Title: Multiple image Requests
Last modified: January 14, 2020

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# Multiple image Requests

 *  Resolved [negapo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/negapo/)
 * (@negapo)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-image-requests/)
 * My installation is WordPress 5.3.2, Woocommerce 3.8.1, StoreFront 2.5.3, no other
   plug-ins. I have created one variable product with one image. When my browser
   hits the product page it asks for three images:
    - Body-Renda-Grega-Manga-Comprida-Capa.jpg
    - Body-Renda-Grega-Manga-Comprida-Capa-416×312.jpg
    - Body-Renda-Grega-Manga-Comprida-Capa-324×324.jpg
    - This seems highly inefficient, they are the same image, why not just download
      the larger one and then re-scale it using css for the two thumbnails? I cant
      get around this, my live site has thousands of images and this translates 
      to many thousand of unneeded thumbnails created and a lot of http requests
      and bandwidth, am i missing something here, is this really necessary? Thanks
      for the help
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmultiple-image-requests%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [negapo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/negapo/)
 * (@negapo)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-image-requests/#post-12328290)
 * This seems to be utterly important for the plug-in, to be efficient in the way
   it handles images. Speed is crucial to convert visitors into costumers and the
   most common bottleneck in an eCommerce site is the amount images and its size.
   Tripling the amount of requests an in this case almost doubling the size of data
   to be transferred with no gain at all doesn’t seem right.
 *  [Mike W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixiack8/)
 * (@nixiack8)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-image-requests/#post-12420714)
 * Hi there,
 * Are you still needing assistance with this? This document here is a walkthrough
   of how WooCommerce processes images:
 * [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/image-sizes-theme-developers/](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/image-sizes-theme-developers/)
 * This is normal regardless of the theme. If you have further questions please 
   let us know!
 *  [Mike W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixiack8/)
 * (@nixiack8)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-image-requests/#post-12453844)
 * Hi there,
 * I am going to close this thread for now as we have not heard back from you.
 * Please reply to this thread to re-open it if you are still experiencing the issue,
   and open a new thread if you have other questions!
 * Take care!
 *  Thread Starter [negapo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/negapo/)
 * (@negapo)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-image-requests/#post-12553219)
 * I really appreciate the help Mike,
 * Something is missing in my reasoning, i have read the link you sent, it explains
   how to override the image sizes and the three image types that woo uses:
    - woocommerce_thumbnail
       woocommerce_single woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail
    - But why on earth is Woo getting this three images on a simple product page
      with one image?
    - I have create a single product with one image: [](http://bean.pt/dev/loja/sem-categoria/test-simple-product-one-photo/)
    - It downloads three images:
    - BabyGrow-Malmo-Pintas-Azul-Claro-Frente-416×416.jpg
       BabyGrow-Malmo-Pintas-
      Azul-Claro-Frente-324×324.jpg BabyGrow-Malmo-Pintas-Azul-Claro-Frente-scaled.
      jpg
    - Why is this needed, why not just grab the larger one “BabyGrow-Malmo-Pintas-
      Azul-Claro-Frente-scaled.jpg”, and then scaling it for the thumbnail. If you
      have a Variable Product with two or three attributes, each one with a photo,
      we are talking about 200 http requests and a lot of unneeded bandwidth.
    - Can you please help me out understanding this? Thanks

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-image-requests/#post-12553219)
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