How to: Resize images on the fly

How to: Resize images on the fly

Ever wished you could be able to upload your images, and didn’t care about manually resizing it? If yes, here is a real time saver: A php script that can resize your images “on the fly”.

To achieve this recipe, follow these simple steps:

Get the script and save it on your computer (I assume you named it timthumb.php)
Use a FTP program to connect to your server and create a new directory called scripts. Upload the timthumb.php file in it.
Once done, you can display images like this:
```
<img src="/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/images/whatever.jpg&h=150&w=150&zc=1" alt="" />
```
In other words, you just have to call the timthumb.php file and pass your image as a parameter. same goes for desired width or height.

That's all. What a real life saver this script is!

Thanks to Darren Hoyt for this awesome script!

4 Responses

Jens

Nov 03 2011 19:18

Although timthumb is a great script i think you might find the Easy Image Crop plugin useful too.

Check it out. Available for download at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-image-crop/

DARKF3D3

Jan 15 2012 20:31

Hi, i have a problem with that string, i’m using it with a plugin that show the image in the sidebar of my blog, in the homepage it works but not in the other page… why?