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1. richardalan3
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   231 images have been uploaded by users into the Media Library.

   When I check the wp content/uploads folder I find 893 images and they are taking up 225MB! Looking at these images I can see multiple copies of the original images appear to have been created by Word Press.

   What is happening here?

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   WordPress automatically creates 3 copies each time an image is uploaded: thumbnail, medium and large. The physical dimensions of each of these copies is controlled by the settings within Admin/Settings/Media.

3. richardalan3
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Is there any way WordPress can be altered to stop it creating 3 images?
   Only 1 original image + thumbnail is needed 99.9% of the time.

4. not2bug
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Yes, indeed. Is there any way? It's an awful waste of space!

5. doc4
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   richardalan3,

   Visit Settings > Media and enter a 0 in the Max Width and Max Height of the image sizes you do not want WordPress to create.

6. not2bug
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Thanks!

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