Title: Thumbnail Dimensions
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Thumbnail Dimensions

 *  Resolved [Elliot Taylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raisonon/)
 * (@raisonon)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnail-dimensions/)
 * Hi, If I set my image to 300px by 200px the source image is still 150px by 150px(
   as it seems to be taking the thumbnail image set in Media).
 * Any ideas for taking a higher res image (perhaps Medium) so the image quality
   is not degraded when enlarged.
 * Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Elliot Taylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raisonon/)
 * (@raisonon)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnail-dimensions/#post-6126054)
 * The way it chooses the image size is not ideal – perhaps if it was amended so
   we could choose the image sizes that we can set ourselves in Settings > Media?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Martin Stehle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hinjiriyo/)
 * (@hinjiriyo)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnail-dimensions/#post-6126126)
 * Hello Raisonon, the chosen image file is its size as close as the given dimensions.
   So if you have set the dimensions to 300 x 200 px WordPress takes the image which
   is the closest to that dimension. I assume in your case it is rather the thumbnail
   size than the medium size. Right?
 *  Thread Starter [Elliot Taylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raisonon/)
 * (@raisonon)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnail-dimensions/#post-6126127)
 * Yep, that’s good but I had some issues and would have preferred to have chosen..
   Perhaps an advanced option for a future version?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Martin Stehle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hinjiriyo/)
 * (@hinjiriyo)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnail-dimensions/#post-6126128)
 * Yes, it is possible. Please be patient for some days.
 *  Thread Starter [Elliot Taylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raisonon/)
 * (@raisonon)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnail-dimensions/#post-6126129)
 * No rush – great plugin. Thanks
 *  Plugin Contributor [Martin Stehle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hinjiriyo/)
 * (@hinjiriyo)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnail-dimensions/#post-6126169)
 * Finally you can select the thumbnail sizes from a pulldown in the new plugin 
   version 3.0.
 *  Thread Starter [Elliot Taylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raisonon/)
 * (@raisonon)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnail-dimensions/#post-6126170)
 * Ace – Thanks Martin

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 * Last reply from: [Elliot Taylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raisonon/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thumbnail-dimensions/#post-6126170)
 * Status: resolved