[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34123: Thumbnails are much larger than the original

[WordPress Trac]

#34123: Thumbnails are much larger than the original
-------------------------+-----------------------------
 Reporter:  borekb       |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media        |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
-------------------------+-----------------------------
 I've uploaded a '''950px''' wide image (PNG) that was '''61kB''' in size.
 WordPress created a '''690px''' wide "thumbnail" that was '''258kB'''
 large.

 This wastes my traffic and makes the site load slower for the site
 visitors if there are more images like this. To makes things worse,
 WordPress hides those thumbnails from me - I cannot see or manipulate them
 easily in the backend so I only realized I'm wasting resources quite a bit
 later.

 One possible advantage is that server-side down-scaling might be better
 than what browser would do but first, this would need to be proven, and
 second, I don't think 4x as much data on storage and bandwidth and loading
 times justify it. 4x just feels insane.

--
Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/34123>
WordPress Trac <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress publishing platform