Move thumbnails file location to {$upload_path}/thumbnails or {$upload_path}/sites/{$blog_id}/thumbnails for multisite.
As of April 2026, Fr Thumbnails Folder is a WordPress image plugin with 70 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
WordPress generates thumbnails in the same directory with the original image. This plugin change this behavior by generating the thumbnails in a separate directory. The thumbnails will only be generated when they are needed and has not been generated.
This plugin will only move the thumbnails location for new uploaded images. To move all thumbnails, you need to delete all existing thumbnails (see FAQ).
| WordPress | 4.4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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