WordPress Transparent Image Backgrounds Use PNG Image In place of Transparent GIF
Why is my transparent GIF image background not working correctly in WordPress? I am having trouble making a new GIF image background transparent in WordPress. It seems every time I create an image in Photoshop and then remove the background to create and transparent GIF to blend with the rest of the on-site artwork the whole image gets all messed and doesn’t render correctly. I have never had this problem before when developing images for websites. Now for some reason ever time I create a transparent give, the background is a mess.
SOLUTION:
Upon further research on this matter I found that there is some sort of restriction or conflict with many WordPress CSS pages. This WordPress CSS conflict causes Transparent GIF Images to appear to have a background or ignores the transparent GIF. So when developing a new image in Photoshop make sure to save any images that you want to have a transparent background as a PNG file. Saving your image file in PNG format will keep keep the integrate of the image and allow for it to render on site/blog with a transparent background the way you originally desired. I have found great success saving transparent backgrounds in the PNG-24 format. Try it and let me know how it works for you.
Let’s just say that PNG is the new GIF these days 😉 Hope this helped.