[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26768: Add remove_image_size()

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#26768: Add remove_image_size()
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 Reporter:  Daedalon         |      Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes           |    Version:  3.8
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
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 There have been [http://wordpress.org/search/remove+image+size numerous
 requests for a remove_image_size() function in WordPress].
 [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_image_size
 add_image_size()] needs such a counterpart to let child themes fully
 define what media they support and to avoid creating unnecessary resized
 images.

 For example the [http://wordpress.org/themes/elbee-elgee Elbee Elgee
 theme] defines a 640px * 9999px image size. Our child theme doesn't use
 this size anywhere. However, as long as that image size if defined, an
 image of that size will be generated for each larger image that is
 uploaded.

 Without remove_image_size() it's not possible to avoid generating those
 unnecessary images in an update-safe way.

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