Title: Get smallest thumbnail
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Get smallest thumbnail

 *  Resolved [The Three](https://wordpress.org/support/users/3wwwgr/)
 * (@3wwwgr)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-smallest-thumbnail/)
 * hello there!
 * When i select “thumbnail size” -> “thumbnail” i get a image size like: image-
   600×300.jpg…
 * It is possible to get the smallest size that is 150×150?
 * Thank you
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/flexible-posts-widget/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/flexible-posts-widget/)

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 *  Plugin Author [DaveE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpe415/)
 * (@dpe415)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-smallest-thumbnail/#post-5547406)
 * Hi The Three,
 * The actual image size would completely depend on the image file sizes available
   for WordPress to choose from. The thumbnail size would first depend on the settings
   you have under Settings > Media for thumbnail sizes, but even if the Thumbnail
   size setting is correctly set to 150×150, if there isn’t an existing 150×150 
   image file for that image then WordPress will pick a larger size to work with.
 * Is the site live somewhere where I can review the output with you?
 *  Thread Starter [The Three](https://wordpress.org/support/users/3wwwgr/)
 * (@3wwwgr)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-smallest-thumbnail/#post-5547468)
 * The website is in localhost…
 * i found the problem… It was at the settings as you said… The thumbnail it was
   set to 600×600 but why the wordpress generate and a 150×150 file?
 *  Plugin Author [DaveE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpe415/)
 * (@dpe415)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-smallest-thumbnail/#post-5547493)
 * Glad you got it figured out!
 * I’m not sure I understand your question here, but there are many ways that different
   file sizes can/could be created and WordPress will always pick the next largest
   size available for the size requested. So, if you request a 150×150 image and
   the only size available is a 600×600 version, than this the one it will use.
 * There are tools like the [Regenerate Thumbnails](https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/)
   plugin that will check through your image assets (media posts) and for each one
   make sure the correct sizes are created based on the current image sizes defined
   by your site’s settings and the plugin & theme declarations for image sizes.

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