{"id":80052,"date":"2023-09-11T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=80052"},"modified":"2024-01-10T21:04:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T19:04:21","slug":"bulk-resize-images-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/bulk-resize-images-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Bulk Resize Images in WordPress (2 Methods)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learning how to bulk resize images in WordPress can be incredibly helpful if you’re doing an overhaul of your site’s style. It can also help you optimize your site’s performance by reducing the average image resolution on your site, which can help speed up loading times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Although WordPress doesn’t offer a built-in feature to resize images in bulk, you can do this easily with the right plugin. There are plenty of options that can get the job done. However, some of them take different approaches to the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this article, we’ll show you two ways to bulk resize images in WordPress<\/a>. We’ll also talk about some of the scenarios where it makes sense to do this<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why use a plugin to bulk resize images in WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As you may know, WordPress includes basic image editing functionality. If you select any image in your media library<\/a>, you’ll see an option to edit it:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The image editor enables you to crop, rotate, and resize images. The problem is, you can only do this one file at a time:<\/p>\n\n\n

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If you have a large library of media files and you need to change the dimensions for several images, this process can take a while. However, it can be necessary if you’re overhauling your site’s design and you want to use images in a different resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are tools you can use to resize images in bulk outside<\/em> of WordPress. But, that involves re-uploading the files and placing them within the site manually. Plugins, on the other hand, can help you bulk resize images in WordPress without needing to do a lot of manual labor. Here’s how that works:<\/p>\n\n\n

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How to bulk resize images in WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this section, we’re going to explore two approaches to bulk resize images in WordPress. The first plugin resizes images at the server level, whereas the second does this on the fly, depending on your device’s resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Use the Bulk Image Resizer plugin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Use the Bulk Image Resizer plugin<\/h3>\n\n\n
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