diff --git a/services/plugin/src/Plugin.tsx b/services/plugin/src/Plugin.tsx
index ed566224..abbad198 100644
--- a/services/plugin/src/Plugin.tsx
+++ b/services/plugin/src/Plugin.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,14 @@ export const Plugin = ({
         useState<boolean>(false)
 
     const [inErrorState, setInErrorState] = useState<boolean>(false)
+    // height and width values to be set by callbacks passed to the plugin
+    // (these default sizes will be quickly overwritten by the plugin)
+    // in order to behave like a normal block element, by default, the height
+    // will be set by plugin contents, this state will be used
     const [resizedHeight, setPluginHeight] = useState<number>(150)
+    // ...and by default, plugin width will be defined by the container
+    // (width = 100%), so this state won't be used unless the `clientWidth`
+    // prop is used to have plugin width defined by plugin contents
     const [resizedWidth, setPluginWidth] = useState<number>(500)
 
     // since we do not know what props are passed, the dependency array has to be keys of whatever is standard prop
@@ -91,8 +98,10 @@ export const Plugin = ({
             const iframeProps = {
                 ...memoizedPropsToPass,
                 alertsAdd,
+                // if a dimension is specified or container driven, don't send
+                // a resize callback to the plugin
                 setPluginHeight: !height ? setPluginHeight : null,
-                setPluginWidth: !width ? setPluginWidth : null,
+                setPluginWidth: !width && clientWidth ? setPluginWidth : null,
                 setInErrorState,
                 setCommunicationReceived,
                 clientWidth,
@@ -152,8 +161,10 @@ export const Plugin = ({
             ref={iframeRef}
             src={pluginSource}
             className={className}
+            // if clientWidth is set, then we want width to be set by plugin.
+            // otherwise, 
             width={clientWidth ? resizedWidth : width ?? '100%'}
-            height={height ?? resizedHeight + 'px'}
+            height={height ?? resizedHeight}
             style={{ border: 'none' }}
         />
     )