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I’m having an issue with my site, when I upload an image to the media library, it renders upwards of 10 different versions in varying sizes. Over time this is consuming a TON of space with my hosting company. I’ve tried disabling most of the plugins, testing it by uploading a new image, but no luck. I am wondering if it is my theme possibly – I’m using the Photo Me theme from ThemeGoods)
Any suggestions? Thanks!
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It sounds like you’re using some kind of Image Optimizer. If storage is an issue, disable this setting/plugin.
If you are unsure…Can you send a list of plugins?
Do the filenames end in _100x100.jpg for example? If so, then it’s theme making thumbnails. It’s normal for themes to make thumbnails but 10 is excessive.
Well, WordPress creates a few different sizes versions of uploaded images anyway, and considering that the Photo Me theme (at least from what I could find) is pretty much a photo-orientated theme they’ve likely included some additional image sizes that get generated which are then used in various places on the website (e.g. on gallery/portfolio pages).
You could remove them using the [remove_image_size function]), but you’d need to do this within a child theme so that your changes don’t get overwritten when the theme receives an update. Not forgetting the fact that removing image sizes could cause issues with some parts of the website if those image sizes are set to be used in certain areas.
Really, you need to know what you’re doing before attempting the above suggestion. If you don’t then you should perhaps reach out to the developer of the theme (ThemeGoods) and ask them if they can help you remove some of the image sizes that aren’t needed/used.