Save local file as thumbnail size

+1 for this.

It can be done using timthumb but then this should be optional only for the thumbnail version!

Agreed.

Use of the 640×640 image for thumbnails has a performance hit to page loading. I only use thumbnails, so having the extra overhead is undesirable.

I modified line 323 of instagram_slider.php to use “thumbnail” instead of “standard_resolution”. The three options are documented on instagram.com/developer/endpoints/media/#get_media.

Instead of a 640×640 image, it is now using a 150×150 image. Instead of a 100-500kb file, I am seeing 10-20kb in size. Page loads are now much more efficient.

Great @mathewlewis will sort this out asap!

This doesn’t work for this plugin. It is doable if I plan to extend the plugin to a more complex plugin but for now I don’t think that is happening!