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Featured GIF

Whether an animated GIF used as a featured image keeps moving in listings, or shows as a still picture.

A post card on the Tus demo whose featured image is an animated GIF of a cyclist, outlined in orange; on the live page it plays in the listing, the picture holds one frame

Where: Theme Options > Theme Design > Featured GIF.

Theme Options with Theme Design expanded in the section list and Featured GIF highlighted, beside the Featured GIF panel: the GIF Supported switch, on

Theme Design > Featured GIF with the GIF Supported switch

  • GIF Supported: keeps an animated GIF animating in a listing. On by default. It works by serving the uploaded file, not the still crop WordPress makes of it.

The cost is weight. The full file loads at whatever size it was uploaded, so a large GIF in a small thumbnail slot is a slow thumbnail. Turn the switch off if your listings feel slow and the animation is not worth it.