I migrated my site recently and discovered Newspaper had been generating 24 copies of every image uploaded.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g6p1l7lzqcvw5j8/Screenshot%202020-04-29%2012.05.40.png?dl=0
This had led to huge folders and the need to keep upgrading my hosting. We’re trying to slim everything down, and I ran across this similar complaint from a few years ago.
https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/furured-image-thumbnails/
I’m wondering if this is still the best solution? Is there a way to simply turn off the image generation? My site is very old and has older posts that display just fine without all the extra sizes.
Hello !
By going in Theme Panel – Blocks Settings -Thumbs you will be able to see What sizes each block uses. By inspecting your website you will be able to see what blocks do you use. Then deactivate all the unused thumb sizes.
You can remove the images but only the unused sizes.
I hope this was helpful !
Thank you !
How can I delete those unused images in the server?
Hello !
You will have to manually search and remove them.
Thank you !
Hi Vlad,
hope you are well.
Could you please confirm what is the folder where these images are?
I’m trying to find it on the FTP but I don’t understand where these are saved.
Thanks!
Hello !
From what I know they are a little spread throughout some files. My colleagues have tested this plugin and it has an option that will remove all the unused images: https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/
Thank you !
