Twenty Thirteen: Instagram embeds are forced to thumbnail size because of 604 `content_width` value

[lancewillett]

When you embed an Instagram URL in a post, the size comes back as 304 pixels wide, their "thumbnail" size.

​http://instagram.com/developer/embedding/ shows the sizes.

Would be nice to filter or change the embed call for Twenty Thirteen so that we can get at least 604 to fit the main content width.

[lancewillett]

Originally reported on WordPress.com: ​http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-instagram-images-with-twenty-thirteen-theme?replies=2#post-1296342

[obenland]

As ​I mentioned in IRC, it kinda sucks that the difference between thumbnail and medium size is so big and we're only 8px away from getting the bigger image.

In the interest of keeping the theme code simple, I'd lean towards leaving as is though. Maybe this is something that can be addressed in core?

[obenland]

Maybe this is something that can be addressed in core?

Strike that. Probably more in a plugin. :)

[kovshenin]

24538.diff​ sets the minimum width for the Instagram oembed endpoint.

[SergeyBiryukov]

0 !== strpos() in 24538.diff​ might be confusing, as we usually compare strpos() fo false.

[kovshenin]

Replying to SergeyBiryukov:
True, although in this case we're not only looking for the substring occurrence, but also making sure it's at the very beginning (at position 0).

[nacin]

-1. The only way this should be fixed in Twenty Thirteen is by bumping the content width globally to 612. This is not something I want to see proliferate into other themes.

(In general, modifying the $content_width is a bad idea because it doesn't work "on the fly" — it changes how data is stored in the database. Which is why I have objected to #21256.)

[lancewillett]

The fix should probably go into an Instagram or embed plugin, it was pointed out on WP.com that users can use a shortcode already to work around this:

[instagram url=http://instagram.com/p/LFcgLXwyNA/ width=604]

[obenland]

Replying to nacin:

-1. The only way this should be fixed in Twenty Thirteen is by bumping the content width globally to 612. This is not something I want to see proliferate into other themes.[...]

Replying to lancewillett:

The fix should probably go into an Instagram or embed plugin[...]

Agreed, let's close this.