Reader No Longer Shows Most Images

[dzver]

The Reader used to display non-featured images and now only features featured images.

Desktop Reader shows a non-featured image:

Mobile Reader doesn't:

[dangermattic]

Thanks for reporting! 👍

[kean]

It was affected by the bug fix for #13317. It currently shows only the featured images that the users selected. Previously, it could show any arbitrary image from the post or sometimes not even belong to the post.

It should also eliminate most of the scenarios where Reader would show cropped images (#24032).

It's currently not the only discrepancy with how media is displayed across the web and mobile. For example, mobile doesn't support media galleries, and the web does.

I'm not entirely sure how it should work. It probably shouldn't show arbitrary images as they often appear out of context or get cropped.

[kean]

Anecdotally, a lot of the posts in Discover have explicitly specified and nicely cropped and formatted featured images that add to the experience, and I no longer see many, if any, out-of-context, poorly cropped images. As an author, I'd also say that the author should have control over how their posts appear to their subscribers.

[dzver]

I think it should display a featured image if available and the first image in the post if a featured image is not available.

If the image is portrait, it should not be cropped but should be floated to the right. Exotic dimensions should still be cropped.