Eliminating unused image sizes

  • Resolved patrick_here

    (@patrick_here)


    2 years, 6 months ago

    My wordpress theme has about seven image sizes defined.

    But for Meta Slider slideshows what seems to make the most sense is to make all images in the slideshow the same size before uploading them (even if it means placing them on a canvas of the proper size) due to aspect ratio issues. However I notice that when I add images to Meta Slider, a duplicate image is created for each of the seven image sizes defined in my theme. Can something be done about this so that only the original size is saved to disk and to the media library? Thanks in advance.

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  • Plugin Author rochdesigns

    (@rochdesigns)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    Hi @patrick_here there’s no setting on MetaSlider for defining image sizes per upload since it uses the default Media Library from WordPress.

    WordPress generates different image sizes by default aside from the additional sizes from your theme.

    Thread Starter patrick_here

    (@patrick_here)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    Hello @rochdesigns, yes, I’m completely aware of this as mentioned in my original post. However it doesn’t have to be that way. In Nextgen gallery, when a user adds an image to a gallery that image goes to a special directory under wp-content/uploads/. So if a Nextgen gallery has, for example, thirty images, they don’t clutter the Media Library; they are visible only through the Nextgen Gallery Interface. This makes sense. And also if the Theme has seven special sizes defined, duplicate images of unnecessary sizes are not created on disk for images that are really intended for a gallery only. The WordPress Media Library has problems of its own. It tends to get woefully cluttered and disorganized even without slider plugins installed on the site.

    So I was wondering if MetaSlider developers have thought about all this.

    Thread Starter patrick_here

    (@patrick_here)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    Actually, slight correction here: Nextgen Gallery stores its images in wp-content/gallery/

    Plugin Author Steve Burge

    (@stevejburge)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    Hi @patrick_here. Thanks for the idea. I can see us adding a feature like this soon, particularly as we will add more traditional gallery features in 2024.

    Thread Starter patrick_here

    (@patrick_here)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    Okay, thanks Steve.

    Plugin Author Steve Burge

    (@stevejburge)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    You’re welcome, @patrick_here. Thanks for the helpful idea.

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