Title: Double downloading?
Last modified: August 22, 2016
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# Double downloading?
* [pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psinco/)
* (@psinco)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/)
* I’m getting double downloads at screen sizes except the largest. My DevTools
Network tab tells me that the image size I specify as the largest needed (‘article-
top-large’) is always delivered, along with the smaller version for that viewport
size.
* Can anyone spot anything I’m doing wrong?
**Template code
* ```
/>
```
* **Resulting markup
* ```
```
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ricg-responsive-images/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ricg-responsive-images/)
Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total)
* Plugin Contributor [Joe McGill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joemcgill/)
* (@joemcgill)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733051)
* Hi PJ,
* I’m not able to reproduce the issue you’re seeing. Could you tell me which version
of the plugin you have installed and which browser version you’re using when
you see the double download? Also, do you have any other plugins installed that
would be trying to affect the way images are loaded on your site?
* Thanks,
Joe
* [aFarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas-1/)
* (@afarkas-1)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733061)
* [@jow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jow/) McGill
* Yes, this is a known issue with picturefill, that can’t be solved with JS and
needs to be solved with the markup.
* The produced markup should look like this:
* ```
```
* Also note: that I have removed the double 992w image candidate.
* [@pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pj/)
You can workaround this problem
by trying to install the [following lazyload plugin](https://github.com/aFarkas/wp-lazysizes)(
it’s still beta, and I’m not a php/wordpress dev, but [got/want some help](https://github.com/aFarkas/wp-lazysizes/issues/5))
on top this plugin.
* Thread Starter [pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psinco/)
* (@psinco)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733089)
* [@joe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joe/) McGill: Thank you for your response.
I’m using 2.0.2 and Chrome 40.0.2214.94.
* I uninstalled all the plugins except for RICGRI. Still the correctly sized image
is downloaded, followed by the image I have set as the largest needed. If you
have any other suggestions or workarounds, I would love to try them. This plugin
looks like a great solution.
* [@afarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas/). Thank you for your
response. I’m not sure why, but I have the same problem when I hard-code your
suggested markup: the correct image comes in, followed by the largest.
* [aFarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas-1/)
* (@afarkas-1)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733107)
* [@pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pj/)
Actually I was only referring
to polyfilled browsers (i.e. all browsers but Chrome). About Chrome: can you
create an example: [http://jsfiddle.net/](http://jsfiddle.net/)
* Thread Starter [pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psinco/)
* (@psinco)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733143)
* Hi [@afarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas/). Thank you for responding
again to my question.
* The problem I notice also appears on one of the Picturefill [demo pages](http://scottjehl.github.io/picturefill/examples/demo-01.html).
* Doesn’t this [image](http://i.imgur.com/eRRhuME.jpg) show that two images are
downloading?
* This is the same problem (I think it’s a problem) I’m having with the plugin.
I realize this may be less an issue with the plugin than with Picturefill itself.
* [aFarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas-1/)
* (@afarkas-1)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733145)
* This is not a picturefill issue. If you have the same result with FF, IE or Safari
it is either a picturefill issue or more likely an issue with the respimage markup
provided by the wordpress plugin.
* About this chrome thing: I think this is a Chrome bug, but I’m not 100% sure.
If you disable or clear the cache or you normally navigate to the page there
is only one request.
* If you reload and before reload the large image was in cache, this double download
seems to happen.
* I think Chrome detects, that the large image is in cache and loads it, but due
to how the user requests the page all resources should be refreshed and therefore
this double request happens or what ever, I really don’t know.
* I will ask around and inform you, but it’s not that bad as it looks like ;-).
* [nabjoern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nabjoern/)
* (@nabjoern)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733148)
* [@pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pj/): I’m using Chrome Version 40.0.2214.111
on a Mac and I do not have the problem with the double loading on the demo page.
May be it is a problem with a Chrome Extension you are using?
* [aFarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas-1/)
* (@afarkas-1)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733149)
* [@nabjoern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nabjoern/):
* This bug happens under specific circumstances. Can you go through this bug report:
[https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=458100](https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=458100)
* [nabjoern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nabjoern/)
* (@nabjoern)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733150)
* [@pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pj/): Only the small image is loading
on reload…
* Thread Starter [pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psinco/)
* (@psinco)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733155)
* Thank you [@afarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas/) for looking
into this. I’m still worried about this, but a little less so.
* And thank you, [@nabjoern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nabjoern/). I
seem to always be getting both images on both a normal reload and a ‘hard’ reload.
I’m using a Mac with the same version of Chrome (although I’m still on 10.9.5,
if that matters).
* [rickg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sitetherapy-rick/)
* (@sitetherapy-rick)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733200)
* I see this under Safari 8.03 so it’s not a Chrome specific issue. It does NOT
happen in Firefox 36. Oddly, in Chrome 41 I get the right size and the next to
largest size (not the specified largest size).
* Here’s a pastebin with the WP code and resulting HTML: [http://pastebin.com/p3Atff1D](http://pastebin.com/p3Atff1D)
* I’ll have the site at a publicly accessible URL later this week.
* PS: This is with 2.11
* [rickg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sitetherapy-rick/)
* (@sitetherapy-rick)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733201)
* Further investigation…
* I removed the WP functions calling the ACF field and simply placed in a call
to get the featured image, i.e.:
* ``
* Same issue. HOWEVER – in both this and the above example the double downloading
does NOT happen when you first load the page. It happens on the second and subsequent
refreshes.
Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total)
The topic ‘Double downloading?’ is closed to new replies.
* 
* [RICG Responsive Images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ricg-responsive-images/)
* [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ricg-responsive-images/#faq)
* [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ricg-responsive-images/)
* [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ricg-responsive-images/active/)
* [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ricg-responsive-images/unresolved/)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ricg-responsive-images/reviews/)
## Tags
* [breakpoints](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/breakpoints/)
* [default](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/default/)
* [double](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/double/)
* [Downloading](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/downloading/)
* [featured images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/featured-images/)
* [media settings](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media-settings/)
* [picturefill](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/picturefill/)
* [RICG](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ricg/)
* [sizes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sizes/)
* [srcset](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/srcset/)
* [W3C](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/w3c/)
* 12 replies
* 5 participants
* Last reply from: [rickg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sitetherapy-rick/)
* Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733201)
* Status: not resolved
```
* Also note: that I have removed the double 992w image candidate.
* [@pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pj/)
You can workaround this problem
by trying to install the [following lazyload plugin](https://github.com/aFarkas/wp-lazysizes)(
it’s still beta, and I’m not a php/wordpress dev, but [got/want some help](https://github.com/aFarkas/wp-lazysizes/issues/5))
on top this plugin.
* Thread Starter [pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psinco/)
* (@psinco)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733089)
* [@joe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joe/) McGill: Thank you for your response.
I’m using 2.0.2 and Chrome 40.0.2214.94.
* I uninstalled all the plugins except for RICGRI. Still the correctly sized image
is downloaded, followed by the image I have set as the largest needed. If you
have any other suggestions or workarounds, I would love to try them. This plugin
looks like a great solution.
* [@afarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas/). Thank you for your
response. I’m not sure why, but I have the same problem when I hard-code your
suggested markup: the correct image comes in, followed by the largest.
* [aFarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas-1/)
* (@afarkas-1)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733107)
* [@pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pj/)
Actually I was only referring
to polyfilled browsers (i.e. all browsers but Chrome). About Chrome: can you
create an example: [http://jsfiddle.net/](http://jsfiddle.net/)
* Thread Starter [pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psinco/)
* (@psinco)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733143)
* Hi [@afarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas/). Thank you for responding
again to my question.
* The problem I notice also appears on one of the Picturefill [demo pages](http://scottjehl.github.io/picturefill/examples/demo-01.html).
* Doesn’t this [image](http://i.imgur.com/eRRhuME.jpg) show that two images are
downloading?
* This is the same problem (I think it’s a problem) I’m having with the plugin.
I realize this may be less an issue with the plugin than with Picturefill itself.
* [aFarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas-1/)
* (@afarkas-1)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733145)
* This is not a picturefill issue. If you have the same result with FF, IE or Safari
it is either a picturefill issue or more likely an issue with the respimage markup
provided by the wordpress plugin.
* About this chrome thing: I think this is a Chrome bug, but I’m not 100% sure.
If you disable or clear the cache or you normally navigate to the page there
is only one request.
* If you reload and before reload the large image was in cache, this double download
seems to happen.
* I think Chrome detects, that the large image is in cache and loads it, but due
to how the user requests the page all resources should be refreshed and therefore
this double request happens or what ever, I really don’t know.
* I will ask around and inform you, but it’s not that bad as it looks like ;-).
* [nabjoern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nabjoern/)
* (@nabjoern)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733148)
* [@pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pj/): I’m using Chrome Version 40.0.2214.111
on a Mac and I do not have the problem with the double loading on the demo page.
May be it is a problem with a Chrome Extension you are using?
* [aFarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas-1/)
* (@afarkas-1)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733149)
* [@nabjoern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nabjoern/):
* This bug happens under specific circumstances. Can you go through this bug report:
[https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=458100](https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=458100)
* [nabjoern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nabjoern/)
* (@nabjoern)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733150)
* [@pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pj/): Only the small image is loading
on reload…
* Thread Starter [pj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psinco/)
* (@psinco)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733155)
* Thank you [@afarkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afarkas/) for looking
into this. I’m still worried about this, but a little less so.
* And thank you, [@nabjoern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nabjoern/). I
seem to always be getting both images on both a normal reload and a ‘hard’ reload.
I’m using a Mac with the same version of Chrome (although I’m still on 10.9.5,
if that matters).
* [rickg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sitetherapy-rick/)
* (@sitetherapy-rick)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733200)
* I see this under Safari 8.03 so it’s not a Chrome specific issue. It does NOT
happen in Firefox 36. Oddly, in Chrome 41 I get the right size and the next to
largest size (not the specified largest size).
* Here’s a pastebin with the WP code and resulting HTML: [http://pastebin.com/p3Atff1D](http://pastebin.com/p3Atff1D)
* I’ll have the site at a publicly accessible URL later this week.
* PS: This is with 2.11
* [rickg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sitetherapy-rick/)
* (@sitetherapy-rick)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733201)
* Further investigation…
* I removed the WP functions calling the ACF field and simply placed in a call
to get the featured image, i.e.:
* ``
* Same issue. HOWEVER – in both this and the above example the double downloading
does NOT happen when you first load the page. It happens on the second and subsequent
refreshes.
Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total)
The topic ‘Double downloading?’ is closed to new replies.
* 
* [RICG Responsive Images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ricg-responsive-images/)
* [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ricg-responsive-images/#faq)
* [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ricg-responsive-images/)
* [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ricg-responsive-images/active/)
* [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ricg-responsive-images/unresolved/)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ricg-responsive-images/reviews/)
## Tags
* [breakpoints](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/breakpoints/)
* [default](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/default/)
* [double](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/double/)
* [Downloading](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/downloading/)
* [featured images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/featured-images/)
* [media settings](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media-settings/)
* [picturefill](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/picturefill/)
* [RICG](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ricg/)
* [sizes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sizes/)
* [srcset](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/srcset/)
* [W3C](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/w3c/)
* 12 replies
* 5 participants
* Last reply from: [rickg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sitetherapy-rick/)
* Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-downloading/#post-5733201)
* Status: not resolved