WordPress themes needs thumbnails in different sizes and they even let the user to change those dimensions.
But WordPress has problem it does not regenerates the thumbnails when new sizes are registered..
Thumbnails intercepts the request by themes or plugins to WordPress to get a specific thumbnail, generating it and caching it on disk.
Efficiently, it produces perfectly cropped image, with the right dimension avoiding unpleasant stretching..
Thumbnails does not modify your blog or your library.
When deactivated the blog returns to its old behavior..
Read the Thumbnails official page for detailed information..
Theme developers can find instructions to use it ..
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