How to disable thumbnail generation in WordPress

When photographs are uploaded to WordPress, it automatically creates four distinct image sizes: thumbnail, medium, medium-large, and huge. This consumes storage space and degrades the functionality of the website. You can prevent WordPress from creating thumbnails by using the Stop Generating Unnecessary Thumbnails Plugin. This post explains how to stop WordPress from creating thumbnails for uploaded photos by using the Stop Generating Unnecessary Thumbnails Plugin.

Installing and configuring Stop Generating Unnecessary Thumbnails plugin

To stop generating thumbnails in your website powered by WordPress, follow these steps:

1. Log in to WordPress as the administrator.
2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Plugins, and then click Add New.
3. Search for “Stop Generating Unnecessary Thumbnails” and click Install Now. Then click Activate the plugin:
4. On the Dashboard, in the left sidebar click Media, and then click Image Sizes:
   
5. In the settings page,select the different thumbnail sizes to disable the auto thumbnail generation:
   
6. Click on Regenerate to generate thumbnails for existing images:
   

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