[Support request] Polaroid images on the left

So all three posts are exactly the same? I’m not seeing the posts in your screenshot anymore – are they on a different page?

Try adding this for the padding:

.wpsp-row article:nth-child(even) .wp-show-posts-image {
    padding-left: 0;
    padding-right: 1.5em;
}

I’m afraid I’m out of ideas for the arrows.. If all three posts are identical in the way they’re set up (auto excerpts, manual excerpts, more tag etc..), then it’s a mystery.. There should be a difference between the one that doesn’t have arrows and the ones that do. If you’re able to find that difference, we can fix it.

Ah, to add the arrows to manual excerpts, try this: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/157688

Where can I see the overlay issue?

Hi there,

That code is just an example of what you’d need to do.

Try this:

add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', function( $excerpt ) {
    if ( has_excerpt( get_the_ID() ) ) {
        $excerpt .= sprintf( 
            '...<a href="%1$s">&ensp;►►►</a>',
            get_permalink()
        );
    }

    return $excerpt;
} );

You would need to use an image large enough to fill the space. The content isn’t aware of the background image size, so it can’t resize itself.

Otherwise, you’d need to reduce the width of the post container itself to match the width of the image.