Image sizes | PenciDesign Support

PenciDesign Supporter replied

1 year ago

Staff Reply

Hi,

Please understand that when you disable certain image sizes, the change only applies to newly uploaded images—it doesn’t affect the existing images in your media library. You’ll need to manually check and delete the unused image sizes.

My recommendation is not to disable any image sizes. Instead, install a plugin like Media Cleaner or a similar tool. These plugins can scan your media library for unused images and image sizes, helping you free up storage space efficiently.

Regards,
PenciDesign.

fberzau replied

1 year ago

Customer Reply

Well, that's an interesting answer. My webspace supports far more storage than I use. However, there is also a max. number of files limit of 262.144 files. And that's a file system limitation that also applies to larger plans. So I have no way out other than either deleting old images from like 2019 or older - which will break all my articles from that time period and just show image placeholders OR I reduce the number of images sizes that are generated.

But if I understand you correctly, that's not even an option, right?

And if it's not an option at all, why is there even the option in Settings, to disable individual sizes?

I am totally confused now.

PenciDesign Supporter replied

1 year ago

Staff Reply

Hi,

I recommend installing and using the Media Cleaner plugin to scan and remove all unused files: https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-cleaner/

All the image sizes are listed under Appearance → Customize → General → Manage Image Sizes. These sizes are used for various layouts and purposes, so I recommend not disabling any options.

Regards,
PenciDesign.

fberzau started the conversation

1 year ago

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You can control the images generated by the theme via Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > General > Manage Image Sizes > and select to disable all the image sizes you don't want to use.

Follow-up question:

How do I know which image sizes the theme needs? Or in other words, are their image sizes that are mandatory for the theme to work properly?

And, considering the webspace is running low on max. number of files, if I want to delete un-needed image-sizes, which of these sizes can I safely delete, without causing any placeholders for visitors, or causing lags in rendering pages:

150x150.jpg
263x175.jpg
300x100.jpg
300x225.jpg
480x600.jpg
585x390.jpg
585x439.jpg
585x585.jpg
768x576.jpg
780x516.jpg

Thanks, Frank