For the Advanced Post Editor crowd the fit to width option is not available, but of course it is easy to use a standard maximum moderate width. I usually select around 640 pixels, maybe a little bit more. 540 pixels ensures an always fit in my experience.
I believe one can always use the Simple Post Editor to insert the image with the size limit set, then switch to the Advance Post Editor. Doing that will result in the need to edit what has been typed already as some formatting is removed with the change.
You can set image size in the advanced editor too, but in a bit weird way: instead of setting width to a certain amount of pixels, instead fill in a percentage in the width field, i.e “70%” , then empty the height field.
So if I upload a large pic to imgur and copy and paste the link in blf using the insert image option then click on relative width and set to 50% does blf have to resize the image ever time it’s viewed and the page loads slow?
This is how I do it to make sure the image doesn’t take up the whole page. If it’s slowing down browsing for some members I’ll resize the image in imgur first before linking.
Most people won’t because their DSL, cable, whatever is fast enough. But when on cell data those big files gobble data unnecessarily. Sometimes when I can see the images “painted” line by line I could scream.
The beer is free. $14.99 prepaid for shipping and handling. ……
I don’t know about others, the issue I have is the size in the thread. What set this off was a seller posted these enormous pictures that I kept scrolling and scrolling….then hit these tiny posts.
If people put “100” then it’s post width and that should be fine. For me…but others may have data and speed issues on their phones.