# Changing image width/height manually does not always work!

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-image-width-height-manually-does-not-always-work/86649>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 2, 2018, 7:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-image-width-height-manually-does-not-always-work/86649 "2018-05-02T07:40:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-image-width-height-manually-does-not-always-work/86649/11 "2019-05-15T21:29:02Z")

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> [@ccstone](#):
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> So Peter must have change the default height of the “cooked” image. It is _much_ larger than what is showing here on the meta forum.

Looks like they set “max\_image\_height” to 2000. Which explain why the cropped version is that tall.

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