Title: How does resizing work?
Last modified: April 12, 2019

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# How does resizing work?

 *  Resolved [orgassist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orgassist/)
 * (@orgassist)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-resizing-work/)
 * I recently took over this site from the original developer, and this plugin was
   installed. I’ve never used it before.
 * My client asked me if the plugin resizes images, and I see that it has that option,
   but it wasn’t checked off. She had uploaded some large images, so I checked off
   Resize the original image, but it doesn’t seem to have done anything. I even 
   tried uploading a new one to the Media Library, but it didn’t resize it.
 * Am I missing something?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhow-does-resizing-work%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [TinyPNG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinypng/)
 * (@tinypng)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-resizing-work/#post-11428535)
 * Hi there!
 * If you go to Settings > Compress JPEG & PNG images, you will be able to check
   your settings. In order for an image to be compressed you need to have a valid
   API key, which you can see under “Tinify account”. If you have a valid key there
   will be a green tick, otherwise you need to log in to your account on tinypng.
   com and retrieve your API key from there.
 * If you check under “New image uploads”, you can see if it might be set to “Do
   not compress new images automatically”. If that is the case, you will have to
   change it to one of the other two options.
 * Under “Image sizes” you will be able to check what sizes to be compressed. You
   will have to have at least one of them ticked for images to be compressed.
 * If you go to Media > Bulk optimisation, you will be able to optimise all images
   in your library.
 * If you go to Media > Library and select the list view you will be able to see
   which images have been compressed and by how much.
 * I hope this has helped you! If not, let us know and we will help you further.
 *  Thread Starter [orgassist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orgassist/)
 * (@orgassist)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-resizing-work/#post-11430280)
 * You really haven’t answered my question. Compression is working fine – I was 
   asking about Resizing.
 *  Plugin Author [TinyPNG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinypng/)
 * (@tinypng)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-resizing-work/#post-11430316)
 * Hi again,
 * In the settings where you choose to resize the image, you will also be able to
   specify the size. Choose a size smaller than the actual image. When resizing 
   this will also cost an extra compression count. This will resize the original
   image being uploaded, but WordPress will also create the other sizes of that 
   image (for example thumnail, etc.). If you go to media library and click on edit
   on an image, you can see the new file size under dimensions.
 * Let me know if this is not working for you!
 *  Thread Starter [orgassist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orgassist/)
 * (@orgassist)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-resizing-work/#post-11430396)
 * No, it’s not. I have it set to resize to 1200 x 1200, uploaded a larger photo,
   and when I click Edit it shows me the original dimensions 3972 x 2978. Hence 
   the reason for this post.
 *  Plugin Author [TinyPNG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinypng/)
 * (@tinypng)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-resizing-work/#post-11432517)
 * Hi again,
 * This seems very strange. How many compressions are being used when you compress
   the image with these settings? Could you perhaps send us an email at [support@tinypng.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-resizing-work/support@tinypng.com?output_format=md)
   with a screenshot of your settings page?
 *  Thread Starter [orgassist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orgassist/)
 * (@orgassist)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-resizing-work/#post-11433195)
 * On its way.

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-resizing-work/#post-11433195)
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