So relative to the entire website, the amount of disk space required by all of those extra images is considerable to put it mildly.Īnd that’s for a typical site with only 800 images some sites make use of a LOT more than that, not to mention high-resolution images and images that weigh a lot more than the average numbers used in the previous calculations. The results would look something similar to this: Image SizeĪdding that right column gives a grand total of 1024MB or 1.024 Gigabytes! Considering that the entire WordPress core weighs in at less than 50MB, along with a bunch of plugins and themes is still gonna be less than a couple hundred megabytes. ![]() Okay so now to get an idea of actual file-sizes for all these generated images, let’s consider the average case where each of the 800 original images weighs around 1.5MB to 2MB. As of version 5.3, WordPress creates the following extra images for every image that is uploaded via the Media Library (and/or Visual Editor): Image Size Now let’s let WordPress do its thang and create extra copies of each image in various sizes. So collectively the original 800 images weigh around 1,600 MB or about 1.6 GB. We have a WordPress site with 800 original images, each averaging around 2MB in size. So running with the example, let’s do some quick math. So if I hadn’t taken measures to stop WordPress from auto-generating multiple copies of each image, that number of 800 would be more like thousands of images. As of now, there have been over 800 images uploaded to the site via the WP Media Library. This site is where I like to post weird/inspiring/found images. To get a better idea of what’s happening and why it’s important, consider my personal found-images site,. Learn how to disable any/all of WordPress’ auto-generated images to dial in the perfect configuration for your site. ![]() Check out Disable Media Sizes at the Plugin Directory. Update! New plugin available to give you control over which media sizes are generated by WordPress.
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