Why does uploading images store 3 images on server?

  • Resolved greencode

    (@greencode)


    15 years, 12 months ago

    I’ve just looked in my uploads folder and notice there’s a small, medium and normal size of every photo I’ve upload to my blog – even though I only specified the normal size when I was posting an article.

    Is there any way to stop WP adding three of every image?

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  • I to get this problem, would love to know what to do to stop it!

    Thread Starter greencode

    (@greencode)

    From what I can gather in the Settings > Media in the WP-Admin you specify what size you’d like these 3 images. There must be some way to stop this in the actual php code but I wouldn’t have the faintest idea where to look!

    I had this same problem – I had generated about 2-3 MB in extra image files.

    I fixed it by going to Settings -> Media and setting all of the sizes to 0. I also unchecked the “Crop thumbnail to exact dimensions (normally thumbnails are proportional)” box and saved the settings.

    I tested this by uploading a massive test image – it did not create a thumbnail or any additional files… so I’m satisfied that this works.

    -Nick
    https://www.psychoticresumes.com

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