Original image used instead of its thumbnail

  • Resolved Rumores

    (@rumores)


    9 years, 2 months ago

    Hello there,

    I encounter a slight problem with RSS Image Feed as I can’t figure how to use thumbnail image size in feed.

    Indeed, my thumbnail settings are 360 x 240 px whitout crop (manualy defined in functions.php), but regardless of the “image size” parameter defined in RSS Image Feed option page (360 px wide or less) or checking “Make the size relative”, the original image source is still used in feed but scaled to the specified size in this same option page, excepted when “Make the size relative” is checked.

    Hard blow for bandwidth!

    I hope I was clear enough in my explanations and you can help me solve this issue.

    Thx in advance

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/rss-image-feed/

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  • Plugin Author tepelstreel

    (@tepelstreel)

    Hello there,

    “Make size relative” was built in by a special request. It seems however, that it messes things up in many feed readers because they all deal differently with the styles applied in the feed itself.

    But how the plugin should handle the image size is as follows:

    WP has some build in images sizes; thumbnail, medium, large and full. My plugin adds the image size ‘rss-image’.

    Unfortunately, it only creates the new image size for images that will be uploaded in the future. And if you change the rss-image size in the plugin settings at one point, you’ll have two different sizes as it doesn’t change the actual size of the file.

    When it comes to having to display an image in the feed, the procedure goes as follows:

    The plugin checks for an image with the size ‘rss-image’. If it’s there, it will be taken as is in the feed (see the problem with old and new dimensions of the images).

    If there is no image for that post filed under the size ‘rss-image’, the plugin looks for its settings. You gave your 360px width. So, the plugin looks in all the image sizes that are registered in WP after some size that would be wider than the required 360px in order not to blow up images to get them displayed blurily.

    My guess is, that you just installed the plugin and there are actually no image sizes registered (as you have manually defined a size for the thumbnail in the functions.php) which would be in the range of it’s requirements. So after posting some stuff with attached images, there will be slowly more and more images in the right size available and by the time you’ll save bandwidth.

    I hope, this explanation helps for a bit.

    Best regards,
    Stefan

    Thread Starter Rumores

    (@rumores)

    Hello Stefan,
    Thanks for you quick reply!

    Indeed, I installed the plugin on an existing project where images have already been uploaded and sizes generated. I didn’t notice that a specific image size was defined and used by the plugin to enhance the feed, so everything’s clear now…

    I’ll try to rebuild thumbnails to correct this for prior posts.

    Thank you again for your work and your help!
    Best regards

    Plugin Author tepelstreel

    (@tepelstreel)

    You are very welcome! ??

    Plugin Author tepelstreel

    (@tepelstreel)

    I forgot to mention this plugin:

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/

    It doesn’t regenerate the ‘rss-image’ but the thumbnails will be resized according to your settings in WP.

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