{"id":34569,"date":"2026-05-07T09:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/?post_type=easyhelp_doc&#038;p=34569"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:22:11","slug":"duplicate-images-settings","status":"publish","type":"helpwp_doc","link":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/settings\/duplicate-images-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Duplicate Images Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='tp-content-before'><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Duplicate Images Settings feature in the ThumbPress plugin helps you keep your media library clean by preventing the upload of identical images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To access this section, please go to<br><strong>WordPress Dashboard \u2192 ThumbPress \u2192 Settings \u2192 Duplicate Images<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1211\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dashboard-\u2039-thumb-doc-new-\u2014-WordPress-04-28-2026_03_59_PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dashboard-\u2039-thumb-doc-new-\u2014-WordPress-04-28-2026_03_59_PM.png 1211w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dashboard-\u2039-thumb-doc-new-\u2014-WordPress-04-28-2026_03_59_PM-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dashboard-\u2039-thumb-doc-new-\u2014-WordPress-04-28-2026_03_59_PM-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dashboard-\u2039-thumb-doc-new-\u2014-WordPress-04-28-2026_03_59_PM-768x413.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1211px) 100vw, 1211px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prevent Duplicate Upload<\/strong><br>This option allows you to block uploading images that already exist in your media library. It comes with a simple <strong>On\/Off switch<\/strong> to activate or disable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dashboard-\u2039-thumb-doc-new-\u2014-WordPress-04-28-2026_04_02_PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dashboard-\u2039-thumb-doc-new-\u2014-WordPress-04-28-2026_04_02_PM.png 990w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dashboard-\u2039-thumb-doc-new-\u2014-WordPress-04-28-2026_04_02_PM-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dashboard-\u2039-thumb-doc-new-\u2014-WordPress-04-28-2026_04_02_PM-768x289.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When enabled, the plugin checks for duplicate images during upload and prevents them from being added again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Media-Library-\u2039-thumb-doc-new-\u2014-WordPress-04-28-2026_04_07_PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Media-Library-\u2039-thumb-doc-new-\u2014-WordPress-04-28-2026_04_07_PM.png 754w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Media-Library-\u2039-thumb-doc-new-\u2014-WordPress-04-28-2026_04_07_PM-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When disabled, duplicate images can be uploaded without any restriction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Save or Reset Settings<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Save:<\/strong> Save your changes to apply them. Without saving, nothing will take effect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reset:<\/strong> Oppositely, click \u201c<strong>Reset<\/strong>\u201d anytime to restore the default settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div class='tp-content-after'><\/div>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"helpwp_product":[29],"helpwp_topic":[57],"class_list":["post-34569","helpwp_doc","type-helpwp_doc","status-publish","hentry","helpwp_topic-settings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpwp_doc\/34569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpwp_doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/helpwp_doc"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"helpwp_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpwp_product?post=34569"},{"taxonomy":"helpwp_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpwp_topic?post=34569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}