Fr Thumbnails Folder

Description

WordPress generates thumbnails in the same directory with the original image. This plugin change this behavior by generating the thumbnails in a separate directory. The thumbnails will only be generated when they are needed and has not been generated.

This plugin will only move the thumbnails location for new uploaded images. To move all thumbnails, you need to delete all existing thumbnails (see FAQ).

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Installation

1. Upload fr-thumbnails-folder folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress

FAQ

Uninstallation Instructions

1. Deactivate and delete the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
2. Regenerate thumbnails using Regenerate Thumbnails plugin
3. Delete {$upload_path}/thumbnails directory

How to delete all existing thumbnails?

• WP-CLI

  This is the recommended way, especially if you have a lot of images.

  wp fr-thumbnails-folder delete-thumbnails
  

  For multisite:

  wp --url=<site address url> fr-thumbnails-folder delete-thumbnails
  

• GUI

  Tools → Delete Thumbnails

Why did you create this plugin?

When backing up files, I only want the original images, not the thumbnails. So to make things easier, I need to separate its location.

Reviews

Best way to handle thumbnails

rsepierre August 23, 2024 1 reply

Should be default Wordpress behaviour

Amazing!

cvladan June 19, 2021 1 reply

Am I the only one using this plugin? I think it is amazing, and I hope it will be maintained for years. Thanks Fahri, and please don’t abandon it P.S. Maybe it is not so popular due to the lacking documentation? I simply can’t believe people don’t want a separate folder for “extra” image bloat (aka thumbnails) and on-the-fly generation of them

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.4.0

• Add support for PDF.
• Fix only resize if smaller than the original size.

1.3.1

• Fix broken image path on Windows.

1.3.0

• Add filter hooks to allow modification of the thumbnail location.
• Add wp fr-thumbnails-folder delete-thumbnails command.

1.2.0

• Add ability to retry deleting thumbnails.
• Delete thumbnails one by one.
• Fix plugin cannot display default thumbnail location.

1.0.1

• Fix incorrect srcset URLs.

1.0.0

• Initial release.