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title: "How to Disable Different Image Sizes for WordPress Website?"
url: https://nexterwp.com/docs/disable-different-image-sizes-for-wordpress/
date: 2023-09-27
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description: "By default, WordPress generates multiple image sizes every time you upload an image, which can significantly slow down your site's loading speed. These different image sizes are created to display..."
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# How to Disable Different Image Sizes for WordPress Website?

## Key Takeaways

- WordPress generates multiple image sizes by default, and the post says this can significantly slow a site’s loading speed by using more disk space and server resources.
- Nexter Extension (Free) adds a Disable Image Sizes option, since the post says WordPress has no built-in option to disable image sizes.
- Nexter > Extensions > Performance opens the Disable Image Sizes popup, where each generated image size can be turned off individually and saved with the Save button.

By default, WordPress generates multiple image sizes every time you upload an image, which can significantly slow down your site's loading speed. These different image sizes are created to display images in various sizes across your website.

Generating multiple image sizes can significantly slow down your site's loading speed as it takes more disk space and server resources. So disabling generating image sizes can help you save valuable resources.

However, there is no option within WordPress to disable image sizes. If you are using the [Nexter Extension (Free) plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nexter-extension/), you can easily disable generating image sizes on your WordPress website. 

[LIVE EXTENSION LINK](https://nexterwp.com/nexter-extensions/disable-image-sizes-in-wordpress/)

 

## Learn via Video Tutorial

https://youtu.be/JLlISBBzQFg?t=1590

## How to Disable Image Sizes with the Nexter Extension?

To disable image sizes with the Nexter theme, from the WordPress Dashboard, go to **Nexter **>** Extensions** > **Performance**.

Then go to the **Disable Image Sizes **section, enable the toggle, and click on the gear icon (⚙).

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/disable-image-sizes-settings-new-1-1.png)

It will open the Disable Image Sizes popup, here you’ll see all the different image sizes your site is generating. 

You can individually disable all the image sizes.

Turn on the toggle for the image sizes you want to disable, then click on the** Save **button.

![disable image sizes popup](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/disable-image-sizes-popup.png)