{"id":1105,"date":"2015-07-21T21:41:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T09:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paperhedge.com\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2023-11-08T11:54:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T11:54:36","slug":"fix-gif-images-that-are-not-displaying-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awove.com\/fix-gif-images-that-are-not-displaying-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix GIF Images that are not Displaying in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick fix for when your GIFs dont play on your WordPress blog post or pages. I only found this out yesterday after switching themes.<\/p>\n<p>The main culprit is the fact that WordPress or your theme is re-sizing images. GIFs don&#8217;t particularly like being re-sized and thus tend to stop &#8220;playing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Simple fix is to:<\/p>\n<p>a. Resize the GIF (free tools:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ezgif.com\/resize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EZGif.com<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"http:\/\/gifmaker.me\/resizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GIFMaker<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>b. Simply make sure that you are displaying it in it&#8217;s original size when you add media to a post or page.<\/p>\n<p>Easy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick fix for when your GIFs dont play on your WordPress blog post or pages. I only found this out yesterday after switching themes. The main culprit is the fact that WordPress or your theme is re-sizing images. GIFs don&#8217;t particularly like being re-sized and thus tend to stop &#8220;playing&#8221;. 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