Change directory of re-sized images / manipulated media

[valllabh]

Re-sized images currently stores next to the uploaded image. This creates lots of mess at single place.

Situation

If there are 1000 images in library, as after upload WP will automatically create 3 re-sized versions so 3000 images near the origanl is really messy.
Right now there is no way to separate out original images.

Re-sized images should be kept separately as those are not important for backup purposes if you have original images.

Idea

We can have directory called "manipulated" or "manip" where we can replicate exact path to main image.

Original Image Path:
/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/awesome-image.jpg

Resized Image Path:
/wp-content/uploads/manip/2013/09/awesome-image-1024x472.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/manip/2013/09/awesome-image-300x300.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/manip/2013/09/awesome-image-150x150.jpg

[kirasong]

Hi valllabh!

Sorry it took so long for a reply on this one.

I see the value in having better organization.
The trick here is that there isn't currently the idea of a hard "gold master" image in WordPress -- yet. When there is, though, this will be something we'll need to make a decision on.

Related: #21810 #23424

[Ipstenu]

Re-sized images should be kept separately as those are not important for backup
purposes if you have original images.

Keep in mind the way WP generates these, though :) It makes the image on upload, so if we don't restore the resized from backup, we'll have to add in something to regenerate them all (which can get very CPU expensive). Not that the idea of putting them in a subfolder is bad (I kind of like it and it would help hosts who limit the number of files in a folder), just that for a backup I'd want all my images thank you :D

[chriscct7]

Closing due to lack of interest.

[johnbillion]

#41918 was marked as a duplicate.

[pgideonbolger]

Replying to Ipstenu:

Re-sized images should be kept separately as those are not important for backup
purposes if you have original images.

Keep in mind the way WP generates these, though :) It makes the image on upload, so if we don't restore the resized from backup, we'll have to add in something to regenerate them all (which can get very CPU expensive). Not that the idea of putting them in a subfolder is bad (I kind of like it and it would help hosts who limit the number of files in a folder), just that for a backup I'd want all my images thank you :D

I find that I have to remove the thumbnails using regex and regenerate them using a plugin every time I move a site anyway. It would certainly help me a lot if the thumbnails could be kept in a separate folder.
Some of our clients accumulate photo libraries of 8-10gb, so reducing the size of the filesystem can really speed things up.