Do you want to take control of the thumbnail size used in an image gallery? You can pick from the available thumbnail sizes.
In this article, you’ll see the difference between all the available Thumbnail sizes.
Medium Sized Thumbnails
Choosing a medium thumbnail size will make your website load faster.
However, the image size will be smaller, which, in some cases, will reduce the image quality, so that is something to keep in mind when choosing this option.
As for the actual thumbnail size, a medium thumbnail will have a maximum width and height of 300 pixels.
Large Sized Thumbnails
Unlike the medium size, choosing a large one will not interfere with the quality of your images. However, the website may run slower.
A large thumbnail size’s maximum width and height values are 1024 pixels.
Automatic Thumbnail Size
The third option you can choose here is an automatic thumbnail size. As the name implies, this option will automatically select the best recommended size for the thumbnail.
Moreover, if you use an image optimization plugin (Optimole, for example) and choose this option for the thumbnail size, the image will be automatically set to “Large.”
This was a quick explanation of the different kinds of Thumbnail sizes you can pick from.
Next, you can use similar thumbnails for videos, too. Read our article to learn how to add thumbnails for videos on your website.