Get square images for Blog, Gallery and Portfolio modules

You like square images ? Me too! And the square images in DiviIt's not always easy!

Therefore, I propose a simple tutorial to display Square images in Divi Gallery and Portfolio modules.

No need to know how to code... A few CSS or PHP lines will suffice and you can simply copy and paste them from this article.

Anyway, no need to rip out the hair...

1 – Square images Divi... not so easy!

I don't know why, it's still a mystery, but ElegantThemes hasn't planned anything to make it easier for us to do the job about square images…

It's a format that I really appreciate and I guess I'm not the only one... However, no option exists for easily obtain square images when configuring Gallery and Portfolio modules...

So before you start, that goes without saying, your library will already have to contain images in square format, i.e. with a ratio 1:1.

Divi Code Module

• Images 1000px * 1000px
• Images 800px * 800px
• Images 500px * 500px
• Etc.

The ratio of images is very important in the web and I invite you to read this photo guide for Divi : this tutorial will allow you to rewrite the image sizes used in Divi in a global way.

However, this requires some knowledge of WordPress and Divi and can cool some beginners.

So here's a very simple way of change the display of the images of the modules Gallery and Portfolio Without putting your hands in the code...

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2 - Square images for the gallery module

Insert it gallery module within your page using the Visual Builder...

You will be able to select all images to display from "Content" tab. Then, since "Style" tab, be sure to choose the Grid model.

The concern is that the gallery module offers only two possible orientations: Landscape or Portrait...

Unfortunately, depending on the size of your square images, they will be trimmed (cropped) and still display in landscape orientation or portrait... Rrrrr!

As you can see on the above capture, the square images display in landscape format... To correct this, here is what you need to do:

Within your layout, just below the gallery moduleinsert a Code module and enter the following few CSS lines:

<style>
.et_pb_gallery_item img {
    position: absolute;
    height: 100%;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    object-fit: cover;
}
.et_pb_gallery_image {
    padding-top: 100%;
}
</style>

That's it, that's it! Here's the result:

3 – Square images for the Portfolio module

The Portfolio module is useful if you use the Divi 'Projects'. Projects behave in the same way as blog articles. These are dynamic publications. The Portfolio module (or Portfolio) is a close cousin of Blog module Divi: it displays your latest "Projects" publications.

To obtain square images with portfolio module, we will proceed in the same way as for the gallery module, it is a variant of the code...

First of all, your site must be in possession of projects already published and these must have a image highlighted in square format 1:1.

Within your layout, add a Portfolio module:

Since "Content" tab, you can filter projects to display. Since then, "Style" tab, don't forget to select Grid model.

Since Style tab, you can also customize the appearance of the module and projects... You can add a shadow, border, change the size and font of the text, etc.

On the above screenshot, you can see that my projects display thumbnails in landscape format... However, images used are well in square format !

To correct this, add a Code module just below the Portfolio module and enter the following code:

<style>
 .et_portfolio_image {
 padding-top: 100%;
 }
 .et_portfolio_image img {
 position: absolute;
 height: 100%;
 top: 0;
 left: 0;
 right: 0;
 bottom: 0;
 object-fit: cover;
 }
</style>

As with the Gallery module, adding these few CSS lines allows you to quickly and easily get a display projects with square images.

Here's the result:

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4 - Square images for Blog module

For get square images in the thumbnails of the Blog module, some CSS lines will not be sufficient.

You will need to add a few lines of PHP to the file functions.php of your theme child.

If you don't have a child theme, you can use extension Snippet Code who will do the same job. It's even simpler!

// Begin square featured image in Divi Blog Module

function ld_blog_square_image_width($width) {
	return 300;
}
function ld_blog_square_image_height($height) {
	return 300;
}
add_filter( 'et_pb_blog_image_width', 'ld_blog_square_image_width' );
add_filter( 'et_pb_blog_image_height', 'ld_blog_square_image_height' );

// End stop square featured image in Divi Blog Module

By inserting the above code, the thumbnails of the blog module will display in square format.

The value "300" is in pixel. You can change this value if necessary.

5 - Other way to get square images in Divi

This way of obtaining square images for galleries, blogs and portfolios Divi is very easy, you have seen.

However, if you wish to obtain very specific image sizes, you should rather follow this tutorial for change the sizes imposed by Divi.

Extension Simple Image Size is precisely easy to use as explained hereHowever, note that its developer has not updated it in some time (this does not mean that it is not effective).

To go further with the images of Divi, I suggest an interesting playlist:

• 6 Unique Border Designs for your Divi Gallery Module Images
• The Difference Between Covered Images and Featured Images in WordPress
• The Ultimate Guide to Using Images within Divi
• How to Regenerate Thumbnails and Crop Images in WordPress