[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44441: Remove the settings for "medium" and "large" image sizes from Settings => Media

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#44441: Remove the settings for "medium" and "large" image sizes from Settings =>
Media
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 Reporter:  azaozz        |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  5.0
Component:  Media         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by joemcgill):

 I also agree that it would be good for us to move away from exposing
 options for managing a subset of default image resizing settings in the
 admin menu. These settings were originally added over 10 years ago 😱 in
 [6952] as a way for site owners to control the display width of images in
 posts, before WordPress was doing any image resizing of files on upload.

 A lot has changed over this amount of time and site owners should no
 longer need to depend on these options to control the display size of the
 images on their site. Instead, these options should be set by themes so
 WordPress knows explicitly how to generate image sizes that are optimized
 for the display needs of the theme. Ideally, site owners shouldn't need to
 be concerned with the dimensions of images WordPress is generating for
 them and instead be given tools to control the intended display (e.g.,
 layout, crops, etc.) for those images and let WordPress (or integrated
 tools) manage the complexity of generating the appropriate image sizes.

 In the spirit of [https://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/#decisions
 "decisions, not options"], removing these from the admin reduce the
 potential for user confusion and mistakes, and gives WP core, theme, and
 plugin developers a more consistent set of expectations from which to
 build smarter multimedia optimizations and user experiences.

 All that said, after 10 years there are a lot of legacy expectations that
 we need to be aware of so we can make an informed decision about how to
 remove this feature. It would be good to collect use cases for how the
 ability to control these options from the admin are being used so we can
 evaluate any backwards compatibility concerns we might have missed.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44441#comment:14>
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