I have a problem with a featured image. It’s a gif, but when I add it, WordPress adds the dimensions to the filename, which breaks the gif (since then it’s not really a gif anymore).
Is there a way to disable the addition of dimensions to the filename for only the featured image?
The link to my image is:
http://whatweblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hue.gif
The link to my image after selecting it as a featured image is: http://whatweblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hue-620x349.gif
I guess WordPress is making a thumbnail of my image, but I don’t want and need that, since I want the gif to be moving and on the front page.
I remember having no problem at all with this in the past, but now WordPress adds the dimensions, breaking the GIF in the process.
In addition to creating additional dimension, WordPress does keep your original image. Your original image is in this link http://whatweblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hue.gif
So, instead of stopping WordPress from creating additional dimension, you should retrieve the full image when displaying the featured image. You can get the full image with this –
the_post_thumbnail('full');
In your case, change
<?php the_post_thumbnail('featured-image', array('class' => 'featured-full-width-top')); ?>
to
<?php the_post_thumbnail('full', array('class' => 'featured-full-width-top')); ?>
Remove Thumbnail Generation
See https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/91170/23214
Another easier option I think works is going to your Settings–>Media and setting each box for width and height to 0
