Too many images for uploads !

I have recently had to upload the latest Newsmag after my site was hacked. Since then, when I upload a new image, I get 22 different size variations within wp-content/uploads whereas, previously, I had three/four as per what is set up in the wordpress media defaults. Why is this happening and how can I stop this ?

You need to go into the theme settings for modules/images and turn off all the modules not being used. Also, in WP settings under media, zero out the three default image sizes.
(I don’t work here.)

Thanks for coming back ………

I always thought that WordPress has to have some size variations produced in order to support thumbnails and pages that use smaller versions of your full size image. Are you sure about switching off the media size options because I’d need some convincing.

Do you have any NEWSMAG specific suggestions for settings changes relating to “modules/images” as I’m not sure what you are referring to.

block settings –> thumbs
see link right side of forum for newsmag documentation 🔧🙂

Thanks but don’t believe there is anything in the documentation of any help here unless you know different. Appreciate you can stop anything with hard coded tweaks but I’d rather understand why Newsmag is doing what it is doing in the first place as I remain convinced it isn’t supposed to produce 22 image variations for every upload ….. that would kill most sites pretty quickly !

Sorry, I thought this was kinda clear:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-theme-thumbs/

When you decide to post content on your website, the theme automatically generates thumbnails from the featured image to display the content on your pages in an attractive way. This process creates 17 different thumbnail sizes. To make you website faster, you can control which thumbnail is generated. To do this, go to Theme Panel > Block Settings > Thumbs on modules & blocks, and disable the unused ones to save space on your server:

Thanks for your help.

Trust me, we’ve all been there!
The reason I zero out the default thumbs is that we don’t use them for anything once we optimize the modules/blocks from the theme. Also, there is a function hook you can add to your functions file or custom plug to disable the stupid thing WP added couple versions back, where they add -01 to every file.
mynewimage-joesmith-800×600.jpg
becomes
mynewimage-joesmith-800×600.jpg
mynewimage-joesmith-800×600-01.jpg
mynewimage-joesmith-400×300-01.jpg
mynewimage-joesmith-200×150-01.jpg

Freakin annoying.

• This reply was modified 2 years by simchris.
• This reply was modified 2 years by simchris.

Is there any way to get rid of unused thumbs produced by WordPress? Our site is becoming too big now with so many crappy images.

I think there is a free plugin to remove unused photos.
Some folks just delete them and then use ‘regenerate thumbnails’ — however that annoying addition from WordPress to add -1 to every file name might cock that up.

If you do FULL BACKUP then try something like that, you can always restore your images if one effort not successful how you intended.

(I don’t work here …just WP user since 1.5)