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set_post_thumbnail_size( int $width = 0, int $height = 0, bool|array $crop = false )

Since
2.9.0
Source
wp-includes/media.php:362
Registers an image size for the post thumbnail.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 2.9.0
PHP
7.4–8.6-dev
  • 6.7.7
  • 6.8.8
  • 6.9.7
  • 7.0.4
  • 7.1.0

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.

Parameters

$widthintoptional
Image width in pixels.Default: 0
$heightintoptional
Image height in pixels.Default: 0
$cropbool|arrayoptional
Image cropping behavior. If false, the image will be scaled (default). If true, image will be cropped to the specified dimensions using center positions. If an array, the image will be cropped using the array to specify the crop location: @type string $0 The x crop position. Accepts 'left', 'center', or 'right'.Default: false
  • $1string

    The y crop position. Accepts 'top', 'center', or 'bottom'.

Performance profile

How much work a call to set_post_thumbnail_size() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.

Cost class
Trivial

Touches nothing outside its own arguments.

Scaling
Constant

No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.

Instructions
10

Executed per call on PHP 8.5. The body compiles to 10.

Plugin surface
None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by
10

10 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.

What one call costs · 1 distinct outcome

One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost set_post_thumbnail_size() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
always10add_image_size()

Across PHP versions

Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 10 instructions, 10 executed per call, 0 branches. The work does not change between versions.

An instruction is not a fixed amount of time, so a matching count is not necessarily the same speed; what it rules out is a difference in the work itself.

Uses · 1

Used by · 10

Source code

function set_post_thumbnail_size( $width = 0, $height = 0, $crop = false ) {	add_image_size( 'post-thumbnail', $width, $height, $crop );}

Changelog

Introduced in 2.9.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

  1. 6.7.7
  2. 6.8.8
  3. 6.9.7
  4. 7.0.4
  5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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