Images and media
Sharper, lighter images, tidier uploads and a more useful media library.
- Click to enlarge every image Switches on WordPress’s built-in lightbox for all Image blocks, so visitors can click any image to see it full size. Editors can still turn it off per image.
- Stop making extra image sizes WordPress stops making the 768px, 1536px and 2048px copies of every image you upload. Saves disk space; your theme’s own sizes are still made.
- Sharper resized JPEG images Resized JPEG and WebP images are saved at quality 90 instead of WordPress’s 82. Slightly bigger files, noticeably crisper photos.
- Save resized images as WebP The smaller copies WordPress makes of your JPEG and PNG uploads are saved as WebP, which is usually 25–35% smaller. The original upload stays as it is.
- Alt text from the file name When you upload an image without alt text, it gets one made from its file name (“red-summer-dress.jpg” becomes “Red summer dress”). Better than none; edit it for the best results.
- File size column in the media library Shows each file’s size in the media library’s list view, so you can spot the heavy ones.
- Smaller upload limit for non-administrators Users who aren’t administrators can upload files up to 2 MB. Stops 12 MB phone photos from filling the server.
- Lowercase file names for uploads Uploaded files get lowercase names (“Photo-Beach.JPG” becomes “photo-beach.jpg”), so addresses never break on servers that care about case.
- Keep uploads in one folder New uploads go straight into wp-content/uploads instead of year and month folders.
- Let administrators upload font files Administrators can upload WOFF2, WOFF, TTF and OTF fonts to the media library, for use in your CSS.
- Featured image column in the posts list Shows a small thumbnail of each post’s featured image in the posts and pages lists.
Move your snippets over this afternoon.
Importing changes nothing until you switch over, and your old shortcodes keep working.