WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Specify image size in the image address http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/specify-image-size-in-the-image-address WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Specify image size in the image address en Sun, 19 May 2013 08:51:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 viper007bond on "Specify image size in the image address" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/specify-image-size-in-the-image-address#post-532746 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 01:39:36 +0000 viper007bond 532746@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Thanks, I understand. But I'm actually asking about how wordpress.com does it, so I can do the same on my self hosted site.

As timethief mentioned, this a question that should be asked on the WordPress.org support forums as you're looking to extend the functionality of your WordPress.org blog.

But since I'm already replying, I may as well answer your question. :)

Reminder to everyone else: None of the below applies to blogs hosted on WordPress.com!

We do it through a bunch of complicated server scripts that wouldn't really work on your own server. However TimThumb is a really popular script that provides similar functionality, but scripts like that can easily be used by someone to attack your site by requesting tons and tons of different sized images forcing your server to spend time generating all those thumbnails. It's not an issue for us because we have hundreds of servers.

A better solution than trying to make thumbnails using a query string is to just create additional predefined thumbnail sizes using the core WordPress function add_image_size(). Mark Jaquith also has a really good guide about featured images (aka post thumbnails) and additional image sizes that's worth reading.

That's the recommended way to create additional thumbnail sizes.

And if you need to create those new thumbnail sizes for previously uploaded images, try my Regenerate Thumbnails plugin.

Good luck and if you have any more questions, feel free to start a thread on the WordPress.org support forums. :)

]]> alecs1 on "Specify image size in the image address" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/specify-image-size-in-the-image-address#post-532736 Sat, 04 Dec 2010 23:55:50 +0000 alecs1 532736@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks, I understand. But I'm actually asking about how wordpress.com does it, so I can do the same on my self hosted site.

]]> timethief on "Specify image size in the image address" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/specify-image-size-in-the-image-address#post-530498 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:17:13 +0000 timethief 530498@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ http://cetaura.com is not a free blog from being free hosted by wordpress.COM. It's a wordpress.ORG install and we cannot help your with it on this forum. Click the "powered by wordpress" link in the footer and it leads here http://word'press.ORG/ You need to post to the correct support forum for your software. That's where the support bot is pointing you to > http://wordpress/ORG/support/

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]]> alecs1 on "Specify image size in the image address" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/specify-image-size-in-the-image-address#post-530441 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:37:15 +0000 alecs1 530441@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi,

on wordpress.com, images can be served in different sizes based on the address (query string). For example http://alecs1.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/18-jos2.jpg?w=600. I put w=600 and my image is scaled automatically to 600 pixels on width, saving load times.

This does not work on my WordPress installation however, http://cetaura.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/18-jos2.jpg?w=600

How could I enable this? Or what keywords should I search for? I searched for "wordpress set image size in query string" and variations, but to no success.

Thanks

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