Title: Wrong thumbnails created after using plugin wordpress-importer Last modified: October 23, 2018 --- # Wrong thumbnails created after using plugin wordpress-importer * Resolved [roadie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roadie/) * (@roadie) * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-thumbnails-created-after-using-plugin-wordpress-importer/) * I used the plugin wordpress-importer 0.6.4 to copy the contents of a remote site( using WordPress 2.9.2) to a site on my local computer (using WordPress 4.9.8). * A typical post looks like `skate-ch-1` * but while the remote wp-content/uploads contains * ``` skate-ch-1.jpg skate-ch-1-145x150.jpg skate-ch-1-290x300.jpg ``` * the local wp-content/uploads contains * ``` skate-ch-1.jpg skate-ch-1-100x100.jpg skate-ch-1-150x150.jpg skate-ch-1-291x300.jpg ``` * As a result, most posts do not show the thumbnail. In this example skate-ch-1. jpg is 500×516 pixels. * I can fix this by replacing the local wp-content/uploads folder with the remote one, as imagine the thumbnails are not referenced in the database, but I was wondering how I could have imported the images in order to preserve the previous thumbnail sizes. * These web pages are produced with WordPress, using the theme Neo-Sapien version 0.6 by Small Potato as amended with some additions from theme Monotone 1.1 by Noel Jackson / eight6. Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-thumbnails-created-after-using-plugin-wordpress-importer/#post-10807903) * Try regnenerating your thumbnails — * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/) * Thread Starter [roadie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roadie/) * (@roadie) * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-thumbnails-created-after-using-plugin-wordpress-importer/#post-10808581) * That didn’t help. The sizes it was offering were the ones my local WordPress had already created: * ``` thumbnail: 150×150 pixels (cropped to fit) skate-ch-1-150x150.jpg medium: 300×300 pixels (proportionally resized to fit inside dimensions) skate-ch-1-291x300.jpg medium_large: 768×0 pixels (thumbnail would be larger than original) large: 1024×1024 pixels (thumbnail would be larger than original) The attachment says it also has these thumbnail sizes but they are no longer in use by WordPress. You can probably safely have this plugin delete them, especially if you have this plugin update any posts that make use of this attachment. twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar: 100×100 pixels skate-ch-1-100x100.jpg ``` * Thread Starter [roadie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roadie/) * (@roadie) * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-thumbnails-created-after-using-plugin-wordpress-importer/#post-10808728) * Here are some typical sizes of thumbnails that I use. It’s not clear how I could regenerate them automatically. * ``` camion-10-141x150.jpg camion-10-282x300.jpg camion-10.jpg camion-9-150x147.jpg camion-9-300x294.jpg camion-9.jpg dog-3-112x150.jpg dog-3-225x300.jpg dog-3.jpg dog-fr-2-150x127.jpg dog-fr-2-300x255.jpg dog-fr-2.jpg dog-fr-3-150x136.jpg dog-fr-3-300x273.jpg dog-fr-3.jpg dog-horse-horn-1-194x300.jpg dog-horse-horn-1-664x1024.jpg dog-horse-horn-1-97x150.jpg dog-horse-horn-1.jpg fish-2-150x150.jpg fish-2-300x300.jpg fish-2.jpg fish-uk-2-150x64.jpg fish-uk-2-300x128.jpg fish-uk-2.jpg helicopter-uk-1-150x138.jpg helicopter-uk-1-300x276.jpg helicopter-uk-1.jpg horse-fr-1-150x136.jpg horse-fr-1-300x272.jpg horse-fr-1.jpg horse-uk-2-150x134.jpg horse-uk-2-300x268.jpg horse-uk-2.jpg motorhome-fr-1-150x143.jpg motorhome-fr-1-300x286.jpg motorhome-fr-1.jpg school-4-150x144.jpg school-4-300x289.jpg school-4.jpg skate-ch-1-145x150.jpg skate-ch-1-290x300.jpg skate-ch-1.jpg skate-fr-1-150x137.jpg skate-fr-1-300x274.jpg skate-fr-1.jpg ``` * Thread Starter [roadie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roadie/) * (@roadie) * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-thumbnails-created-after-using-plugin-wordpress-importer/#post-10816951) * I now realize that I can’t make new posts the way I want either. * I’ve made a new topic at [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-small-thumbnails-that-show-all-of-image-in-version-4-9-8-of-wp/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-small-thumbnails-that-show-all-of-image-in-version-4-9-8-of-wp/) * Thread Starter [roadie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roadie/) * (@roadie) * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-thumbnails-created-after-using-plugin-wordpress-importer/#post-10820080) * I copied the uploads folder from my existing website onto my local version. It all works now. * And [this thread](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-small-thumbnails-that-show-all-of-image-in-version-4-9-8-of-wp/) shows how to fix it for new images. Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Wrong thumbnails created after using plugin wordpress-importer’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [thumbnail](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/thumbnail/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 5 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [roadie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roadie/) * Last activity: [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-thumbnails-created-after-using-plugin-wordpress-importer/#post-10820080) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics