can i resize images /within/ WP

It would be best if you carried out the resizing before you uploaded the images.

Hi Esmi.

Always a big thank you.

So, can I please ask you what this looks like from a workflow standpoint? I guess I download all my images from the folders which are now sorted by year and month, and I put them all in one folder on my HD, open them and save over them with the correct sizing?

Then I go back into the WP interface, open each blog post, select the image, delete it, then re-upload the re-sized image?

Is this right?

I have a lot of images to fix so if I can do this intelligently it would be sweet.

ALSO, I have unchecked the sort by year and date option so this would have the added advantage of putting everything in one folder I suppose? I’d love to be able to see all the images in one folder.

Ah! Sorry! Do you want to change the various image sizes in Media->Settings?

Hi Esmi.

This sounds great but I don’t know.

I’d love to have all my Vimeo Videos (for instance) show up at the same size. Also, in some cases I’d love /most/ of my blog post images to show up the same size – say 540 px wide. That said, in /some/ cases I would like these to be 948 px wide.

Lately I have taken to sizing these before uploading but I do have a ton of images that are already uploaded which I need to clean up. I couldn’t find a way to do this when I select the image and go into the image UI.

Also, is there /some/ way to get a handle on Thumbnail sizing? I have seen where I can select an image to be the “featured image” but my thumbnails are all getting stretched now instead of simply cropping them. I put some code in awhile ago (can’t find the thread that recommended it though) and this seemed to do it but now it is back. Then just recently I unchecked some option to keep them from doing this – whcih seemed like the correct option – but they are all getting stretched. I can’t even really figure out if I am supposed to go through the upload option again when I pick an image as featured, whether I can size an existing image and mark it as the featured image or how this works.

Can I get a two for or three for on this thread?

Mostly I just need to find out if I have to re-upload the existing images or if they can be sized for width while already uploaded.

Thanks!

I have seen where I can select an image to be the “featured image” but my thumbnails are all getting stretched now instead of simply cropping them.

Does your theme include a custom post thumbnail size? Many themes simply use the thumbnail dimensions set in Settings ->Media. You can set any/all of the dimensions on that page and then use the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin to resize your existing images:
https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/

Also check that your images are being resized/stretched by your theme’s CSS.

I am probably way off base here and have only done this myself a few times.
If you are comfortable with the html view..
you could just go to the posts with photos / videos you want to change
and add the changes to the source code.

Just change the width and height to what you want and save post.. works for me.

Hi Dragonsjaw,

I think that is it exactly. Not sure why I didn’t realize I could do this. Thanks.

Esmi,

Thank you. Is there a way to get a little more information on this? I mean, you are asking if the theme has a “Custom Post Thumbnail Size” and I believe it does (150 tall x 310 wide). But the problem is that the images for the actual post are obviously larger than this in both dimensions and the question is really whether a portion that is 150 tall x 310 wide is CUT out of the larger image or whether it gets STRETCHED TO FIT.

I don’t want the stretch to fit. Do you follow? I mean, making the Setting Media for thumbnail size something different won’t keep the larger images from getting stretched unless I am missing something.

Can you tell me what this means and whether I should check it or uncheck it to keep my images from stretching and whether there is something else I can do if they stretch irrespective of whether this setting is checked or unchecked? This has been going on for about two years now.

“Crop thumbnail to exact dimensions (normally thumbnails are proportional)”

Thanks,

Jonathan

Hi Esmi!

In addition to the above, the style.css says:

.thumbnail {width:310px;height:150px;background:#eee url(‘images/x.png’) no-repeat center;max-width:310px;max-height:150px;overflow:hidden;}

And the WP Media Settings are here but I also cut and paste the text below:

MEDIA SETTINGS:

Image sizes

The sizes listed below determine the maximum dimensions in pixels to use when inserting an image into the body of a post.

Thumbnail size Width Height
****Crop thumbnail to exact dimensions (normally thumbnails are proportional)****
Medium size Medium sizeMax Width Max Height
Large size Large sizeMax Width Max Height
Embeds

Auto-embeds Attempt to automatically embed all plain text URLs Attempt to automatically embed all plain text URLs
Maximum embed size Width Height
Uploading Files

Store uploads in this folder Default is wp-content/uploads
Full URL path to files Configuring this is optional. By default, it should be blank.
Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders