Support » Plugin: EWWW Image Optimizer » Tool to delete originals from WP 5.3+ auto-scaling behavior

  • Resolved Gal Baras

    (@galbaras)


    Hi Shane,

    Can you please elaborate on this new tool? Deleting originals is more than a bit scary, so best check before I lose anything.

    Thank you,
    Gal

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  • Plugin Author nosilver4u

    (@nosilver4u)

    When WP scales your images, it stores the new scaled image as the “full-size” version AND keeps the original upload on disk. This tool removes the original, but NOT the “full-size” version.
    Of course, take a backup before proceeding!

    Thread Starter Gal Baras

    (@galbaras)

    So what happens to images that weren’t scaled (too small or uploaded before scaling was a thing)? Nothing?

    Plugin Author nosilver4u

    (@nosilver4u)

    Indeed, nothing happens, because there’s no original to remove. The path to the original is stored in the ‘original_image’ metadata by WP, but if WP doesn’t scale the image, that meta will be empty, and the image gets skipped.

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