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How To Add Custom Image Sizes to the Add Media Dialog Box

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Do you want to add custom image sizes to the Add Media dialog box? With this little snippet, you can add custom image sizes to the Add Media dialog box.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin.

Optionally add more image sizes to the if statement on line 1 through 3.

if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) ) {
    add_image_size( 'new-size', 300, 100, true ); //(cropped)
}
 
add_filter('image_size_names_choose', 'my_image_sizes');
function my_image_sizes($sizes) {
        $addsizes = array(
                "new-size" => __( "New Size")
                );
        $newsizes = array_merge($sizes, $addsizes);
        return $newsizes;
}

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    1. For the life of me I can’t add a new media size to the “add media” section of my WP post editor. In media settings, I have changed the sizes and that didn’t work. I added code to the functions.php file in a child theme and that didn’t work either. I regenerated all thumbnails, and checking the server I can see the new file sizes are created.

      In my media settings, I have max width as 1367 to match my theme content area. File sizes on the server are 1376 wide. When I add the “Large” image to my post it actually adds the 1376 wide file but adds width=840 to the code and I can’t find where that setting is.

      1. You may want to check that the theme itself is not affecting the new image size.

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