remove_image_size( string $name )

Remove a new image size.

Parameters

$name

(string) (Required) The image size to remove.

Return

(bool) True if the image size was successfully removed, false on failure.

More Information

  • Useful when a plugin has registered an image size and you want to use the same image name in your theme but with a different size.
  • Cannot be used on reserved image size names.

Source

File: wp-includes/media.php 

function remove_image_size( $name ) {
	global $_wp_additional_image_sizes;

	if ( isset( $_wp_additional_image_sizes[ $name ] ) ) {
		unset( $_wp_additional_image_sizes[ $name ] );
		return true;
	}

	return false;
}

Changelog

Version Description
3.9.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/remove_image_size