Currently, lines 378 -380 of media.php
contains this line:
// if the resulting image would be the same size or larger we don't want to resize it
if ( $new_w >= $orig_w && $new_h >= $orig_h && !$allow_resize)
return false;
That obviously makes a lot of sense for a typical setup, but I'm working on a photography site where admin will be uploading very high-quality JPGs that are the right dimensions for the Large size thumbnail, but the image quality is too high for web use.
Essentially, I'd like WordPress to create a large thumbnail that's the same size as the original (which the core code prevents it from doing). I've seen a few solutions floated around, but they all involve replacing and destroying the original, which I don't want to do.
Any tips on where to start?
Try this in your functions.php of your theme:
add_filter('image_resize_dimensions', 'filterCompress', 1, 6);
function filterCompress($foo, $orig_w, $orig_h, $dest_w, $dest_h, $crop) {
if ( $orig_w == $dest_w && $orig_h == $dest_h ) {
return array( 0, 0, 0, 0, (int) $orig_w, (int) $orig_h, (int) $orig_w, (int) $orig_h );
}
return null;
}
I did this based on WordPress 3.5.1, based on your question I'm assuming you are using a different version but it still might work.