Image Focus Point

Image focus point is a wordpress plugin that let’s you set the focus point of your picture. It is of particular use in themes that uses cropped versions of a post’s or page’s featured image.

When a picture is to be cropped, given that a focus point is set, this plugin will refocus the crop area to your point of interest in the image.

Usage

After plugin activation, go to the media library and pick an image you will change the focus point.

1. Press the “Edit image” button and move your mouse pointer over the image. You will see a red circle with a black dot in its center in the the middle of picture.
2. Find a point of interest in the picture and click on the spot where you want the focus point.
3. When you’re done, click the button marked ‘Update media’.

It is of great use together with the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin when changing theme.