Resized Images and Upload Limit Goes Up Not Down

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    lorelle · Member ·

    Working with client on their WordPress.com site. After a year, her media image upload limit was reached. She was uploading images directly from her camera at 4000 pixels wide resulting in 2-6 meg each images. We’ve gone through all the images in the Media Library using the Image Editor to scale the images down to 600-1000 pixels, and the media library upload number goes up and down but never below the limit.

    I’ve done a general estimate that she now has about 300 megs of images in the media library not 3.2 gigs.

    Question:

    1. Not sure if the lack of updating of this number takes time (been 24 hours+).
    2. Is this related to the ongoing image uploading issue?
    3. Does this number require a manually reset by staff?
    ? If the images uploaded retain their original size and by scaling the images, we’ve actually added another image to the server rather than changing the original uploaded image size.

    Thanks.

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    justjennifer · Member ·

    Hi Lorelle!

    If the images uploaded retain their original size and by scaling the images, we’ve actually added another image to the server rather than changing the original uploaded image size.

    Given past forum answers by Staff (including this one https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/after-shrinking-images-used-media-storage-percentage-going-up?replies=11 ), this would be my thought. But we’ll wait to hear from Staff.

    Hope you’re well.

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    lorelle · Member ·

    According to the link you provided, even if the image is resized within the Media Library, and the “original size” of the image is changed as reported in the Library, the “original” image is not changed, thus an additional image is created? This feels like a “Who’s on First” routine.

    So WordPress is still making copies of images upon upload to accommodate the default image sizes, like 3 images in addition to the original for 1) original, 2) thumbnail, 3) medium, and 4) large? I thought that was done away with as it ate up server space. With the conditional sizing added to the image URL, the need to have these additional images should be gone.

    Hmmm. I await a staff to clarify.

    Same for you, my friend. I’m heading up toward your section of the planet later this year if the schedule keeps. Drop me a line so we can do a quick catch up. Miss you! And glad to see you hanging in here and helping so many, giving so much of yourself to others. Much appreciated.

  • staff-ozmodiar · Staff ·

    Resizing images in the Medial Library creates an extra size, it does not delete the original, I’m afraid.

    Uploading images directly from a high-resolution camera is going to eat up storage space fairly quickly, as your client has found out. Thousands more images can fit in that 3GB storage space if resizing is done prior to upload.

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    4gbblog · Member ·

    Hi,

    Glad I happened on this thread. I often resize photos in WordPress since I don’t always know how things will fit together until I preview a post. Am I correct in thinking each resize (sometimes it takes me two or three tries to get it right) creates a new file that never goes away? If so, it would be nice to have a way to delete sizes that are not going to be used (or at least some indication somewhere of how many versions are being stored).

    Also, is this creation of different-sized files the reason some of my photo names are the same as I uploaded, while others have the letter ‘e’ and 13 numbers added? For example, in my post,
    http://grahamsisland.com/2016/03/11/puako-petroglyph-archaeological-preserve/ I have three photos:
    File name: 050114-649-petroglyphs-hw-e1457500591538.jpg
    File name: 050114-651-petroglyphs-hw.jpg
    File name: 050114-652-petroglyphs-hw.jpg
    Only the first one was resized.

    I’m about to change how I organize my photos, so this information would be of assistance.

    Thanks, Graham

  • staff-ozmodiar · Staff ·

    Also, is this creation of different-sized files the reason some of my photo names are the same as I uploaded, while others have the letter ‘e’ and 13 numbers added?

    Yes.

    Am I correct in thinking each resize (sometimes it takes me two or three tries to get it right) creates a new file that never goes away?

    I would encourage you to do your resizing offline with an image editing program prior to uploading. The resizer inside WordPress.com is more of a “if there’s no other option” sort of thing. It works, but as you have noticed, it is not ideal for long term use with hundreds of images.

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