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Smart Thumbnails GW

An intelligent image management plugin that registers custom sizes for each post type and regenerates them only when needed for featured images.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Current version2.2.3
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.8
Minimum stackWP 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update6 Jun 20265mo ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Smart Thumbnails GW version 2.2.3 as active, updated 5mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.

Overview

About this plugin

Are you tired of WordPress creating dozens of unused thumbnail sizes for every image you upload?

By default, WordPress and many themes register multiple image sizes and generate them for every single upload, filling your server with thousands of files you will never use. This wastes disk space and makes managing your media library difficult.

Smart Thumbnails GW solves this problem.

This plugin stops WordPress from creating unnecessary files and gives you precise control. Its intelligent logic generates custom sizes only for Featured Images when a post is saved. Images uploaded into your post content won’t create any extra thumbnails, saving you valuable server space.

), clean up unused images automatically, and regenerate thumbnails only when you need to.

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • custom sizes
  • regenerate thumbnails
  • image
  • thumbnail
  • woocommerce
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.8

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Update activity6 Jun 20265mo ago

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