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1. rk2oo9
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hey Guys,

   Just thought I'd post this in case anyone wants to do the same on their blog.

   By default, WP crops a thumbnail from the CENTER of the image. I am creating a Web Design gallery and generally the left hand side of my screenshots contain the important bits (logos etc). So i wanted my thumbnails to be cropped from the LEFT (not Center). Here is what i did (im using WP v2.7)

   1) Go to wp-includes/media.php

   2) Go to Line 288

   3) Replace this:

   $s_x = floor(($orig_w - $crop_w)/2);

   with this:

   //$s_x = floor(($orig_w - $crop_w)/2); 
   $s_x = 0;

   (Commenting out the old code in case you want to center again later).

   Using $s_x = 0; just means that it is cropped from the LEFT. Alternatively, you can use $s_x = $orig_w - $crop_w; to crop from RIGHT. Oh and you can follow the same methodology to crop from TOP or BOTTOM.

   Hope it helps.

   Cheers,

   RK

2. bryan868
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I don't think this applies to 2.8, as it didn't work.

3. ajanini
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Is there a way to do this from my theme's functions.php?

   I don't want to mess with the WordPress installation as I'd have to modify it every time a new version came out...

   It also seems more elegant to do it through options in the theme, rather than hack WP includes.

   Any help is greatly appreciated.

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