Description
Provides easy admin access to define maximum width and height of uploaded images. Uploads exceeding these dimensions will be resized accordingly. Only the defined maximum size will be stored on the server. This way you will be able to save space and bandwidth on your webserver, while serving the pages faster to your visitors due to the reduced image size.
Watermark your precious images with the Professional extension, keeping track of them in the internet. New uploads can automatically be marked or you can add/remove watermarks via the Media Library. Unmarked copies of images are kept inaccessible to the public in case you want to restore it.
Additional capabilities
- Original aspect ration of uploaded images will be kept, preventing automatic cropping.
- Optionally specify a suffix to be added to names of resized images, eg upload of too large image βtest.jpgβ will be stored as βtest_resized.jpgβ.
- Set quality for resized images, allowing to save further space and bandwidth.
Professional extension
Further functionality is available as Professional extension:
- Select image sizes to watermark, eg to exclude thumbnails.
- Mass-add/-remove watermarks for already uploaded image attachments.
- Chose location of the watermark on the image and maximum width/height to cover.
- Supports GD Library and ImageMagick (Imagick)
Special opportunity
If you are interested in trying out the Professional version for free, write a review for the plugin and in return get a year long license including updates, please register at my website and contact me. First come, first serve – limited opportunity for the first 10 people!
Configuration
To see intro videos about installation and configuration visit the th23 Youtube channel.
Note: Only handles JPG / JPEG images, as PNG (transparency) and GIF (animation) could loose their features upon resizing.
For more information on the plugin or to get the Professional extension visit the authors website.
Screenshots
Installation
The plugin can be installed most easily through your admin panel:
For a manual installation follow these steps:
- Download the plugin and extract the ZIP file
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/th23-upload
directory on your webserver - Activate the plugin through the βPluginsβ screen in the WordPress admin area
- Use the βSettingsβ -> βth23 Uploadβ screen to configure the plugin
That is it – future uploads will be handled according to your settings automatically!
Get and install the Professional extension
For upgrading to the Professional extension, please follow the steps in our video tutorial:
FAQ
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Video tutorial: Explaining all plugin settings in the admin area
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How does this plugin help compared to WPs default scaling of uploads?
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By default WordPress limits the upload of images to max 2560px width/height, without providing any admin options to adjust this setting. This plugin allows you to disable this default and replace it with a setting accessible via the admin options.
This plugin additionally allows a customized suffix for resized images, compared to the unchangeable default β-scaledβ suffix.
Also the plugin can prevent creation of additional intermediate sizes of all uploaded images, which due to their dimensions of 1536px and 2048px would be taking up much additional space on your webserver.
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What is the ideal image to use as a watermark?
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You should use a PNG image as watermark with transparent background. Try it out locally over various backgrounds/ images – light ones as well as darker ones.
The size depends largely on the size of your images to be marked. You can save a larger copy of the watermark PNG and limit the maximum space to cover via the plugin options. Make sure your watermark is still readable/ visible also when scaled down.
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Why can only JPG / JPEG images be watermarked?
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Simple answer: Most images used in the internet are in the JPG format. Watermarking JPG images should meet most users needs.
Technical answer: Other image formats can contain information and have special characteristics making their handling very tricky and error-prone. For example: PNG files can contain transparency levels, additionally they can be animated. Similar for GIF images.
Honest answer: To limit complexity of the plugin π
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
v1.6.0
- [enhancement, Pro] manage watermark images via plugin settings page
- [enhancement, Basic/Pro] improved plugin settings page, add screen options and help, add units to settings fields
- [fix, Basic/Pro] prevent installation of older Professional extension on newer Basic plugin
- [fix, Basic/Pro] prevent requirement messages from showing multiple times
- [fix, Basic/Pro] various small bug fixes
- [fix, Pro] check for non-empty nonce upon AJAX requests
v1.4.2
- [fix, Basic/Pro] reminder about update/re-installation of Professional extension after plugin update
v1.4.1
- [fix, Basic/Pro] ensure all options are always captured upon setting updates, including disabled ones
v1.4.0
- [enhancement, Basic/Pro] allow upload of Professional extension through the admin panel
- [enhancement, Basic] allow for hidden input fields in settings area
- [fix, Basic/Pro] avoid empty default values upon fresh install / upgrade to Professional
- [fix, Basic/Pro] small visual / CSS fixes
v1.2.0
- [enhancement, Basic/Pro] enabled Professional extension
v1.0.0 (first public release)
- n/a