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Thumbnail Editor

Manually Crop and Resize thumbnail images that are uploaded in the Media section.

By aviplugins.com·Crop·Free
3(5 reviews)
·600 active installs·Updated 3 years ago
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As of April 2026, Thumbnail Editor is a WordPress crop plugin with 600 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 24K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.0.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Advanced Custom Fields: Image Aspect….

3/55 reviews
600active installs
24K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

When images are uploaded in the WordPress Media library section WordPress creates some thumbnails of that image. The size of these thumbnail images can be mentioned in the Settings->Media section.

But there can be some big issues with these thumbnails. WordPress Crop/Resize these images dynamically when you upload an image. When thumbnails are CROPPED it is very much possible that it gets CROPPED from the wrong section of the uploaded image. This can produce some BAD looking thumbnail images. Which doesn’t look good in frontend of the site. This plugin will allow you to update those thumbnail images manually. The thumbnail image edit interface that this plugin provides is simple and very easy to use.

The shortcodes and functions are provided in the image editor page of the plugin…

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Ratings & Reviews

35 reviews
5 ★
2
4 ★
0
3 ★
1
2 ★
0
1 ★
2

Compatibility

WordPress2.0.2+ requiredTested up to 6.1.10
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.3.2

  • Bug fixes and improvements.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

aviplugins.comaviplugins.com
Plugin Info
Version
2.3.3
Last Updated
Mar 23, 2023
WP Requires
2.0.2+
Tested Up To
6.1.10
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
600
Downloads
24K+
Added
Sep 17, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

cropmediathumbimagesthumbnail

Developer

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aviplugins.com
9 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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