrick – beautiful as always! I have never used the new editor, so I have nothing to offer on that front, but I did notice the other day that my photos couldn’t be enlarged either. Maybe it’s a temporary glitch?
You might be coming to the end of your storage ability and that’s why you can’t enlarge? I know you have pictures at 2400-5400 in size – that takes up a ton of room on your allotted storage space. By going back to older posts and editing the pictures to much smaller sizes will add to your space and your pictures will be just as beautiful.
Thanks a lot GP. I’ll have to get someone to show me how to do that 🙂
I have never dared move off the classic editor. What I have found however is that I have to manually size the pictures and then provide a link to each one so that they can be opened by the reader. WP can be so frustrating!
I’ve gone back today, Andrew. Many thanks
Windows 10 on a laptop and I have no option to enlarge anything today, Derrick. I confess to having never tried switching. If it aint broke don’t fix it is my mantra!
Quite so, Sandra. I’ve gone back to Classic today
Aesthetic pictures 😁
Thank you very much, Rutika
Derrick,
I am looking after the web page for the American & Foreign Christian Union on WordPress. You have far more experience than me, but what I am currently doing is opening the Post in Block Editor, saving it then reopening it in Classic editor to do the media & categorization. That seems to work
Thanks
John
Thank you very much, John. I’ll remember this if my reversion to the Classic doesn’t do the trick
I like the Classic editor. But your photos are gorgeous whether enlarged or not. That yellow rose is a hum-dinger.
Many thanks, Cindy. I have reverted today
I’ve only used the classic editor. These pictures are beautiful, but you are right, I can’t enlarge them.
Thanks very much, Lavinia. I’ve gone back to Classic today
I use the WP app on my phone, and your post here has made all of your photos noticecably smaller than before. However, clicking on one of them fills the whole width of the screen with superb clarity, and then I can swipe through the rest of the images.
They are fabulous.
x
Thanks very much, Melanie. This all seems so hit and miss. I wonder whether the app is the key. However, I will be staying with the Classic. X
I took a peek at the ‘new and improved’ editor with a proxy theme, (I didn’t want to touch my main one , just in case) and became firmly convinced that WP had succumbed, yet again, to the ‘it ain’t broke so we’ll fix it anyway’ school of web design … in fact I think they’ve elevated it into an art form.
So right, Widders 🙂 – I only persevered so long for the sake of the galleries and now they work worse than they ever did. Jackie’s comment on yours: “Ha ha. Oh very good.’
Even in the dull light you have produced a profusion of stunning colors, Derrick. Yes, photos could not be enlarged.
Thanks very much, Dolly. I am binning Gutenberg
My pleasure, Derrick. As to Gutenberg, I haven’t even touched it, and I think I was right.
You were
You are right; I couldn’t enlarge anything. But the red admiral was worth coming for if nothing else.
I’m back on Classic now. Thanks very much, Paol
I gave the briefest of tries to the ‘new’ editor. Not intuitive and seemed to defy my own simple needs. So I have stuck with the classic. I’m pleased to read that so many have done the same. Large or small, your photos remain, for me, DDD (Derrick’s Daily Delight).
🙂 Thanks very much, Roland. I like that
The images are gorgeous, but they are smaller than your usual photos.
Not sure if that was what you wanted.
Thanks a lot, Drew. WP are suddenly playing havoc. I’ve gone back to the Classic editor with success.
Yes, the images are smaller than usual and cannot be enlarged….I’m still with the classic editor for now…
Thanks very much, Ribana. I have gone back
Your garden is so beautiful, when I look at all the flowers I remember The Secret garden:)
I still use the classic editor. I have never looked at the new one. Regards
Thanks very much, Lakshmi. I shan’t look at it again 🙂
Please do🙂 It would be so nice to have a secret garden, if not in reality at least in our hearts.
I meant I shan’t look at the Gutenberg editor again 🙂
I really dislike the block editor and always use the classic – but your photo’s look good whatever the size!
Many thanks, Stuart. I have now reverted to Classic.
😀
I use the classic editor. It’s the editor I know. I don’t own a smartphone. Could the world stand still for the next five years.
Or maybe step back a few. Thanks very much, Micheline