I'm having an issue with the thumbnails being stretched. I have it set for 200w by 100h. You can see it here at http://foododdity.com . I have placed the slider in the header. I doubt that the theme has thumbnail support beyond its default "square", so I'm wondering if that is the issue, and I need to add more sizes to function.php? This is more than likely a really simple and "duhh" inspiring solution... Could you point me in the right direction? Thanks!
Make sure that your image you upload to the post (assuming you're using Featured Image) is that same dimension. Use an image editor like Photoshop to get your image to be 200px W and 100px tall, or a similar ratio (400px X 200px for example) before you upload it. Then you won't have stretching issues. This plugin doesn't crop the image for you, it only places your image in a box at the dimensions you specify. Good luck.
Soo... I don't give up that easily. I have mucked around a bit and have added a new image size called "RPS-thumb" to functions.php. The image size is set to 233x100, cropped. I have installed a plugin to rebuild all my thumbnails, it recognizes the new size, and has created an image for all my posts. I am having an issue now telling the Related post slider to use THAT image size. Is there an easy way to "swap" out one of the drop down menu selections (large, medium, thumbnail) on the RPS settings page?
Not sure if anyone is following this, but I found a pretty ugly hack that will temorarily work. You can go to settings>>media and change the thumbnail size to your desired related post slider image size (233x100 in my case). You then install a plugin called rebuild thumbnails. Rebuild all the thumbnails. Voila. The issue is that ALL thumbnails now change to this size format, including those that are shared on social sites, and in the category pages. Not a permanent solution... Still looking for a solution that will allow RPS to recognize and use a new image size that was created in the functions.php page... Thanks again malechitech for having a look, your solution will work for future posts, but not for the 100s that are already there, and I dread going in and manually changing all of them...
