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I had to stop using WordPress's native image handling because I quickly exceeded the space they provide. So, I started embedding images from Flickr with the "Flickr embed" block, instead, which solved the space problem.

For some readers, however, their email client, mostly on iphones, rendered the image aspect ratio wrong in the copy of my posts that WordPress emails to them.

In an attempt to fix that problem, I'm now trying to use "custom HTML" blocks to embed images. It solves the aspect ratio problem for the readers that had it, but for some other readers, they only see a URL for the image, not the image itself.

Here's the HTML I am using:

<div style="text-align: left;margin: none">
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewdressel/54910258108/in/album-72177720330195229/" title="DSCF1630">
<img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54910258108_aa0c906e85_o.jpg" width="800" height="auto" alt="DSCF1630" /></a>
</div>

Here's a URL to my test post:

https://signsoflifeinestabrookpark.net/2025/11/08/image-handling-test/

One reader who reports the new problem says that she is "using Google Chrome on iMac running Sonoma 14.6.1"

Any ideas why this works for some and not others? What should I try next?

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  • I don't see any problems in you code. maybe the url can be displayed when flickr servers are overloaded and fail to provide the file. Commented Nov 9 at 9:20
  • It looks like your site is hosted on WordPress.com. If that's the case, you should contact their support team about this. Commented Nov 9 at 17:32

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