Title: Why does wordpress do this?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Why does wordpress do this?

 *  [mvc101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvc101/)
 * (@mvc101)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-wordpress-do-this/)
 * if i upload a single image via the add media feature via the browser. then i 
   go to wp-content/uploads/ that one image is in the folder 6 different times. 
   the only difference is that they are names differently with different file size
   names.
 * How do i stop this from happening when I upload images into a wordpress theme?
 * i understand why, but how do i turn it off?…
 * Thanks,

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-wordpress-do-this/#post-2084335)
 * Go to dashboad, settings, media and set the sizes there to 0.
 * Then when you add a image to a post you will have only one choice, the original
   size, and that should be the only one saved.
 *  Thread Starter [mvc101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvc101/)
 * (@mvc101)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-wordpress-do-this/#post-2084359)
 * it still ads all the various sizes images….i set all the images sizes to 0 in
   media settings. anything else i can try?
 *  Thread Starter [mvc101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvc101/)
 * (@mvc101)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-wordpress-do-this/#post-2084363)
 * i mean it like it adds 14 images of the same image in different sizes…really 
   not something i want.
 * anyone know how to stop this?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-wordpress-do-this/#post-2084364)
 * By default, WP only creates 3 additional images, so the other 11 must be generated
   by your theme and/or one of your plugins.
 *  Thread Starter [mvc101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvc101/)
 * (@mvc101)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-wordpress-do-this/#post-2084369)
 * Thanks, i will look into that now…

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-wordpress-do-this/#post-2084369)
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