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This wastes disk space and makes managing your media library difficult.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Smart Thumbnails GW solves this problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>This plugin stops WordPress from creating unnecessary files and gives you precise control. Its intelligent logic generates custom sizes <strong>only for Featured Images<\/strong> when a post is saved. Images uploaded into your post content won't create any extra thumbnails, saving you valuable server space.<\/p>\n\n<p>Control exactly which sizes are created for each post type (posts, pages, products, etc.), clean up unused images automatically, and regenerate thumbnails only when you need to.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the <code>smart-thumbnails-gw<\/code> folder to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings -&gt; Smart Thumbnails<\/strong> to configure the plugin and define your custom image sizes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id='i%20defined%20a%20new%20size.%20why%20aren%27t%20my%20old%20featured%20images%20showing%20it%3F'><h3>I defined a new size. Why aren't my old featured images showing it?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>You need to regenerate thumbnails for existing images. Go to the plugin's settings page, click on the \"Regenerate Thumbnails\" tab, select the post type, and start the regeneration process.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='will%20this%20plugin%20create%20sizes%20for%20images%20i%20upload%20to%20the%20post%20content%3F'><h3>Will this plugin create sizes for images I upload to the post content?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. To save server space, this plugin is designed to create custom sizes <em>only<\/em> for <strong>Featured Images<\/strong>. Images uploaded to the content area will not have custom sizes generated.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='can%20i%20define%20sizes%20for%20images%20uploaded%20directly%20to%20the%20media%20library%3F'><h3>Can I define sizes for images uploaded directly to the Media Library?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. In the \"Image Sizes\" tab, you will see a post type called \"Media\" (<code>attachment<\/code>). 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