Confusing change of wording

  • Resolved eric3d

    (@eric3d)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    The change of wording for the buttons from “Crop Thumbnail” to “Crop Feature Image” in one of the recent updates is confusing for clients and inaccurate in many instances.

    The plugin can be used to crop any image, not just feature images. And, depending on how the theme uses it, the feature image may or may not be a cropped thumbnail.

    Would you consider reverting back to the old wording? Thanks for creating a great plugin.

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

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  • Plugin Author Volkmar Kantor

    (@volkmar-kantor)

    Hi Eric,
    yeah i know this may be confusing, but its more accurate.
    Let me explain: You can’t crop “any” image. You can only crop IMAGE-SIZES that are defined in the theme and have the crop-flag activated. I.e. you are not able to crop “medium” image-size (for that you have to use the wordpress-build-in editor).

    If you want to change some wording, you may insert the following code in your functions.php

    add_filter( 'gettext', 'gettext_example', 20, 3 );
function gettext_example( $translated_text, $text, $domain ) {
    switch ( $translated_text ) {
        case 'Crop Thumbnails' :
            $translated_text = 'your wording';
            break;
    }
    return $translated_text;
}
    Thread Starter eric3d

    (@eric3d)

    I understand it’s difficult to pick the right wording. Especially that, if you don’t understand the logic behind it, the selection of which images can and cannot be cropped seems arbitrary. However, I still feel “Thumbnail” will apply more often than “Feature Image”, which is probably why the plugin was named that in the first place.

    The translation filter works great. Thanks.

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