Disable "BIG Image" Threshold

Description

In WordPress 5.3, several improvements were made to how images are processed. One of these improvements was the concept of “BIG images”. When an image is uploaded that exceeds the “BIG image” threshold (2560 by default), a new “full” size image is generated. This new image is then used instead of the true original when generating image subsizes to reduce server load.

Prior to 5.3, it was possible for the originally uploaded image to be displayed on the front-end, even when they were not “web ready”. Unnecessarily large images can be bad for performance and wastes bandwidth (which is unfortunate for those with slow Internet, or bandwidth caps by their service plans). This new full size image will now be displayed instead.

There are some scenarios where disabling this threshold would be desired, though. Maybe you run a photography site that
needs to display original images, or your theme has full screen backgrounds.

This plugin disables the “BIG” image threshold and preserves the true originally uploaded image as the full size.

For more information on the improvements to image processing in WordPress 5.3, check out these developer notes on the Making WordPress Core blog.

Installation

1. Upload this plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

FAQ

This is brand new, so there are no questions that have been asked frequently yet!

Reviews

Works great on new uploads

Emielb September 1, 2022

This plugin simply disables the new WordPress 5.3 big image threshold function, so it’s super lightweight. It works great on new uploads, allowing to use image wider than 2560px. Thanks!

Just what I needed! Works great!

pointlineplane March 30, 2021

Thank you for making this plugin! It is just what I needed for my WordPress photo galleries.

My thanks

carter39 October 21, 2020

Thank you for developing the Disable “BIG Image” Threshold plugin. For those wishing to display photographs in their original form, the recent WordPress scaling “enhancement” was very troubling. Carter

Awesome

iamdeveloper September 27, 2020

Thanks Jonathan. This plugin is Awesome!

Fixed wordpress bug

luislema79 July 17, 2020

Fixed error: “Post-processing of the image failed. If this is a photo or a large image, please scale it down to 2500 pixels and upload it again.”

Thank you.

mgwalpole June 18, 2020

This plugin is a life-saver, and very necessary for my site where I want full control over image quality + scale. Works perfectly.

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.0

• Hello world!