[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36441: Customizer: when setting header image, site icon and logo, do not force the user to crop the image if cropping is not required

[WordPress Trac]

#36441: Customizer: when setting header image, site icon and logo, do not force the
user to crop the image if cropping is not required
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 Reporter:  azaozz                     |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)               |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high                       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Customize                  |     Version:  4.3
 Severity:  normal                     |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-testing needs-patch  |     Focuses:  template
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Comment (by scabuster):

 "To reiterate, if I upload a 512x512 site icon WordPress still creates a
 cropped version. This results in two virtually identical images in the
 image library (one prefixed with 'cropped-') which causes confusion and
 unnecessary clutter."

 "As a side note (almost certainly off-topic) WordPress also creates the
 "cropped" image with more than twice the file size (39KB instead of 15KB)
 of the original image."

 A 6 year old bug of any nature is not acceptable.  Reading through the
 suggested 'fixes' here gives the impression of a lazy cush and non-
 competitive wordpress culture.  Lets go lets go - As if your integrity
 depended on it, as if your discretion were razor sharp, as if you were a
 completionist.

 Yes it affects SEO.  No it should not add multiple new files.  No it
 should not add the prefix 'cropped' to any files.  No it should not
 increase the file size.  Even with 512px square image upload, it still
 crops them and adds multiple new files.  Yes it should give the option to
 not crop.  If not cropped then yes it should pull the uploaded image first
 as it is likely to be known by the site owner that it is already the
 smallest file and best quality over any of the wordpress generated
 duplicates.  No it doesn't matter if it pulls the full 512px square image
 for a mobile device if that is smaller in kb than the 32x32px wordpress
 generated copy.

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