Disable "BIG Image" Threshold
Disables the "BIG image" threshold introduced in WordPress 5.3.
4.2(35 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 3 years agoAs of April 2026, Disable "BIG Image" Threshold is a WordPress images plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 35 reviews. It has been downloaded 75K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 22% this week. Top alternative: Autoptimize.
4.2/535 reviews
10K+active installs
75K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
In WordPress 5.3, several improvements were made to how images are processed. One of these improvements was the concept of “BIG images”. When an image is uploaded that exceeds the “BIG image” threshold (2560 by default), a new “full” size image is generated. This new image is then used instead of the true original when generating image subsizes to reduce server load.
Prior to 5.3, it was possible for the originally uploaded image to be displayed on the front-end, even when they were not “web ready”. Unnecessarily large images can be bad for performance and wastes bandwidth (which is unfortunate for those with slow Internet, or bandwidth caps by their service plans). This new full size image will now be displayed instead.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works great on new uploads
by Emielb·3 years ago
This plugin simply disables the new WordPress 5.3 big image threshold function, so it’s super lightweight. It works great on new uploads, allowing to use image wider than 2560px. Thanks!
Just what I needed! Works great!
by pointlineplane·5 years ago
Thank you for making this plugin! It is just what I needed for my WordPress photo galleries.
My thanks
by carter39·5 years ago
Thank you for developing the Disable “BIG Image” Threshold plugin. For those wishing to display photographs in their original form, the recent WordPress scaling “enhancement” was very troubling.
Carter
Awesome
by iamdeveloper·5 years ago
Thanks Jonathan. This plugin is Awesome!
Fixed wordpress bug
by luislema79·5 years ago
Fixed error: “Post-processing of the image failed. If this is a photo or a large image, please scale it down to 2500 pixels and upload it again.”
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.2+ requiredTested up to 6.0.11 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.0
100.0%
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Changelog
1.0
- Hello world!
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