What size is a WhatsApp Status image?

1080×1920 (9:16 vertical) fills the screen — the same spec as stories on other platforms.

Why does my status show black bars?

The image is not 9:16 — resize to 1080×1920 and the bars disappear.

Where should text go on a status?

Middle and upper areas — the bottom hosts the reply interface.

WhatsApp Status Size

Status is full-screen vertical: 1080×1920 (9:16). Sized exactly, your image fills every viewer\'s display — no letterbox bars, no surprise crops of the important bit. Resizing keeps the aspect handling honest — no stretching or squashing; the output is exactly the dimensions you asked for.

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How to resize image

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The full-screen format

Statuses render edge-to-edge on phone screens — 9:16 or bust. Landscape photos posted raw get shrunk into bars; pre-framing to 1080×1920 uses the whole canvas the feature gives you.

Design for the overlay

WhatsApp floats reply UI at the bottom of statuses — keep text and key content in the middle band and the top, clear of the interface zone.

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