[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38780: Thumbnail images should be cropped from the centre top

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#38780: Thumbnail images should be cropped from the centre top
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 Reporter:  johnbillion  |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media        |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion needs-patch good-first-
  Focuses:               |  bug
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 Given a tall image of portrait orientation, the default behaviour of
 WordPress is to crop the image to the centre middle when creating the
 thumbnail image.

 This means that for images such as portrait photographs or infographics,
 the thumbnail is far from optimal. The centre top of such images would be
 a better crop.

 I think it makes sense to switch the default `thumbnail` image size
 cropping to centre top instead of centre middle.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38780>
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